General Ledger Accountant

Aston Carter - Fairfax, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Fairfax, VA

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The General Ledger Accountant position at Aston Carter involves managing and maintaining financial records for a mid-sized government contractor. The role focuses on creating journal entries, reconciling accounts, and ensuring compliance with accounting principles in a fast-paced environment. This position is ideal for detail-oriented individuals who thrive in collaborative settings and are eager to contribute to organizational goals.

Responsibilities

• Create monthly adjusting and recurring journal entries while maintaining account reconciliations.
• Maintain and reconcile lease accounting workpapers to ensure all leases are captured and recorded correctly monthly.
• Perform account analysis to ensure that journal entries and balances are accurate, and transactions posted to correct accounts.
• Analyze current account/org structure and continue to clean up prior year org balances.
• Reconcile bank accounts monthly.

Requirements

• Understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Ability to prioritize and manage multi-tasks simultaneously in a deadline driven environment.
• Must be detail oriented and have strong organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and confidentiality.
• Demonstrated initiative, flexibility, and ingenuity with the ability to effectively achieve organizational established goals and objectives.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, customer service and collaborative team environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally or in writing.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, especially Excel. Experience with Deltek Costpoint a plus.