Senior Accounting Technician
About the role
The Senior Accounting Technician position at CGS involves managing accounts payable, reimbursement activity, collections, and account oversight. This role supports the mission of a large federal agency and requires a combination of manual and automated accounting systems.
Responsibilities
- Adjust payroll/labor transactions via re-org processing
- Process federal government travel in accordance with policies and regulations
- Verify, analyze, and maintain financial information used by the DOJ Office of the Comptroller
- Use various electronic software and databases, such as UFMS, JEDI and JEDI-2, SAFARI, E-2, and SAMS.gov, to analyze complex data sets
- Record and retrieve financial data using various software packages, databases, and online resources
- Track expenditures of multiple accounts using a financial management system
- Generate reconciliation reports from a financial management system and reconcile financial books/reports weekly
- Prepare financial reports and documentation for review and signature by the DOJ Office of the Comptroller
- Aid and support other sections of the DOJ in UFMS transaction processing and resolve system errors
- Compose memorandums and letters to outside vendors and agencies as needed
- Compose and disseminate correspondence, prepare forms and financial documents, manage databases, maintain office files, route paperwork, schedule and assist with web conferences, prepare meeting room and office events
- Perform other duties as assigned or on initiative
Qualifications
- Two-year degree in accounting or four-year degree in a related field (finance, business, banking, or economics) with 30 credit hours in accounting
- Knowledge of manual and automated accounting systems used by banking, financial, and other institutions
- Experience working with commitments, obligations, and interagency reimbursement agreements
- Experience with the quarterly review, accrual, and closeout process
- Ability to provide analysis and technical support for a variety of financial activities
- Ability to identify and analyze changes in budgetary and/or financial activities
- Ability to research and analyze financial data
- US Citizenship
Skills
- UFSM, JEDI, SAFARI, E-2, and Excel proficiency
- Budgeting cycle management
- Financial management
- Accounts payable (A/P) and accounts receivable (A/R) management and processing
- Reimbursable agreements analysis and management
- Obligations processing and committed funds tracking
- Cash flow analysis
- Statistical analysis
- Financial fraud-related research
- Electronic data acquisition and processing
- Systems analysis and administration
- Database user support
- Reporting
- Record management
- Business legal compliance
- Special projects
- Analytical and critical thinking, time management, and organization
- Excel proficiency with skills to include various formatting, sorting, and correction of data, and table manipulations, such as: Table array, Sum function, Max min function, Vlookup, Trim, Pivot table, Arithmetical formulas
Benefits
Contact Government Services (CGS) offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) plan, flexible spending accounts (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter), paid time off, and observance of state/federal holidays. The company is committed to providing a supportive environment where employees can grow professionally and personally.
Pay
Compensation details are confidential and will be provided during the interview process.
Schedule
The Senior Accounting Technician position is full-time and mid-level.
Contact
To learn more about CGS and apply for this position, visit our website: https://cgsfederal.com/join-our-team/. For more information about CGS, visit: https://www.cgsfederal.com.