Accountant Bookkeeper

Are you an accounting expert looking to broaden your skills and collaborate closely with an accountant?

We invite you to apply! As a Bookkeeper, your responsibilities will include collaborating with our accounting team to generate and examine financial reports, ensure compliance with legal requirements, process accounts payable and receivable, manage invoices, and handle tax payments. Our perfect candidate has a degree in Finance (ideally complemented by accounting CPE courses) and is well-versed with accounting software.

In essence, the Bookkeeper's role is to precisely document all daily financial transactions of our company.

***We have multiple locations, Fairfax, Reston, DC, Arlington***

Responsibilities

• Maintains records of financial transactions by establishing accounts; posting transactions; ensure legal requirements compliance.
• Develops system to account for financial transactions by establishing a chart of accounts, defining bookkeeping policies and procedures.
• Maintains subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, and posting transactions.
• Balances subsidiary accounts by reconciling entries.
• Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary account summaries.
• Balances general ledger by preparing a trial balance; reconciling entries.
• Maintains historical records by filing documents.
• Prepares financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends.
• Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying requirements; enforcing adherence to requirements; filing reports; advising management on needed actions.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Record day to day financial transactions and complete the posting process
• Verify that transactions are recorded in the correct day book, supplier's ledger, customer ledger and general ledger
• Bring the books to the trial balance stage
• Perform partial checks of the posting process
• Complete tax forms
• Enter data, maintain records and create reports and financial statements
• Process accounts receivable/payable and handle payroll in a timely manner

Requirements and skills

• Proven bookkeeping experience
• Solid understanding of basic bookkeeping and accounting payable/receivable principles
• Proven ability to calculate, post and manage accounting figures and financial records
• Data entry skills along with a knack for numbers
• Hands-on experience with spreadsheets and proprietary software
• Proficiency in English and in MS Office
• Customer service orientation and negotiation skills
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• BS degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration