Job description
Staff Accountant
Location - DC Metro area preferred but will consider East Coast.
About the Staff Accountant position:
We are looking for a skilled Staff Accountant who will supervise general accounting operations and control our financial transactions. Your responsibilities will also include reconciling account balances and bank statements٫ maintaining the general ledger٫ preparing month-end close procedures and ensuring accuracy and effectiveness in all company’s accounting tasks.
We expect you to possess both excellent analytical skills and an in-depth knowledge of accounting principles to efficiently analyze financial reports and forecasts. You should also have experience in managing accountants and junior analysts.
Responsibilities:
- Review and manage accounts payable and receivable
- Review and analyze financial data and create reports on financial status based on the analysis results
- Create timely and accurate accounting reports and present them to company’s executives and senior management
- Develop recommendations to optimize company’s accounting systems and procedures and detect inaccuracies
- Support and consult company’s personnel on accounting control procedures
- Supervise accounting assistants and bookkeepers٫ plan their work and assign tasks
- Take part in forecasting and financial standards setting processes
- Participate in department’s goal setting activities and month-end and year-end close processes
- Organize financial statements and budget preparation٫ accurately and timely
- Support and oversee tax audits (both internal and external) and tax returns
- Support business processes and accounting policies and prepare corresponding documentation
- Ensure that accounting procedures comply with GAAP requirements
- Work together with financial and accounting managers to optimize financial operations
Requirements:
- 3+ years’ experience of working on a Financial Controller٫ Accounting Supervisor٫ Chief or Senior Accountant
- Profound experience with typical accounting procedures
- Good experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year-end close process
- Good knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Good practical experience with accounting software packages٫ such as FreshBooks and QuickBooks
- Good knowledge of financial accounting statements and business trends
- Good understanding of MS Office٫ especially Excel
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills٫ with accuracy and attention to detail
- BS degree in Accounting٫ Finance or other relevant certifications such as CMA or CPA will be a bonus
About BlueVoyant
At BlueVoyant, we recognize that effective cyber security requires active prevention and defense across both your organization and supply chain. Our proprietary data, analytics, and technology, coupled with deep expertise, works as a force multiplier to secure your full ecosystem. Accuracy! Actionability! Timeliness! Scalability!
Led by CEO, Jim Rosenthal, BlueVoyant’s highly skilled team includes former government cyber officials with extensive frontline experience in responding to advanced cyber threats on behalf of the National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Unit 8200, and GCHQ, together with private sector experts. BlueVoyant services utilize large real-time datasets with industry leading analytics and technologies.
Founded in 2017 by Fortune 500 executives, including Executive Chairman, Tom Glocer, and former Government cyber officials, BlueVoyant is headquartered in New York City and has offices in Maryland, Tel Aviv, San Francisco, London, Budapest, and Latin America.
All employees must be authorized to work in the United States. BlueVoyant provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, BlueVoyant complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
Disclaimer: Please note that pursuant to contractual requirements and applicable law, in order for employees to perform work on some of the company’s federal contracts, U.S. citizenship is required. Accordingly, an employee’s ability to perform work on such contracts is contingent upon the company’s verification of the employee’s citizenship status. Furthermore, individuals may be subject to additional background checks and fingerprinting.
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