Accountant
Remote
Job Summary
Prepare and post journal entries, accruals, and recurring entries as part of the monthly close calendar with clear support attached. Own assigned balance sheet account reconciliations for cash, prepaids, accrued liabilities, and intercompany balances, ensuring items are researched, aged, and escalated with recommended resolutions. Own technical accounting documentation for revenue recognition, including ASC 606 contract assessments, five-step analyses, and position memos, while serving as the primary point of contact for external auditors. Assist with AP, AR, and payroll functions, and cross-train across the full accounting cycle to provide full backup coverage. Document processes and propose improvements to enhance controls and scalability.
Required Qualifications
- public accounting foundation
- knows what a well-documented, audit-ready close looks like
- can help bring that standard to a growing accounting function
- cross-train across the full accounting cycle
- Prepare and post journal entries, accruals, and recurring entries
- Own assigned balance sheet account reconciliations
- Research, age, and clear reconciling items
- Build and maintain reconciliation templates and close schedules
- Self-review work before submission
- Own the technical accounting documentation supporting revenue recognition
- ASC 606 contract assessments
- five-step analyses
- position memos
- Review executed contracts, change orders, and modifications
- Reconcile recognized revenue to contract terms, billings, and cash receipts
- Maintain contract files and revenue recognition policy documentation
- Serve as the primary point of contact for external auditors on revenue recognition documentation and testing
- Serve as backup for preparation of the monthly WIP schedule and revenue recognition entries
- Document accounting processes, reconciliation procedures, and close steps in written narratives
- Identify gaps between current practice and what good looks like
- propose practical improvements with an eye toward controls and scalability
- Help implement and maintain accounting systems and processes
- Assist with AP, AR, and payroll functions
- Cross-train with the team across close, reconciliation, revenue, and transactional functions
- Maintain current desk procedures for owned functions
- Communicate with other departments, customers, vendors, and outside resources
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