Senior Accounting Specialist (Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable)
Are you an experienced accounting professional who combines exceptional attention to detail with strong analytical skills, sound judgment, and a commitment to financial accuracy? Join our corporate team in Ashburn, Virginia, as a Senior Accounting Specialist and take a key role in supporting the integrity and efficiency of our growing organization’s financial operations.
In this position, you will take ownership of both Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions, oversee complex reconciliations and transactions, and support month-end and year-end close activities. Working closely with internal teams and external partners, you will proactively resolve accounting issues, strengthen financial controls, identify process improvements, and help ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
The ideal candidate is a proactive, dependable accounting professional who can work independently, manage competing priorities, and serve as a trusted resource to colleagues and business partners. If you enjoy solving complex accounting challenges and contributing to a collaborative, results-driven environment, we encourage you to apply.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial data by reviewing, validating, and recording complex accounting transactions in accordance with GAAP and established internal controls.
- Own and manage the full cycle of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, including invoice processing, billing, collections, vendor payments, aging review, and issue resolution.
- Perform and review general ledger account reconciliations, investigate variances, and ensure discrepancies and reconciling items are resolved accurately and timely.
- Lead monthly reconciliations of bank, merchant, and credit card statements and maintain complete supporting documentation.
- Support month-end and year-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, account analysis, reconciliations, and financial schedules.
- Monitor and validate cash receipts and disbursements to ensure transactions are properly authorized, classified, and recorded.
- Generate, review, and process invoices, expense reports, investigator payments, and credit card transactions while ensuring compliance with established procedures and controls.
- Analyze accounting data and trends, identify process gaps or discrepancies, and recommend improvements that enhance efficiency, accuracy, and financial controls.
- Serve as an escalation point for complex accounting inquiries and deliver exceptional service by resolving client, vendor, and internal stakeholder issues in a timely and professional manner.
- Provide accounting guidance and support to colleagues, sharing best practices and assisting with complex transactions and reconciliation issues as needed.
- Support internal and external audits by preparing reconciliations, schedules, supporting documentation, and responses to audit requests.
- Contribute to accounting and finance projects, ERP initiatives, system testing, and process-improvement efforts as needed.
- Maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive, financial, and proprietary information and consistently adhere to company policies, procedures, internal controls, and standards of conduct.
- Build effective working relationships with department heads, managers, colleagues, customers, and vendors through clear, concise, and professional communication.
- Independently prioritize and manage workflow to meet deadlines, proactively resolve issues, and escalate significant risks or exceptions to management when appropriate.
- Demonstrate reliability and accountability by consistently meeting established deadlines, attendance requirements, and punctuality standards.
- Perform additional accounting, finance, and cross-functional responsibilities as assigned to support team and organizational goals.
Qualifications / Skills / Knowledge
- 4+ years of progressively responsible accounting experience, including Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, credit card reconciliations, account reconciliations, and general ledger activities.
- Strong knowledge of GAAP and demonstrated ability to apply accounting principles to day-to-day transactions, reconciliations, and financial analysis.
- Experience with ERP systems; Oracle NetSuite accounting experience is preferred.
- BA/BS in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred.
- Demonstrated experience performing bank, merchant, credit card, and balance sheet account reconciliations.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and working knowledge of the Microsoft 365 suite.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to accuracy, controls, and deadlines.
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, exercise sound judgment, and provide guidance to less-experienced team members when needed.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly, positively, and professionally with clients and internal stakeholders.
Please note: This is a full-time, in-office corporate position located in Ashburn, Virginia. Only local candidates will be considered.
Salary
The typical salary range for this role is:
$65,000-$80,000 annually
Who We Are
DSI Tech is a Cisco Partner, generating over $228 million in revenue annually. We are an expanding company that has been providing IT solutions and services since 1991, with headquarters in the thriving Dulles Technology corridor (Ashburn, Virginia).
At DSI Tech, we pride ourselves on our culture based on credibility, capability, customer service, and commitment to our talented workforce and customers. We offer a comprehensive professional training program, a competitive compensation package, robust benefits, and a fun and rewarding workplace. We are excited to help accelerate your career development and growth!
Benefits We Provide
DSI Tech offers a range of employee benefits, including a 401(k) plan with a 3% company match, medical insurance (which includes TelaDoc), dental insurance, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, paid time off (PTO), and 9.5 company-paid holidays. We are committed to ensuring employee satisfaction through our benefits program and fostering a friendly, team-based culture.
DSI Tech is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.