Payroll/Bookkeeper Clerk





General Description

The CA provides accounting and administrative support for the provides accounting, administrative, and clerical support for the Business Operations Department leading and performing the Accounts Payable, Billing, General Accounting, and Payroll areas. Supports Financial Reporting & Analysis.

Primary Responsibilities

Under general supervision, the PCA performs a variety of intermediate accounting duties in accordance with standard accounting procedures and some basic office administrative duties.  The PCA checks and validates data for completeness and accuracy.

Essential Job Functions

• Process and track accounts payable and receivable, utilizing Deltek Costpoint 7
• Review, Approve and Post accounts payable vouchers and accounts receivable invoices.
• Apply received payments from various customers and third parties.
• Provide Bank Reconciliation & Credit Card Reconciliation review
• Tracking and Issuing of company checks and EFT payments.
• Process Payroll
• Process Health & Welfare calculations and other deductions required by Law and/or CBA.
• Reconciliation of various financial statement accounts
• Maintain excel spreadsheets for monthly reporting.
• Provide backup assistance for General Ledger, Bank Reconciliations and expense tracking tasks.
• Process Payroll tax transmissions and general bank transmissions such as ACH and FTP files
• Maintain Payroll Compliance with multiple tax agencies and third-party tax servicer.
• Develop and create Standard Operating Procedures for assigned duties and subordinate duties.
• Complete the yearly CBA wage increase spreadsheet.
• Research Unbilled issues immediately to optimize timely invoicing and cash collection.
• Provide annual Timecard / Charge Code / Expense Report Training to employees and new hires.
• Support the Annual Incurred Cost Submission filing
• Identify, recommend and implement Process Improvement initiatives to streamline and automate our processes
• Support Program Phase Ins as new Contracts are awarded
• Support Internal / External Financial and/or DCAA / DCMA Audits that may include research and reconcilement.
• Create and update COGNOS Reports for various Departments within the company.
• Support month end closing operations.
• Other duties as assigned including assistance in foreign country record keeping, insurance audits, etc.

Experience

Required:        Minimum 2 – 5 years general accounting experience, Deltek Costpoint / COGNOS Systems experience

Education

Required:  Bachelor’s Degree in accounting or related field 

Skills

• Deltek Costpoint 7 Accounting System Experience
• Deltek COGNOS Reporting System Experience
• Mathematical and Analytical understanding
• Strong business acumen
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written and strong organization skills
• Ability to work well with others under deadline situations and respond to changes in priorities.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, set priorities and see projects through to completion.
• Employ problem solving skills and analysis.
• Knowledge of Contracts / Project Structure in a client-based business environment.         

Travel Less than 10%

Work Environment Mostly office environment    

Contract to Direct

Monday through Friday

8am to 5 pm

Pay= $20/hr-$24/hr DOE