Senior Accountant

About the role

Reputable, stable and growing organization seeking a senior accountant for their team. This Jobot Job is hosted by: Lauren Spann. A bit about us: A community focused, multi-entity organization across construction, professional services and non-profit. Jobot is partnering with a local and reputable Alaskan organization with a national reach, to staff a position as a senior accountant.

Responsibilities

• General Ledger & Month-End Close Execute the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close process in coordination with the Corporate Controller. Prepare and post journal entries (standard, accrual, reclass, and adjusting entries) with complete supporting documentation. Record period-end accruals for unbilled and unrecorded liabilities, including year-end cutoff procedures supporting the close. Perform general ledger account reconciliations and flag variances to the Corporate Controller for review. Pull period-over-period and budget-to-actual reports as requested to support management review.
• Accounts Payable (AP) Process the AP cycle: invoice receipt, three-way match (PO, receipt, invoice), coding, and routing for approval. Process timely and accurate vendor payments following established approval and payment procedures. Maintain vendor master data; prepare and file annual 1099 forms by the required due date. Reconcile corporate credit card sub-ledgers to statements and the GL each period; confirm receipts, approvals, and coding are complete for all card transactions.
• Fixed Assets Maintain the fixed asset sub-ledger/register and reconcile it to the GL each period. Record asset additions, disposals, and transfers; apply established capitalization thresholds and useful-life classifications. Calculate and post depreciation and amortization entries. Perform periodic physical asset verification/count and report discrepancies between the register and GL to the Corporate Controller. Maintain CIP (construction-in-progress) roll-forward schedules.
• Accounts Receivable (AR) Process customer invoicing and apply incoming cash receipts. Prepare AR aging reports and flag past-due accounts to the Corporate Controller for follow-up. Reconcile AR subledger to GL and record the allowance for doubtful accounts / bad debt reserve.
• Payroll Accounting Review payroll registers for accuracy prior to processing; post payroll journal entries to the GL. Reconcile payroll liability accounts (withholdings, employer taxes, benefits) each period.
• Audit Support Prepare files, schedules, and supporting documentation requested for internal and external audits. Compile responses to the auditor’s PBC (prepared-by-client) request list by the assigned due dates, routing completed items to the Corporate Controller for review and submission. Compile supporting schedules for GL, AP, Fixed Assets, AR, and payroll balances used in audit testing.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in