Accounting Specialist

Job description

A2G International is seeking a dependable and detail-oriented Accounting Specialist to support the company’s day-to-day accounting, payroll coordination, project accounting, and financial system administration.

This position will serve as a key day-to-day resource for Deltek Costpoint and iSolved/GovConPay while also assisting with general accounting, reconciliations, time and expense processing, project setup, payroll review, and month-end close activities.

The ideal candidate does not need to be a senior accountant or an expert in government-contract accounting. However, the individual must have a solid understanding of accounting fundamentals, strong technical aptitude, and the ability to learn, troubleshoot, and document financial-system processes.

Prior Deltek Costpoint or iSolved/GovConPay experience is preferred but not required for a candidate with relevant accounting, payroll, ERP, or project-accounting experience and a demonstrated ability to learn new systems quickly.

What you get to do:

General Accounting and Month-End Support

• Prepare and enter journal entries with appropriate supporting documentation.

• Reconcile bank accounts, credit cards, payroll accounts, accrued expenses, prepaid expenses, and other balance-sheet accounts.

• Assist with monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close activities.

• Review general-ledger activity for accuracy, completeness, and proper classification.

• Research and resolve accounting discrepancies.

• Maintain organized and audit-ready accounting records.

• Assist with financial schedules and supporting documentation requested by management, auditors, lenders, customers, or outside accountants.

• Support accounts payable and accounts receivable activities as needed.

Deltek Costpoint Support

• Perform routine accounting and administrative activities within Deltek Costpoint.

• Assist with employee, vendor, organization, project, account, and labor-category maintenance.

• Review time and expense transactions for completeness, coding accuracy, and proper approvals.

• Assist employees with basic Costpoint timekeeping and expense-report questions.

• Support project setup, project-account mapping, labor-category assignments, and employee-project access.

• Research system errors and coordinate corrections with internal users or outside system consultants.

• Assist with posting and reconciling labor, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general-ledger transactions.

• Help document Costpoint processes, controls, and user procedures.

• Support future Costpoint process improvements and system integrations.

Payroll and iSolved/GovConPay Support

• Assist with payroll preparation, review, and reconciliation.

• Review employee payroll data, deductions, benefits, paid leave, labor distributions, and organizational assignments.

• Coordinate employee setup and changes between iSolved/GovConPay and Deltek Costpoint.

• Reconcile payroll registers to Costpoint labor and general-ledger postings.

• Identify and help resolve payroll-interface or labor-distribution discrepancies.

• Maintain payroll and employee accounting documentation.

• Assist employees and managers with routine payroll, timekeeping, and leave-balance questions.

• Coordinate with the payroll provider when system corrections or additional support are required.

Government Contracting and Project Accounting

• Support accounting for government contracts, subcontracts, commercial projects, overhead, general and administrative activities, business development, bid and proposal, and unallowable costs.

• Review transactions for appropriate project, organization, account, and labor-category coding.

• Assist with project cost reporting, budget-to-actual analysis, and financial reporting.

• Support customer billing and preparation of invoice documentation.

• Help ensure labor, travel, and other project costs are properly supported and consistently recorded.

• Assist with documentation needed for government-contracting compliance and future audits.

• Develop an understanding of FAR cost principles, indirect-cost allocation, timekeeping requirements, and government-contract accounting practices.

Process Improvement and Administrative Support

• Create and maintain written accounting procedures, checklists, and desk guides.

• Help improve accounting workflows and reduce manual or duplicate processes.

• Maintain accounting trackers and recurring task schedules.

• Support implementation of internal controls appropriate for a growing small business.

• Assist the Director of Finance with special projects and financial analyses.

• Perform other accounting and administrative duties as assigned.

Job requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a closely related field.

Alternatively, an associate degree with relevant accounting experience may be considered.

• Two or more years of accounting, bookkeeping, payroll, project accounting, or financial-system experience.

• Working knowledge of general-ledger accounting and account reconciliations.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, filtering, sorting, pivot tables, and data reconciliation.

• Ability to research discrepancies and follow transactions between multiple systems.

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accurate work.

• Ability to organize documentation and meet recurring deadlines.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to handle confidential payroll, employee, and financial information appropriately.

• Willingness and ability to learn Deltek Costpoint, iSolved/GovConPay, government-contract accounting, and company-specific processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Deltek Costpoint.

• Experience using iSolved, GovConPay, or another payroll and human-resources information system.

• Experience with payroll reconciliation or payroll-to-general-ledger integration.

• Experience working for a government contractor, aerospace company, aviation business, engineering company, or other project-based organization.

• Familiarity with project accounting, labor distribution, indirect costs, or government-contract billing.

• Experience supporting a small or growing business where employees handle a variety of responsibilities.

• Familiarity with FAR cost principles or government-contract accounting requirements.

• Experience assisting with accounting-system implementation, data cleanup, or process documentation.

Successful Candidate Profile

The strongest candidate will:

• Be comfortable performing detailed transactional work while also understanding how transactions affect the general ledger and project reporting.

• Be willing to investigate problems rather than simply forwarding them to someone else.

• Learn unfamiliar systems quickly and document what they learn.

• Be dependable, organized, and consistent with recurring deadlines.

• Communicate clearly with employees who may not have accounting or system knowledge.

• Enjoy working in a small-business environment where priorities may evolve.

• Know when to work independently and when to escalate an issue.

• Have the judgment to protect confidential payroll, personnel, and financial information.

What This Position Is Not

This position is not intended to independently manage the entire finance function, establish corporate accounting policy, serve as the company’s Controller, or make final decisions regarding complex government-contract compliance matters.

The Staff Accountant will work under the direction of the Director of Finance and will receive guidance on complex transactions, accounting policy, government-contract compliance, and significant system changes.

Compensation

The anticipated salary range is $60,000–$80,000 annually, depending on the candidate’s accounting experience, government-contracting knowledge, and familiarity with Deltek Costpoint and iSolved/GovConPay.

Candidates who require training in Costpoint may be hired toward the lower or middle portion of the range. Candidates who can immediately perform Costpoint accounting, payroll reconciliation, project accounting, and financial-system troubleshooting may be considered toward the upper portion of the range.

A2G International is an equal-opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to legally protected characteristics.

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