Job Description
Overview:
TekWissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world. Our client provides services to the travel industry, including catering, onboard retail, food service provisioning, and food logistics and is a supplier to many major airlines.
Job Title: Sr. Accountant
Location: Reston, VA 20191
Duration: 4 Months
Job Type: Contract
Work Type: Onsite
Job Description:
- The Senior Accountant (General Accounting) is responsible for maintaining the general ledger in accordance with IFRS and performs a full range of accounting tasks.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Performs month-end/year-end close.
- Conducts general ledger journal entries.
- Processes port fees payments to various Airport Authorities.
- Provides accounting and finance support for the business cost centres including Budget/Forecast preparation.
- Monitors and audits general ledger postings from field units.
- Controls account reconciliations.
- Performs financial statement preparation and analysis.
- Tracks capital expenditure.
- Conducts Fixed asset accounting.
- Creates and amends the internal controls, policies, and procedures.
- May oversee tasks of staff accountants.
- Other financial reporting as required. Completion of ad hoc projects as needed. Works with international affiliates to maintain intercompany accounts.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance is required Work Experience:5 to 7 years of experience in general accounting in an ERP environment.
- 2 to 4 years SAP and Hyperion experience is preferred
Technical Skills:
- (Certification, Licenses and Registration) CPA is preferred Language /
Communication Skills:
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Must have the ability to communicate and disclose data in an accurate manner Job Dimensions
- Ability to plan & organize work schedules, establish workload priorities and perform assigned tasks in a timely manner.
- Proficient in all Microsoft office applications.
- Must be extremely proficient with spreadsheets and database query skills.
Normal office environment Budget / Revenue Responsibility:
- (Local Currency) Organization StructureDirect Line Manager (Title): Mgr, Accounting or Director, Account & Asset Controller Dotted Line Manager (Title, if applicable): n/a Number of Direct Reports: 0Number of Dotted Line Reports: 0Estimated Total Size of Team: 2 client group Competencies Required to be Successful in the Job: Thinking Information Search and analysis & problem resolution skills.
- Engaging Understanding others, Team Leadership and Developing People.
- Inspiring Influencing and building relationships, Motivating and Inspiring, Communicating effectively.
- Achieving Delivering business results under pressure, Championing Performance Improvement and Customer Focus Demonstrated Values to be Successful in the Position Employees at client group are expected to live our Values of Excellence, Integrity, Passion and Accountability.
To demonstrate these Values, we expect to observe the following from everyone:
- We treat each other with respect, and we act with integrity.
- We communicate and keep each other informed.
- We put our heads together to problem solve and deliver excellence as a team.
- We have passion for our work and we pay attention to the little details.
- We foster an environment of accountability, take responsibility for our actions and learn from our mistakes.
- We do what we say we will do, when we say we are going to do it.
- We care about our coworkers, always taking an opportunity to make someone's day better
- The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position.
- They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required.
- Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary.
- In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Reston, VA |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Salary | $36–$40 |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Year Founded | 2009 |
| Website | http://www.tekwissen.com/ |
About Company
WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE
TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.
To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.
Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.
It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.
Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.Skills
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