Staff Accountant

About The Role

The Staff Accountant serves as a key member of the SecureStrux finance team and is responsible for executing the organization's day-to-day accounting functions with a high degree of accuracy, organization, and ownership. This role supports the monthly close process, maintains the integrity of the general ledger, prepares journal entries and reconciliations, manages transactional accounting activities, and helps ensure financial information remains accurate, timely, and audit-ready. The ideal candidate possesses a strong technical accounting foundation, enjoys solving problems, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and is comfortable working across multiple accounting processes while supporting the continued growth of the organization. Beyond transactional accounting responsibilities, this individual serves as a process owner and coordinator who actively monitors upcoming deadlines, identifies potential issues before they occur, and helps maintain operational continuity across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate and audit-ready financial records, including general ledger support and documentation.
• Perform bank, cash, credit card, and balance sheet reconciliations while researching and resolving discrepancies.
• Process Accounts Payable transactions, vendor payments, and employee/contractor reimbursements.
• Monitor Accounts Receivable balances and assist with collections and customer account maintenance.
• Prepare and post recurring journal entries, accruals, allocations, prepaid expenses, depreciation, and adjusting journal entries.
• Support all aspects of the monthly and year-end close process, including supporting schedules and reconciliations.
• Maintain fixed asset schedules, prepaid expense schedules, and other recurring accounting records.
• Assist with payroll accounting, labor allocations, payroll reconciliations, and related accounting entries.
• Prepare financial support schedules for audits, tax preparation, and internal reporting.
• Assist with commission calculations, 1099 preparation, and other recurring accounting responsibilities.
• Maintain organized accounting documentation and ensure records remain audit ready.
• Create and maintain project setup within BigTime, including project coding, structures, and resource assignments.
• Review project-related financial information, labor allocations, expense coding, and cost distributions.
• Review and process employee expense reports, ensuring appropriate documentation and coding.
• Support project billing activities and maintain accurate project financial information.
• Coordinate vendor setup and assist with project administration activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting workflows and reduce manual processes.
• Assist with implementation and enhancement of accounting systems and financial workflows.
• Develop and maintain accounting procedures and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, accuracy, and internal controls.
• Assist with documentation and knowledge transfer across the finance function.
• Prepare recurring journal entries, accruals, allocations, and adjusting journal entries.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and supporting schedules.
• Assist with financial statement preparation and variance analysis.
• Ensure accounting records remain accurate, organized, and audit ready.
• Assist leadership with accounting research and technical accounting matters as needed.
• Demonstrate strong proficiency with QuickBooks Desktop.
• Develop a working knowledge of BigTime, Rippling, payroll systems, and related financial applications.
• Assist with system improvements, workflow enhancements, and accounting process automation.
• Support data integrity across accounting and financial systems.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in Accounting required.
• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and accounting principles.
• Demonstrated experience managing month-end and year-end close activities.
• Experience preparing journal entries, accruals, allocations, and adjusting journal entries.
• Strong general ledger and account reconciliation experience.
• Experience with Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, payroll accounting, and cash management.
• Experience with QuickBooks Desktop required.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities.
• High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while consistently meeting deadlines.
• Ability to commute and work onsite as part of a collaborative finance team.

Skills

• Experience with DCAA accounting preferred.
• Experience with project accounting and/or job costing preferred.
• QuickBooks Online and other financial management systems preferred.
• Experience with BigTime, Rippling, payroll systems, and related financial applications.

Pay & Benefits

• Salary Range: $60,000 – $85,000 (some flexibility on top-end of salary range for the right candidate)
• Full-time, Exempt, Salaried
• Comprehensive health benefits to support you and your family
• Flexible time off
• Continuing education allowance
• Donation allowance for charitable causes
• Profit sharing
• Matched 401k
• Generous annual professional development stipend

Schedule & Location

• Onsite, Lancaster, PA
• Ability to commute and work onsite as part of a collaborative finance team