What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Reporting/General Ledger Senior Accountant position at Castro & Company, LLC?
Financial Reporting/General Ledger Senior Accountant
We are seeking a Senior Accountant to provide financial reporting accounting support to our Federal agency client. This is a great role for an individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment working in multiple areas of accounting.
This individual will work in a remote environment while interacting with the client’s accounting team. The successful candidate will have experience reconciling United States General Ledger (USSGL) accounts, analyzing financial statement line items, and transforming accounting data into information for program use.
What will you do in this role:
- Analyze a large volume of accounting transactions in computerized systems with a high degree of accuracy, researching variances for root causes, and preparing corrective entries in accordance with accounting principles with limited supervision or ongoing review.
- Analyze and reconcile general ledger to subsidiary ledger (e.g., cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, undelivered orders, property) and/or between two or more data sources (e.g., travel, payroll, overseas data, feeder systems); complete USSGL fund analytics (i.e., budgetary to proprietary general ledger accounts or tie-points).
- Utilize SQL queries, to research abnormal balances at the trial balance level and recommend corrective actions; analyze transactions, recommend accrual methodologies, and validate accrued amount / assumptions for various areas (e.g., domestic invoices, overseas payments, travel) in accordance with USSGL and GAAP.
- Provide support on the annual financial statement and other financial related audits and reviews to include locating, reviewing and analyzing financial documentation located within a large core Accounting Systems Data Warehouse (Audit Support).
Your qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance or business-related field.
- Minimum of 24 Accounting credits, including Accounting Principles and Intermediate Accounting.
- Minimum of 4 years' experience in financial management.
- Preferred current knowledge of the United States Standard General Ledger (USSGL), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) as set forth by the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) and standards of financial accounting as established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
- Experience working with prepared-by-client (PBC) items, and reviewing support for accuracy, completeness and quality control issues.
- Security Clearance: Must be able to pass a basic government suitability check (US Citizenship required).
What’s in it for you:
Serving Federal Government clients, Castro & Company is a dedicated Audit, Advisory and Accounting CPA firm headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. We are dedicated to helping our clients accomplish their strategic goals while providing our people with a diverse and inclusive environment to thrive and succeed. Castro & Company employees are part of a learning culture with challenging career development opportunities. We encourage teamwork and collaboration, reward excellence, and respect and value diversity.
Castro & Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability and any other classification protected by law.
