Accounts Payable Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Alabama, +16 more states.

📋 Description

• Independently manage daily transactional accounting tasks.

• Prepare, review, and analyze accounting records to ensure accuracy, completeness, and adherence to reporting and procedural standards.

• Collaborate with accounting personnel and department leaders to maintain the chart of accounts and assign account codes to source documents and journals.

• Establish and maintain vendor accounts, gather tax forms, and confirm accurate ACH setups.

• Negotiate net terms with contracts, oversee requests for new payee packets, and organize payee and vendor documentation.

• Assist in the development, implementation, modification, and documentation of recordkeeping and accounting systems using modern technology.

• Process weekly expense payments, solicit staff approvals, and reconcile purchase expenses.

• Support the general ledger by conducting monthly reviews and reconciliations of expense accounts and sub-ledgers.

• Keep up-to-date with regulatory requirements regarding annual tax filings, including 1098 and 1099 forms.

• Oversee or assist with the monthly reconciliation of credit card transactions and expenses.

• Address outstanding reconciliation issues with team members.

• Ensure compliance when processing foreign transactions and maintain proper financial statement presentation and vendor payments.

• Manage unclaimed property processes through external reporting.

• Analyze and suggest modifications regarding authorized signatures.

• Assist with annual audits by collecting necessary information, materials, and financial reports.

• Contribute to and prepare information for special reporting projects as needed.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field with a minimum of 2 years of experience in accounts payable/receiving, OR an associate’s degree in the same fields with at least 6 years of progressive accounts payable/receiving experience.

• Strong technical skills in using Unanet, Costpoint, or another Deltek product.

• Familiarity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS), and the preparation of financial statements.

• Ability to work independently, utilizing knowledge to analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions from diverse facts or circumstances.

• Basic proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

• Advanced skills in creating and maintaining spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

• Preferred experience in professional accounting within a federal government contracting environment.

• Fundamental understanding of Defense Contract Audit Agency compliance, including accounting practices and timekeeping regulations, is preferred or required for federal contracting.

• Experience with foreign currency transactions is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Minimal overnight travel, limited to no more than 5%.

• Exempt status.