Accountant
Washington, DC / Alexandria, VA / Baltimore, MD
Client Opportunities Accounting Openings
Hybrid
Position Title: Accountant
Salary: $90k-$100k
Washington DC
First three months fully onsite then hybrid after that
Critical skills for this position include solid experience with US GAAP accounting principles, clear communications, being a team player, maintaining confidentiality, detail-oriented, and acting with the highest degree of integrity.
Job Responsibilities
- Ensure transactions are recorded accurately and in accordance with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
- Prepare monthly journal entries to properly record accounting transactions, ensuring that journal entries have proper backup to substantiate the entry.
- Research and analyze P&L budget to actual and year over year variances and analyze P&L trends.
- Provide financial analysis and interpretation to management, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation to enhance efficiency and accuracy in financial operations.
- Address inquiries and provide explanations regarding financial matters to internal and external parties.
- Reconcile assigned balance sheet accounts monthly; resolve any reconciling items on a timely basis.
- Ensure timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close and reporting.
- Responsible for client invoicing and collection process including generating and distributing client invoices; monitoring payments; processing and recording transactions; maintaining account statuses; researching and resolving account discrepancies; and reconciliation of client balances to supporting detail records, cash receipts activity, and accounts receivable aging.
- Assist with annual budget preparation.
- Participate in annual external audit, including timely preparation and organization of audit schedules, work papers, and various reports.
- Partner with internal teams, program directors and managers to interpret financial results and to address inquiries and issues as they arise.
- Perform ad hoc analysis and projects as requested.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education & Training
Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field, 3+ years of relevant experience in Accounting; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office; expert-level proficiency with Excel.
Ability to work independently and within a team environment.
Ability to establish priorities, work to strict deadlines, and to deal with shifting and competing priorities.
Maintains confidentiality.
Pay And Benefits
As a Senior Accountant you will enjoy our competitive total rewards package:
- Health benefits start on the first day following your first month of employment
- Dental and Vision Benefits.
- Competitive PTO Plan (starts at 21 days per year)
- 403(b) Plan
- Employer paid AD&D Insurance
- 401(a) Pension Plan with employer match
- Tuition Reimbursement
- FREE PARKING
- Proximity to public transportation
- Employee Assistance Program services provided for to you and your family.