Sr. Staff Accountant

Tittle: Senior Staff Accountant

Work Mode: Hybrid (3 days onsite per week)

Location: Hampton, VA-23661

Role: Contract Role

Duties / Responsibilities:

Job Summary:

The Senior Staff Accountant works and provides accounting and administrative support for the agency’s financial activity. Strong leadership skills, ability to work and interact with departments throughout the organization, exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Meeting multiple demands on a timely basis is critical.

Essential Job Functions:

(Duties listed are not intended to be all inclusive nor to limit duties that might reasonably be assigned.)

·        General Ledger account reconciliation.

·        Tracking project expenditures to ensure fiscal compliance of grant contracts.

·        Prepares reimbursement requests to external funding partners on a regular basis to ensure accurate, timely drawdown of funds.

·        Ensures general ledger data for grants and related assets are accurate and reconciled monthly, quarterly, and annually.

·        Responsible for the maintenance of official grant files, records and supporting documentation related to federal, state, and local projects.

·        Prepares financial reports to external grand funding agencies on a quarterly basis or as needed.

·        Responsible for reconciliations and financial assessment of grants projects, in coordination with other departments.

·        Assists with the preparation of financial reports such as monthly balance sheet, income statement, budget variances, and position of grant funding to be presented.

·        Provides accounting support for monthly closings, periodic reviews, and annual internal or external audits.

·        Assists with compilation of routine and ad hoc reports as needed.

·        Manage records created and received in compliance with the Records Management Policies and Procedures.

·        Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Abilities and Skills essential to Job Functions:

·        Required undergraduate degree in accounting, business administration or finance with a minimum of 5 years’ experience. 

·        Required knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, especially as it relates to enterprise fund accounting, general ledger, financial reporting, and monthly closing procedures.

·        Excellent problem-solving, communication and interpersonal skills.

·        Attention to detail and excellent time-management skills.

·        Ability to independently prepare routine reports, presentations and correspondence with minimal supervision

·        Experience with grants and/or governmental accounting.