Senior Project Accountant (Anchorage, AK)

Overview

Doyon, Limited's mission is to continually enhance our position as a financially strong Native corporation to promote the economic and social well-being of our 20,000 shareholders. We provide exceptional career opportunities for individuals who value professionalism, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence. We understand the importance of treating our employees well and the impact motivated employees have in helping us succeed in our vision to be the leader in all we do.

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Doyon, Limited offers a highly competitive benefits package that makes up a significant portion of an employee's total compensation. Eligible employees may participate in the following benefits (these details are for informational purposes only and are subject to any policy or plan changes):

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Medical Insurance
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• Life insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) Plan & Employer Match
• Profit sharing
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Assistance
• JOB SUMMARY:** Reporting to the Accounting Director, the Senior Project Accountant will work on accounting and compliance-related projects in areas of accounting and reporting systems, internal controls, audits, accounting standards implementation, and policies and procedures. This role will also be responsible for moderately complex accounting activities for multiple companies.
• \*\*This position can be filled in either Fairbanks, AK or Anchorage, AK\*\***
  
  

Responsibilities

**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:**

**Accounting**

• Accounting for special transactions and projects
• Support senior members of the accounting team with accounting projects, including accounting standards evaluation and implementation
• Review and update accounting procedures and process documentation
• Conduct moderately complex accounting studies
• Accounting for capital assets and investments
• Preparation of reconciliations and journal entries
  
  

**Financial Reporting**

• Support the implementation and compliance with reporting standards
• Assist with the preparation of various consolidations and financial statements
• Review budget to actual reports for unusual variances
• Participate in multiple annual external audits
• Compile financial reports and schedules
  
  

**Additional Responsibilities**

• Participation in the annual budgeting and forecasting process
• Involvement in accounting and reporting system implementation
• Develop and work with complex accounting spreadsheets
• Meet deadlines, organize work materials, and manage time effectively
• Ability to work occasional overtime is required
• Occasional overnight travel may be required
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

Doyon Limited Core Competencies

• Commitment to Excellence – Identifies what needs to be done and takes action to achieve a standard of excellence beyond job expectations.
• Corporate Values- Understand, embrace, and integrate Doyon corporate values into everyday duties and responsibilities.
• Customer Service – Identifies and responds to current and future client needs by providing excellent service to internal and external clients.
• Safety and Security – Promotes a safe work environment for co-workers and customers.
• Teamwork – Resourceful team player who builds, strengthens, and maintains collaborative relationships with others inside or outside the organization.
  
  

Job-specific Competencies

• Analytical Skills- Visualizes, articulates, and solves a variety of problems and concepts and makes appropriate decisions based on available information
• Attention to Detail- Ensures one's own and other's work and information are complete and accurate
• Communication Skills- Listens, writes, and speaks effectively, and positively relates and interacts with co-workers and others
• Decision Making- Makes choices or reaches conclusions by establishing objectives, gathering relevant information, identifying alternatives, setting criteria for the decision, and selecting the best option
• Employee Development - Effective in the recruitment, selection, development, and retention of competent staff members
• Financial Management- Applies critical financial concepts and practices to establish and maintain realistic budgets
• Leadership- Maintains a productive climate and confidently motivates, mobilizes, and coaches employees to meet high-performance standards and goals
• Management- Plans, organizes, directs, monitors, and controls a group of one or more employees or one or more entities to accomplish organizational goals and objectives
• Problem-Solving- Anticipates and identifies problems, distinguishes between symptoms and causes, and determines alternative solutions involving varied levels of complexity, ambiguity, and risk.
• Process Improvement—Manages, leads, and enables change and transition while helping others cope with it.
• Reporting- Generates reports that are accurate, objective, and complete promptly
• Strategic Implementation/Thinking- Formulates effective strategies consistent with the business and competitive strategies, examines policy issues and strategic planning with a long-term perspective, determines objectives, sets priorities, and anticipates potential threats or opportunities
  
  

Qualifications

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:**

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
• Four (4) years of progressively responsible accounting experience, of which two (2) years must be in public accounting
• Understanding of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP)
• Proven experience with financial reporting and project management
• Familiarity with internal control processes
• Strong managerial and interpersonal skills
• Experience using Microsoft Excel
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Corporate/operational accounting experience
• Accounting experience in mid-to-large sized company
• WORKING ENVIRONMENT:** The majority of work is performed in a professional office setting with a wide variety of people with differing functions, personalities, and abilities.
• PHYSICAL DEMANDS:** The work is generally sedentary, requiring routine walking, standing, bending, and carrying items weighing less than forty pounds. [Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions].
• REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION:** Doyon's business philosophy and practice is to provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.
• PREFERENCE STATEMENT:** Doyon grants preference to qualified Doyon Shareholders first, and second to qualified shareholders of other Alaska Native corporations that grant a similar preference in all phases of employment and training, which include, but are not limited to hiring, promotion, layoff, transfer, and training.
  
  

_This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments._

_A review of this position has excluded marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills or abilities._

_This job description is not an employment agreement or contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice._