Senior Staff Accountant
Leading Path Consulting · District of Columbia, United States · 1 mo ago
RemoteRemoteAccountingFull-time
General Job Duties
- Perform day-to-day accounting activities and perform month-end close
- Understand payroll processing including timesheet/expense approval and set up and release of payroll
- Affiliate in preparing and reviewing financial statements and bank reconciliations
- Affiliate in the year-end close process
- Affiliate with budgeting as requested
- Record or review client payments
- Generate journal entries for month-end close - expense allocations, monthly accruals, prepaid expenses, fixed assets depreciation, and make adjusting/reclassification journal entries, if necessary
- Responsible for unearned revenue- maintaining schedules, interfacing with contracts staff and project leads to stay up to date on changing revenue recognition, ensuring G/L is up to date before any close
- Promote a team effort environment by teaching/assisting other members of accounting as needed
- Affiliate in achieving DCAA compliance goal
- Prepare or review invoicing as needed
Requirements
- 5+ years job experience in accounting, experience in government consulting firms preferred
- Experience with Unanet required, experience with ADP preferred
- Strong computer skills - Experience in working with large data and spreadsheets in Excel
- Strong organizational skills - Effective in constantly re-prioritizing work and following through on commitments
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills - ability to determine solutions based on the situation
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting
- Team-oriented, self-starter that can work in both a collaborative and independent environment
- Highly detail oriented
Benefits
- Professional work environment with a strong work-life balance and flexibility
- Flexible remote schedule that allows mostly work from home
- Comprehensive and competitive benefits package
- 401K
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Company parties
- Tuition reimbursement
- Opportunities for professional growth and advancement