Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Dextera Corporation is seeking an Accountant III to provide advanced accounting, financial analysis, and reporting support to the CBP Office of Finance. The role performs ledger operations, reconciliations, transaction analysis, internal control reviews, budget execution reporting, audit support, and communicates financial recommendations to stakeholders and management.
Responsibilities
- Extract and analyze data related to CBP program activities from CBP and DHS systems
- Perform ledger operations, including reconciling assigned General Ledger (GL) accounts and preparing journal vouchers for adjusting entries. Analyze financial transactions, identify discrepancies, and prepare corrective action plans
- Review and assess internal controls, recommending improvements to processes and procedures
- Prepare and analyze accounting and financial reports, including responses to audit findings and regulatory requirements. Interpret and apply laws, regulations, decisions, and rulings to ensure conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Provide professional accounting advice, guidance, and data interpretations to stakeholders
- Process, reconcile, and report on budget execution and inter-agency agreements (e.g., G-Invoicing)
- Prepare charts, graphs, spreadsheets, and issue papers to communicate findings and recommendations
- Articulate analysis and recommendations orally and in writing to management and non-technical audiences. Coordinate with auditors, respond to requests for information, and support audit processes
- Perform other duties as assigned in support of finance and revenue operations
Skills
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Bachelor's degree (four-year degree) with a major in accounting
- A minimum of five years of work experience performing similar accounting work
- A minimum of two years of work experience with the standard general ledger
- Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Proficiency in communicating analysis and recommendations orally and in writing to management and other non-technical individuals
- Excellent analytical and decision-making skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Teams, Word, Outlook, Access and use of multiple monitors
- Must have strong intermediate skills using Excel to include writing core lookup and conditional functions, building PivotTables, and structuring clean data sets
- Computer Skills:**Proficiency with computers and ability to navigate/enter information into established databases and Microsoft Office products
- Language:**Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar
- Commun****ication:**Ability to communicate effectively in writing and in person as appropriate for the needs of the audience
- Customer Service:** Ability to address all customer inquiries with a pleasant and patient demeanor
- Math Ability:**Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rates, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret information. Ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem
- Reasoning Ability:**Ability to collect data, define problems, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions dealing with several abstract and concrete variables
- Physical Demands:** Employee will have consistent and direct visual contact with multiple computer monitors
- This position is primarily remote; however, the employee may be required to report to the designated CBP office or other government-approved worksite as needed to support contract requirements, meetings, training, audits, or other business needs. Candidates must reside within a 50-mile radius of the designated CBP office and be able to report onsite when required
- Prior experience with SAP, ServiceNow, and Concur software systems is beneficial, but not required
Benefits
- This position is primarily remote; however, the employee may be required to report to the designated CBP office or other government-approved worksite as needed to support contract requirements, meetings, training, audits, or other business needs.
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