Senior Accountant with Security Clearance

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Job description

Eager to join a team where your skills are valued, your growth is nurtured, and your impact is profound? Look no further than Markon, a premier consulting firm deeply dedicated to advancing our nation's most critical missions. At Markon, we don't just offer jobs - we offer opportunities for personal and professional transformation. Empowering our employees to lead, innovate, and excel, we foster an environment where new ideas are not just welcomed but celebrated. As a perennial Washington Post Top Workplace, we prioritize the well-being and success of our team members, ensuring they can bring their best selves to work. Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, Markon has garnered national recognition for our unwavering dedication to excellence in serving the intelligence community, as well as federal civilian and defense agencies. Our growing reach extends across 17 states, 116 countries, and 5 continents, where our team of dynamic professionals collaborates to deliver unparalleled program and project management services. Markon values people and the tremendous impact each individual can make - which is why we're consistently recognized as one of the best places to work in federal government consulting. Here, you can help solve the nation's most important challenges, surrounded by colleagues who help you grow, advance, and succeed. We are deeply dedicated to what matters - bringing out the best in each other to advance our clients' missions. Join us and make a meaningful impact. Markon is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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, or disability status. Description Markon is seeking a Sr. Accountant to support our Intelligence Customer in reviewing and reconciling assigned general ledger accounts to a customer's cash accounts and researching any variances in order to ensure accurate financial reporting. Responsibilities Perform daily, monthly, and quarterly review and reconciliation of assigned GL cash accounts.
Compile monthly and quarterly metrics, including running and downloading reports from the U.S. Department of Treasury systems, updating cash balances in spreadsheets to verify the need for cash transfers, and preparing basic journal entries to move funds in the sponsor's accounting system and in the customer's system.
Independently conduct research and analysis of variances.
Communicate unreconciled items to the responsible offices.
Prepare and review standard journal entries to ensure accurate monthly, quarter-end, and year-end reporting.
Follow SOPs to perform moderate to complex tasks independently.
Facilitate communication with our internal and external partners and must be team oriented. Qualifications Prior accounting and financial reporting experience and/or Federal accounting experience.
Ability to quickly gain a working knowledge of Sponsor financial policies, practices, and main financial systems.
Conscientiousness and attention to detail.
Strong interpersonal skills with a focus on customer support, organizational ability, teamwork, tack, and diplomacy.
Ability to perform analytical tasks of moderate complexity, capable of working independently and exercising initiative while exhibiting sound/professional judgment.
Intermediate proficiency with Outlook, Microsoft suite of tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Strong working knowledge of Excel (using pivot tables and analyze data).
Ability to perform basic tasks in Sponsor accounting system, and to run standard reports in Sponsor accounting systems.
Ability to quickly gain a working knowledge of a variety of transactions, processes, and functionality. Salary Range USD $120,000.00 - USD $130,000.00 /Yr. The Markon pay range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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