Description

Job Position: Senior Accountant

Department: Finance

Reports to: Director, General Accounting

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Status: Full-time

Work Location: Silver Spring, MD

OVERVIEW:

Urban One, Inc. is seeking a Senior Accountant to work in its Corporate Finance Department. Reporting to the Director of Accounting, this is a high-volume position that addresses tight deadlines and a multitude of transactional accounting duties with a significant emphasis on bank reconciliations, journal entry preparation, account analysis, and support of quarterly and year-end audit requirements. The Senior Accountant will have contact with senior-level personnel which requires strong, effective interpersonal communication skills both written and verbal.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Bank reconciliation for all corporate accounts
• Unclaimed property calculations
• Concur expense reporting facilitation and maintenance
• Wire Administration
• Treasury support and administration
• Lease Query support and administration
• Digital billing administration
• Census reporting
• AP cleanup
• Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, and consolidating journal entry transactions
• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts and subledger balancing by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies
• Supports internal control improvements and ensures compliance with SOX and other Company policies
• Test and participate in the implementation of new accounting systems, programs, and procedures
• Lead ad hoc accounting support for our One VIP department
• Performs other accounting duties and support other staff as required or assigned
  
  

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

• To attend all relevant skill building workshops as requested
• To stay current with all relevant industry information as it applies to the overall job responsibility
• To drive your own Performance Appraisal every twelve months

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, or governmental regulations
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence
• Ability to effectively and persuasively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, and percentages
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, and percentages
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Ability to use standard office equipment

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in Accounting with 3-5 years relevant work experience.
• Financial statement close and consolidation as well as experience with Infor, Hyperion, ADP, and Crystal a plus.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. The company reserves to modify duties and this job description without advance notice. This position is at-will unless otherwise issued a fully executed agreement. We are Equal Opportunity Employer, are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive company culture, and that your team does not discriminate against candidates and employees because of their disability, sex, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, veteran status, or any other protected status under the law.

Mandatory Vaccination Requirement:

Urban One, Inc. and its divisions (collectively “Urban One” or the “Company”) have implemented a mandatory vaccination policy pursuant to which all employees must be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment to safeguard their health and well-being, as well as that of their families and the community at large, from the risks associated with COVID-19. Candidates should be aware that new employees will be required to be vaccinated by their start date, meaning they have received all of the recommended doses for either a one dose or two dose COVID-19 vaccine, and provide proof of vaccination status, which will be kept confidential. Urban One is an equal opportunity employer, and will provide a reasonable accommodation to those who are unable to be vaccinated due to a sincerely-held religious belief or a medical disability where it does not pose an undue hardship on the Company to do so as provided under federal, state, and local law.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer