Are you looking to start your career in accounting with a growing company?  Antietam Broadband has an immediate opening for an entry level accountant!  As an Accountant, you are responsible for tracking fixed asset project costs and purchase orders for the projects and reconciling the costs to the project purchase order.  You will be responsible for adding the fixed assets to the ERP (currently Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains) and calculating depreciation expense.  You will perform asset disposal and maintaining documentation and calculation of gains/losses and proceeds.  Apply today to work for a growing company!

Job Type: Full-time

Rate: $50,000-$55,000/year 

Location: In office Hagerstown, MD

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Maintains fixed assets projects and PO data in Excel spreadsheets


• Assigns asset tags to fixed assets


• Provides financial status information by preparing special reports; completing special projects


• Corrects errors by posting adjusting journal entries


• Maintains general ledger accounts and prepares fixed asset depreciation and accruals for monthly/quarterly/annual reporting


• May perform or assist in performing periodic physical counts of fixed assets and other inventory, as needed


• Maintains accounting controls by following policies and procedures; complying with federal, state, and local financial legal requirements


• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities in addition to required corporate trainings


• Accomplishes accounting and organization mission by completing related results as needed

The successful Accountant has:

• 1-2 years of accounting experience preferred


• Bachelor's degree in Accounting preferred


• Requires basic knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite with emphasis in Excel


• Requires excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication skills


• Requires excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize projects


• Must have attention to detail and accuracy


• Must demonstrate good judgment and confidentially


• Must be able to work to meet deadlines


• Demonstrated ability to seek out and seize opportunities and take initiative with little or no direction

Benefits:

• Family Medical (3 plans to choose from), Dental and Vision


• Company funded HSA


• Company Paid Short Term Disability


• Company Paid Long Term Disability with Voluntary option


• Company Paid Parental Leave


• Company Paid Life as well as Voluntary policies


• 401(k) with generous company match


• Paid Time Off


• Volunteer Paid Time Off


• Paid Holidays

When you join Antietam Broadband...

You'll be joining an award-winning company and team.  We also believe in giving back to the community and we want our employees to have the opportunity to do so.  We provide an environment that gives each employee the opportunity to nurture their gifts and achieve their potential.  For more information, go to www.schurzchoice.com. 

Schurz Communications and its subsidiaries strategic objectives:

• We will attract, invest in, communicate with, and retain top talent. 


• We will innovate, partner, experiment and create a better future together. 


• We strive to continuously improve operating performance to ensure sustained growth. 


• We will dynamically grow revenues by building and nurturing mutually beneficial and profitable customer relationships.

Physical Demands/Working Conditions:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is:

• Regularly required to talk and hear


• Required to use hands to type, handle objects and paperwork


• Required to use close vision and be able to focus

The employee generally works in an indoor office environment.

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