Accountant

Accountant

Job Description

Accountant 2

Function:
1. Prepares and evaluates client Financial Statement records to ensure they meet standards and are complete. Tracks cash balances, federal fund deposits, and receivable transfers to ensure proper funding and timely processing. Accurately records cash receipts in the financial system according to standards and deadlines.
2. Managing and collecting outstanding payments from clients: resolve overdue bills, negotiate payment plans, and maintain accurate financial records
3. Analyzes accounting systems, procedures, and policies to improve financial operations and ensure effective fiscal management. Identifies financial issues and recommends solutions. Makes updates and corrections to financial records, including ledgers and accounts.
4. Maintains accurate financial records and performs daily and monthly transactions using QuickBooks. Collects and summarizes financial data to prepare reports on account activity and financial status.
5. Maintains cash balances in funds, compiles cash reports and monitors daily cash activities, maintains ledgers, makes entires and revisions to client accounts, ledgers and financial records. Monitors funds from the federal government and other grantor's to ensure proper matching of client expenditures.
6. Conducts wire reconciliation, ensures compliance with client regulation, federal reports, cash forecasts and monitoring. Completes daily and bi-weekly draws, monitors and ensures compliance with the Treasury Agreement; monitors fund balances and delivers ad-hoc reports.

Knowledge:
Information systems/databases.
QuickBooks
Reference materials such as federal regulations, ARS, SAAM, GAAP, applicable client manuals, policies and procedures and the information contained therein.
Fiscal principles and practices
Analysis and reporting of financial data
Principles, concepts, practices, methods and techniques of government accounting
Internal control structures, and fiscal management
Methods and techniques of automated financial systems

Skill:
Problem solving
Developing correspondence, reports, and procedures
Effective verbal and written skills

Ability:
Coordinate and resolve inter-departmental problems/issues
Perform independent research
Obtain a strong work ethic and attention to detail
Work independently with little to no supervision
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external customers
Organize and maintain files, accurate records, and business processes of optimized workload and productivity
Work concurrently on multiple tasks and change task/work priorities based on workload and situations
Recognize potential issues and pro-actively address and solve

Required Skills:
Using automated accounting and spreadsheet processes to create, develop, monitor and reconcile fiscal records and reports
Analysis, interpretation, and communication of financial data
Bachelor's degree in accounting or similar field

Preferred Skills:
Financial experience

Notes:
Hybrid
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.