General Ledger Accountant

Waggoner Engineering, Inc. is seeking an experienced General Ledger Accountant to join our Finance and Accounting team in either Jackson, MS or Baton Rouge, LA. This hands-on individual contributor role will own key general ledger and month-end accounting activities.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations for assigned operating and other cash accounts and timely research and resolve reconciling items.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations with complete supporting documentation.
• Prepare and post recurring and non-recurring journal entries, including accruals, prepaid expenses, reclassifications, intercompany activity, and correcting entries.
• Own assigned general ledger accounts and ensure transactions are complete, accurate, appropriately classified, and recorded in the proper period.
• Perform assigned month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities within established deadlines.
• Review daily bank and cash activity and ensure transactions are accurately reflected in the general ledger.
• Assist with routine cash management, cash balance monitoring, and identification of transactions requiring accounting entries or follow-up.
• Provide accounting oversight of cash receipt activity, including reconciliation of deposits and assistance with unidentified or unapplied cash.
• Review Accounts Payable transactions for appropriate general ledger, entity, project, organization, and other required accounting coding.
• Review and post approved Accounts Payable transactions or batches as assigned.
• Maintain and reconcile schedules supporting accruals, prepaid expenses, intercompany balances, and other assigned assets and liabilities.
• Research unusual transactions, account fluctuations, aged reconciling items, and general ledger discrepancies and follow them through resolution.
• Assist with reconciliation of project-related, indirect, and overhead accounts as assigned.
• Support annual financial statement audits and other external audit requests by preparing reconciliations, schedules, and transaction-level supporting documentation.
• Assist with annual FAR/AASHTO indirect cost and overhead audit support, including general ledger reconciliations and supporting documentation.
• Work collaboratively with Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Project Accounting, Treasury, and other team members to resolve accounting issues and maintain accurate financial records.
• Identify opportunities to improve recurring accounting processes, documentation, and account reconciliations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 4+ years of progressive accounting experience with meaningful hands-on responsibility for general ledger accounting, reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Demonstrated experience preparing bank reconciliations and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Experience preparing and posting journal entries.
• Strong understanding of accrual accounting and general ledger accounting principles.
• Experience working within an ERP or other integrated accounting system.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including experience working with accounting data, reconciliations, lookups, and pivot tables.
• Ability to independently research accounting discrepancies and resolve reconciling items.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and documentation.
• Ability to manage recurring responsibilities and meet monthly close deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deltek Vantagepoint or Deltek Vision experience.
• Experience with another project-based ERP/accounting system.
• Architecture and engineering, engineering consulting, professional services, government contracting, construction, or other project-based industry experience.
• Multi-entity accounting experience.
• Project accounting or job-cost accounting exposure.
• Experience with FAR Part 31, AASHTO overhead audits, indirect cost accounting, or allowable/unallowable cost classifications.
• External financial statement audit support experience.

Benefits

• WEI Incentive Program
• Healthy Workplace Program
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Competitive Health Benefits
• Career Development and Training
• Flexible/Hybrid Schedule
• Community Service Opportunities

Pay

$77,000 - $85,000 / year