What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Accountant position at Alexton Incorporated?
Staff Accountant
This position is located in Orlando, Fl and is responsible for handling a significant volume of activity. This is a great opportunity for the highly motivated individual. We seek a results oriented, energetic person with superior accounting skills. The mid-level Accountant will be involved in a full cycle of accounting activities that will result in the month-end closing cycle. This position will touch on every aspect of accounting including but not limited to payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger and month-end closing activities.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent experience
Recent experience working for Government Contractors, supporting Federal Contracts.
Quickbooks: 3 years (Required), Deltet/CostPoint a Plus
- Experienced with various contract types (FFP, T&M, CPFF).
- Able to handling competing deliverables with various levels of complexity
- Excellent communication and customer service skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects within cost and schedule
- Strong understanding of Government contracting including compliance with the FAR and indirect rates
- Strong problem solving aptitude required; must be able to analyze client needs and leverage accounting systems effectively to create value to customers.
- Experience with 3 party payroll services - Paychex a plus
- Must provide a criminal background check, be bondable and have a Florida Drivers’ License
- Under the direction and work with the company’s outside accounting firm on accounting duties, ensure procedures are followed for tax planning and compliance with all federal, state, and local corporate, payroll, and other applicable taxes
- Applies advanced accounting skills to perform and/or oversee routine and non-routine tasks involving the processing and reconciliation of receivables, billing, accounts payable, contract revenue calculations, contract cost accumulation and reporting, indirect rate calculations, fixed assets, general ledger, preparing financial statements, including periodic cash flows and supporting compliance audits
- Job cost and contract reporting for government contracts
- Record and reconcile revenue monthly
- Reconcile the AR subsidiary ledger to the general ledger monthly
- Prepare and review monthly financials and reporting packages to include forecast schedules and dashboards
- Responsible for the reconciliation of all payroll and labor related and accounts payable accounts. (Accrued salaries, accrued vacation, withholding and accrued taxes, accountings payable subsidiary ledgers, prepaid accounts).
- Reconcile bank accounts
- Maintain effective internal controls to ensure safeguarding of assets and reliability of financial statements.
- Responsible for timing and quality of closing process/cycle
- Complex financial reporting
- Conducts research & analysis; billed and unbilled receivable analysis and revenue recognition
- Develops and manages indirect rate structures, assists with the preparation of budgets, forecasts, incurred cost submissions
- Document and provide meaningful explanations for fluctuations to assist management with business decisions
- Assist with annual budgeting process including budget to actual variance analysis.
- Perform bank reconciliations
- Ability to prepare quarterly and year-end payroll reconciliation and file reports with all taxing agencies
- Must have successfully produced, reconciled and submitted more than 3 years Incurred Cost Submissions (ICE)
- Must be willing to train and mentor other staff
- Ability to develop business processes and procedure
- Must have advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel
- Special projects as assigned.