Accountant

Keys:

• Bachelors Degree
• 2-7 years accounting experience
• Background in transactional accounting, AP, AR, Payroll, GL work

Accountant
Cambridge, MA

Responsibilities may include:
• Full-Custom Payroll/Time Accounting duties such as: collecting, reviewing, and entering timesheets into the Deltek accounting system; posting labor to the Labor Distribution Journal and payroll to the Payroll Journal in Deltek; maintaining and transmitting payroll information for approximately 170 employees through the ADP payroll system; and verifying that all ADP reports agree to reports produced by Deltek; setting up new states with the appropriate tax agencies and ADP;
• Accounts Payable/Expense Forms duties such as: processing vendor invoices, subcontractor invoices and employee expense forms, posting invoices and expense forms in the Deltek accounting system, and preparing checks for payment.
• Invoicing/Accounts Receivable duties such as: preparing draft trial billings and finalizing trial billings for invoicing; preparing prime as well as other invoices as directed; recording invoices in the Accounts Receivables Journal of Deltek; recording necessary revenue adjustments; and preparing cash deposits and recording cash receipts in Deltek
• Book Closing duties such as: creating and posting end of month entries; reconciling balance sheet and income statement accounts
• Other Support Functions such as: maintaining accounting files; running monthly accounting reports; monitoring cash balance, preparing cash flow analysis, and recommending use of line of credit when necessary; preparing schedules and analysis for outside accountants' review
• Assist Accounting Services Manager in special projects
• Other tasks as assigned
Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Resource Economics, or other related degrees
• 1-5 years of experience working in an accounting department, internships included
• Prior experience in an office setting
• Prior payroll experience preferred
• Experience working with computerized accounting programs, spreadsheet, and word-processing software packages
• Must be detail oriented and well organized
• Must be self-motivated to work independently and also as part of a team
EOE AA M/F/Veterans/Disability