Salon Service Group, founded in 1987, is a wholesale distributor of professional salon hair care products. Through the years, our privately held company has grown to partner with some of the finest hair care companies in the world, forging strong relationships with brands that understand and care about the salon professional. At SSG it is our commitment to offer the absolute best in marketing, education, and the highest performance products, offering the salon professional the tools they need to be successful.

We represent usmooth, Moroccan Oil, 18.21 ManMade, Eufora, Alfaparf, Keune, Kevin Murphy, ColorProof, Hotheads, and B3 hair care systems. Our customers are stylists, salons, cosmetology schools and barber shops. Our home office and distribution center is located in Springfield, Missouri with stores and training centers in Kansas City MO, St. Louis MO, St. Peters, MO, Tulsa OK, Oklahoma City OK, Moore OK, Nashville, TN, Memphis, TN, Louisville, KY and various locations in Texas

We are currently seeking to add a Staff Accountant to our growing Accounting Team!

The goal of our Staff Accountant is to support the Controller and Senior Accounting staff in carrying out the responsibilities of the Finance / Accounting Department, as well as provide relief of certain responsibilities that will allow her/him to spend a greater portion of their time on Financial Statement preparation and analysis, Budget and Variance issues, and Forecasting. This position will also assist with the preparation of monthly financial analysis reports, developing and maintaining department budgets and generating reports.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

-Assist with the day-today, monthly and year-end operations of the Accounting/ Finance Department including financial reports, budget review and analysis.

-Perform and regularly maintain detailed reconciliations and analysis of general ledger accounts, including but not limited to; bank statements, fixed assets, employer’s benefit costs, accruals, reimbursements and prepaid expenses.

-Provide detailed analyses and explanations of all transactions.

-Perform daily cash reconciliations as well as monthly bank reconciliations.

-Processing of accrual reimbursements from all SSG departments (education, rebates, etc) to Manufacturers (Keune, KM, Keratin, etc).

-Prepare adjusting and reclassifying journal entries as needed

-Prepare and analyze the monthly budget/forecast to actual variance reports per program and department.

-Prepare documentation for external auditors.

-Review and process AMEX Expense reports and receipts submitted by cardholders on monthly basis.

-Assist with management of online expense management system.

-Perform such other accounting, financial, or administrative tasks as may be required from time to time – quite often on short notice - by the Controller.

-Performs other related duties and special projects as may be assigned from time to time

Qualified candidates will possess the following:

-Accounting degree with 3-5 years of experience

-Strong accounting knowledge base

-Excellent MS Office skills, especially MS Excel

-Ability to Troubleshoot, strong problem solver, analytical reasoning and research ability

-Highly organized, strong attention to detail, thorough

-Confident decision maker

-Able to maintain strict confidentiality

Check us out at www.salonservicegroup.com!

Please respond to this ad with your currently resume and salary expectations.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.  SSG is an EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION employer. Candidates are considered for employment with SSG without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, veteran status or other classification protected by applicable federal, state or local law.