Junior Accountant

About the job

• Assist Accounting Manager with analyses of ongoing financial activity for the Bond Program.
• Prepare and/or review vendor files or other supporting documentation for vendor payments.
• Conduct regular review and analysis of detailed transactions residing in the Bond program accounting software (Deltek Costpoint).
• Assist Accounting Manager in identifying errors and develop innovative approaches to minimize risk of repeat discrepancies.
• Develop new reports to help provide transparency into Bond Program expenditures.
• Review Bond Program invoices and process approved payables per accounting procedures.
• Enter invoice payment requests into program accounting software.
• Communicate with applicable construction and professional services vendors as needed.
• Identify discrepancies or inconsistencies and resolve expeditiously.
• Reconcile financial accounts. Assist in processing of general contractor’s payment analysis.
• Analyze monthly accounting reports in order to maintain expenditure controls.
• Work directly with outside team members on cost and invoice commitments and expenditure matters.
• Prepare and process journal entries.
• Work effectively with other department personnel in order to resolve any invoice payment issues and obtain signatures of authorization on invoice matters.
• Evaluate and ensure bond compliance in regard to payment requests.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment  Good communication and presentation skills.

Requirements

• 3 years of accounting work experience.
• Bachelor's degree. Additional qualifying experience in excess to the minimum stated above may be substituted for the required education on a year for year basis.
• Ability to work with business enterprise software.
• Ability to perform historical trend analysis.
• Ability to create and analyze reports.