Staff Accountant

Robert Half has partnered with an esteemed organization to find a Staff Accountant to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will have responsibility over the preparation of journal entries, monthly and year-end closings, bank reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance, and general ledger reconciliation. Many aspects of internal reporting during the monthly close will be your reponsibility. You will also participate in compliance, interact with our external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audits, and look over schedules for the reporting processes. An involved position, you will be producing Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets. This Fairfax, Virginia based firm has a long-term contract / temporary position available, and offers an innovative work environment where effort is rewarded.

What you get to do every day

- Be a part of various initiatives spanning multiple departments

- Maintain monthly payment schedules

- Help with the implementation, maintenance and adherence to internal controls and accounting procedures ensuring compliance with GAAP

- Ad-hoc reporting and special projects, as requested

- Ready complex journal entries and account reconciliations including but not limited to cash, prepaid expenses and payroll

- Support fixed asset ledger, depreciation, and reconciliation

- Carry out month end close, journal entries, without supervision

- Commentate on a wide variety of financial data and communicate it in a useful and understandable manner

- Create monthly statement analysis to be used for management reportings

- Participate in the month end, quarter end and year end closing process including monthly financial close workbook preparation

Salary : $30 - $35