Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

Visium Resources has been asked to identify qualified candidates for this Senior Accountant position. This position is a long term contract hire, with potential of future transition to direct employment. This position will be 100% on site in Arlington, VA and is scheduled for a duration of greater than one year (with potential of transition to direct).

NOTE: 100% On site (no option for Hybrid), Monday - Friday 8:00 - 5:00 (Flexible)

The Sr. Accountant will be responsible for handling the General ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and other related activities as needed.

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for various accounts reconciliations to maintain the integrity of the General Ledger. This will include accounting system maintenance, adding new accounts into the chart of accounts, mapping new accounts into the financial statements, reconciling AR/AP subsidiary ledger to GL, etc.
• Complete Government Reporting required by various states and jurisdictions. This includes collecting and providing specific financial information to various Government agencies and acting as the liaison for the company for any clarification or follow-up questions from the agencies.
• Maintain Fixed Asset System including monitoring fixed assets approval process and maintaining capital additions and retirements in SAP. This will require tracking all new capital asset purchases, entering completed assets, preparing depreciation entry, forecasting assets as needed
• Assist in the month-end close process and reporting functions for all related companies/entities. This includes journal entry preparation, account analysis, financial statement preparation, department variance analysis and corporate reporting
• Assist accounting manager in supervising and prioritizing work for the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) accountants located in India. Primary point of contact for company with the BPO accounting team
• Work with the Accounting Manager to support, develop and document accounting policies and financial procedures in order to maintain & strengthen internal controls & compliance
• Support Cash and Treasury functions such as bank contact, wire transfers, accessing portal for cash activity, cash reporting. Review & Validate bank accounts reconciliations from BPO
• Assist in the implementation of various tools
• Assists in various accounting functions such as accounts payable analysis, accounts receivable reporting and support, payroll reconciliation, expense report processing and other ad-hoc general accounting related tasks
• Review and analyze monthly overhead reports by function
• Assist with preparation of Multi-year budget and updating forecasts throughout the year
• Other projects and duties as needed