Role OverviewSenior Accountants perform a variety of duties related to tracking complex or a high volume of financial information, including maintaining accounts payable, accounts receivable, banking, general ledger, grant, and/or budgetary accounts, while ensuring compliance to federal, state, and local guidelines and laws.
What You Will Do
Senior Accountants oversee the Accounts Payable (AP) and/or Accounts Receivable (AR) process, internal and external audits of financial records, banking records, financial closing process, general ledger (GL) maintenance, and confidential governmental financial records.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The ideal candidate will have experience using general ledger reconciliations, preparing journal entries, and financial statements or reports, as well as using Excel and financial management software. A Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field is also required.
Requirements
- Experience using general ledger reconciliations in a government/non-profit, corporate, or public accounting setting
- Experience preparing journal entries (e.g., debits/credits) in a governmental/non-profit, corporate, or public accounting setting
- Experience preparing financial statements or reports (e.g., balance sheets, income statements) in a governmental/non-profit, corporate, or public accounting setting
- Experience using Excel (e.g., formatting spreadsheets using formulas and logic)
- Experience using financial management software (e.g., SAP, Incode, QuickBooks)
- At least one of the following: Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field with 15 semester hours of accounting classes including at least one intermediate level accounting class, or Experience as an Accountant in the Merit System
Benefits
- Medical and dental insurance
- Employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension)
- Generous paid holidays
- Sick and vacation leave
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