Accountant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of a designated segment of the monthly closing process, which includes journal entries, accruals, recurring entries, and balance sheet reconciliations.

• Investigate, age, resolve, and escalate reconciling items as necessary.

• Develop and maintain reconciliation templates and closing schedules.

• Conduct self-reviews of your work and adhere to assigned closing deadlines.

• Manage technical accounting documentation that supports revenue recognition, including ASC 606 assessments, five-step analyses, and position memos.

• Evaluate contracts, change orders, and modifications for potential revenue recognition impacts.

• Analyze monthly WIP schedules and probe revenue variances.

• Organize contract files and maintain revenue recognition policy documentation.

• Act as the primary liaison for external auditors regarding assigned revenue recognition documentation and testing.

• Provide assistance with WIP schedule preparation and revenue recognition entries.

• Document accounting processes, reconciliation procedures, and closing steps thoroughly.

• Identify process gaps and recommend improvements that enhance controls and scalability.

• Aid in the implementation and maintenance of accounting systems and processes.

• Support accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll functions.

• Engage in cross-training across various accounting functions and offer backup support.

• Keep desk procedures updated for the functions you own.

• Liaise with departments, customers, vendors, and external resources to address accounting inquiries.

• Assist with billing and collections activities as required.

• Adhere to RSI security policies, safeguard sensitive data, report incidents, and complete annual security training.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.

• CPA designation or active CPA candidate preferred.

• 3–5 years of progressively responsible accounting experience.

• Over 2 years of audit experience with a Big 4, national, or large regional public accounting firm is highly preferred.

• Proven expertise in strong closing and reconciliation processes.

• Experience managing balance sheet reconciliations from start to finish, including investigating and clearing aged items.

• Familiarity with ASC 606 and the capacity to document revenue conclusions in defensible memos.

• Experience with percentage-of-completion, WIP, or project/contract accounting is preferred.

• Excellent documentation skills for workpapers, process narratives, and technical memos.

• Solid understanding of accrual accounting and the relationships among financial statements.

• Advanced proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, and handling large datasets.

• Readiness to learn new accounting systems.

• Flexibility to work across various accounting functions and provide coverage for team members.

• Ability to clearly explain technical accounting concepts to non-accounting personnel.

• Capability to work independently and determine which issues to resolve or escalate.

• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills and the ability to manage competing closing deadlines.

• Experience in a private equity-backed or project-based environment is a plus.

• Commitment to following security policies and protecting FTI, PII, and client data.

• Willingness to complete the required annual security awareness training.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employment.

• Required annual security awareness training.

• Compensation range of $75,000 - $85,000 based on experience, skill set, and geographic location.