Accountant
- Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
25%
- Compare budgeted costs to actual costs by developing, maintaining, and analyzing budgets and preparing periodic reports.
15%
- Analyze information and evaluate results to solve problems and choose the best solution.
10%
- Compile, code, categorize, calculate, tabulate, audit, or verify information or data.
10%
- Enter, transcribe, record, store, or maintain information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
10%
- Identify information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
5%
- Develop specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work.
5%
- Determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards by using relevant information and individual judgment.
5%
- Keep up-to-date technically and apply new knowledge.
5%
- Communicate with others to convey information effectively.
5%
- Observe, receive, and otherwise obtain information from all relevant sources.
5%
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Education Level
Area of Specialization (Marketing, Finance, Pharmacy, Engineering/IT, etc)
Required or Preferred
Bachelor Degree
Accounting, Finance or Business
Required
LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS
Licenses/Certifications
Other/List/Reason
Required or Preferred
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Required or Preferred
Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data
Proficient knowledge of e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet and database software applications.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Experience
Areas of Experience (Pharmacy, Compliance, E-commerce, Retail, etc)
Required or Preferred
accounting
Required
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Language Skills
Ability to read and interpret documents, such as safety rules, general business periodicals, operating and maintenance instructions/procedure manuals. Can speak effectively to customers. Able to type, prepare, copy, file, and keep records.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to work with math concepts such as probability and statistical inference. Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
Reasoning Ability
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.
SCOPE
Freedom to Act
Ability to accomplish work with limited direction. Determine and develop approach to solutions. Work is evaluated upon completion to ensure objectives have been met.
Problem Complexity and Problem Solving Timeframes
Ability to provide resolution to an assortment of problems that are typically well defined. But some clarification or judgment is required to determine action, as additional information about the problem/task is discovered. Use judgment within defined practices/procedures to determine appropriate action. Problem/Task resolution timeframe: Inclusive of shorter timeframes, but the majority of tasks takes up to several weeks to resolve.
Impact
Failure to achieve results or erroneous judgments may require the allocation of additional resources to correct and / or achieve goals.
Contact with Others
Contacts are primarily within the department or function with occasional cross-functional interfaces. Some limited external customer contact on routine matters.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Direct Supervision
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
If you want to make a difference, Rite Aid is the right place.
While Rite Aid is big, it still feels small — you and your work are never lost in the crowd. You know the leaders, and they recognize your impact. Teams are tightly knit and agile. Small groups, courageous enough to meet our goals in new ways. You can take your work, your team, or your business to the next level without being slowed down by a ton of process or layers of approval. For anyone with intent to grow, you can reinvent yourself in a new role or take on a new challenge while helping us reinvent Rite Aid and innovate our industry.
Wherever you work in the Rite Aid family, your diverse perspectives and fierce commitment enable us to deliver on the promise of ’whole health for life’ for communities around our country.
And that makes the biggest difference of all.
Rite Aid is on the front lines of delivering healthcare services and retail products to more than 1.6 million Americans each day.
Through our RxEvolution strategy, Rite Aid is re-imagining the neighborhood pharmacy as a destination for total health and wellness – the place where traditional medicine and alternative therapies come together in perfect harmony.
We believe in the power of pharmacy to provide trusted and accessible care that helps our customers go beyond healthy and get thriving. An essential part of our RxEvolution includes empowering our pharmacists to engage more with customers – while also updating our product mix to favor better-for-you and free-from options that our customers value.
Rite Aid Corporation is also proud to be one of the nation's leading drugstore chains. With approximately 2,500 stores in 19 states, we have a strong presence on both the East and West Coasts, employing more than 51,000 associates.
Fair Chance Act
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