Staff Accountant

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

📋 Description

• Deliver comprehensive accounting and bookkeeping assistance to a varied client portfolio across different sectors, including government contractors.

• Execute full-cycle bookkeeping and ensure precise maintenance of general ledger and chart-of-account records for designated clients.

• Manage accounts payable and accounts receivable processes.

• Generate invoices, document receipts, input vendor bills, apply payments and credits, and oversee outstanding balances.

• Conduct payroll accounting tasks, encompassing payroll activities, employer taxes, deductions, payroll liabilities, and clearing accounts.

• Finalize monthly reconciliations for bank and credit card statements and reconcile relevant balance-sheet accounts.

• Prepare routine and adjusting journal entries.

• Examine the general ledger for duplicate entries, misclassified transactions, unusual balances, missing transactions, and other inconsistencies.

• Carry out assigned month-end closing procedures.

• Compile and assess Balance Sheets, Profit and Loss Statements, Trial Balances, A/R and A/P aging reports, and supporting schedules.

• Preserve complete supporting documentation and audit trails.

• Engage directly with clients regarding any missing information, inquiries, reconciliations, and deadlines.

• Investigate and resolve routine accounting discrepancies autonomously while escalating unusual, significant, or complex issues for senior review.

• Assume responsibility for the assigned client accounts from transaction recording through to reconciliation and month-end closure.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of five (5) years of professional bookkeeping or accounting experience.

• At least three (3) years of practical experience using QuickBooks Online.

• Minimum three (3) years of hands-on experience with QuickBooks Desktop.

• Proven experience in full-cycle bookkeeping, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll accounting, general ledger maintenance, reconciliations, journal entries, and month-end closures.

• Experience in supporting multiple clients or business entities simultaneously.

• Sound knowledge of debits and credits, accruals, prepaid expenses, payroll liabilities, loans, fixed assets, and adjusting entries.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, sorting/filtering, lookup functions, and reconciliation schedules.

• Ability to work independently and manage recurring deadlines for clients.

• Strong organizational, analytical, communication, confidentiality, and time-management capabilities.

• Ability to adhere to established GovCon accounting procedures and identify issues that require escalation.

• An Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred.

• QuickBooks ProAdvisor certification is preferred.

• Experience in an accounting, bookkeeping, CPA, outsourced accounting, or professional-services firm is preferred.

• Familiarity with ADP or another payroll platform is a bonus.

• Experience with GovCon, job costing, class/project tracking, indirect-cost structures, and government-contracting accounting is preferred or advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Fully remote work arrangement.