Senior Accountant

Washington DC Metro area (DC, Maryland, or Virginia)

Fully Remote Work Schedule (Occasional onsite meetings/needs)

An exciting opportunity to be part of Leading Path’s close-knit accounting team. Leading Path is an award-winning Information Technology and Management Consulting firm focused on providing solutions in process, technology, and operations to our government and Fortune 500 clients. The Senior Accountant will be responsible for all G/L accounting operations including performing day-to-day accounting activities, maintaining cost accounting, accrual journal entries, and monthly close procedures. They will work with other accounting team members, report to the COO, as well as interface with our external tax CPA and other members of operations.

Leading Path Consulting’s accounting team enjoys a supportive atmosphere where no one is too important to help on even the smallest task. We truly believe it takes a team effort and are always ready to step in when a co-worker is overloaded or needs assistance. We enjoy different backgrounds in accounting and love to educate each other and learn. There are lots of opportunities for independent tasks and work, that get interspersed with group efforts such as month end financial review. As a department we enjoy a communication style that is straight-forward and appreciate honest jovial feedback from one another.

The Senior Accountant must be very comfortable with accrual-based accounting, job costing, government consulting accounting, and month-end close processes. The ideal candidate is flexible, knowledgeable, wants to work as part of a team, and has excellent analytical skills. They enjoy being part of the journey and working with companies as they grow. They will have at least five years of relevant experience and have demonstrated strong competencies in previous employment.

General Job Duties:

• Perform day-to-day accounting activities and perform month-end close
• Understand payroll processing including timesheet/expense approval and set up and release of payroll
• Assist in preparing and reviewing financial statements and bank reconciliations
• Assist in the year-end close process
• Assist with budgeting as requested
• Record or review client payments
• Generate journal entries for month-end close - expense allocations, monthly accruals, prepaid expenses, fixed assets depreciation, and make adjusting/reclassification journal entries, if necessary
• Responsible for unearned revenue– maintaining schedules, interfacing with contracts staff and project leads to stay up to date on changing revenue recognition, ensuring G/L is up to date before any close
• Promote a team effort environment by teaching/assisting other members of accounting as needed
• Assist in achieving DCAA compliance goal
• Prepare or review invoicing as needed

Requirements

Qualifications:

• 5+ years job experience in accounting, experience in government consulting firms preferred
• Experience with Unanet required, experience with ADP preferred
• Strong computer skills - Experience in working with large data and spreadsheets in Excel
• Strong organizational skills - Effective in constantly re-prioritizing work and following through on commitments
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills – ability to determine solutions based on the situation
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• Team-oriented, self-starter that can work in both a collaborative and independent environment
• Highly detail oriented

Benefits

Leading Path (LP) offers a professional work environment with a strong work-life balance and flexibility. LP allows a remote schedule that is flexible and allows mostly work from home. LP provides a comprehensive and competitive benefits package, 401K, paid time off and paid holidays, company parties, tuition reimbursement, and opportunities for professional growth and advancement.