Senior Accountant

Responsibilities

• Perform regular physical inventory counts of fixed assets and manage the asset tagging process
• Process asset addition, retirements, cost adjustments, capitalization
• Maintain a detailed schedule of work in process fixed assets and coordinate with purchase/receiving managers to provide monthly update on the status. Analyzes WIP assets by projects, capitalize and place assets in service when projects are complete
• Track all assets on books by location and summarize transfer of assets from one location to another by quarter
• Perform periodic impairment reviews for tangible and intangible assets
• Identify potential obsolescence of fixed assets, fully depreciated assets; provide recommendations to management regarding the disposal (or not) of fixed assets
• Perform analysis related to fixed assets; Analyze aging assets and prepare financial metrics on assets for monthly trial balance review
• Prepare audit schedules for fixed assets and support audit inquiries
• Prepare compliance reporting such as form SF-428 to DOE
• Support property insurance related activities such as preparation of the property schedule of value (SOV), location, cost basis, replacement value
• Maintain schedules to support tax filing requirements, (i.e., property tax, sales/use tax, B&O tax.)
• Manage all aspects of maintaining and recording fixed assets. Analyzes asset requests to ensure proper classification as a capital asset at the onset of purchase order (PO) stage, and when invoices arrive, the GL classification is accurate and consistent with PO.
• Complete monthly, quarterly, and yearly reconciliations
• Perform cash transaction tracking and cash reconciliations
• Handle prepaid reconciliation in conjunction with on-site personnel
• Prepare journal entries, account analysis and reporting, including all Fixed Asset schedules
• Implement policies and procedures to help improve efficiency
• Apply general knowledge of accounting/government policies and procedures when responding to written and verbal inquiries from stakeholders
• Work closely with procurement and technical representatives to obtain data
• Support general ledger accounting including account reconciliations and journal entry posting
• Perform moderately complex accounting tasks/analysis, categorize data for reporting and audit purposes

Qualifications and Skills

• B.S. degree in Accounting or related field or the equivalent business-experience
• Minimum of 5 years’ work experience in an accounting environment
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Excel and able to quickly adapt to other Finance and Accounting systems (i.e., Oracle)
• Experience and strong understanding of internal controls
• Working knowledge of government grant and/or government contracts is preferred.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented; high degree of accuracy
• Direct experience and familiarity with fixed assets inventory procedure is preferred.
• Capable of quickly comprehending new information and technologies
• Capable of working in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication skills, comfortable working with operations team/non-accounting professionals, dealing with complex accounting/project codes/org codes.
• Analytical/problem solving – ability to identify, analyze and resolve problems in a timely manner.
• Ability to prioritize and plan work activities.
• Must be team oriented, willing to operate within a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment.
• The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork.