Job Details

Manager of General Accounting

Position Number: 6080476
Location: Washington, DC
Position Type: Business - Accounting

Manager of General Accounting

Job ID: 2025-15629
Category: Staff

Overview
The General Accounting Manager's primary responsibilities are to review, analyze financial data, and reconciliations; prepare financial reports and regulatory filings, prepare complex financial statement disclosures, coordinate activities and requests from internal and external auditors. This position is also responsible for providing effective project coordination and leadership.

The projected salary or hourly pay range for this position which represents the full range of anticipated compensation is: $100,000.

Responsibilities

Duties in this role will consistent of operational (accounting based) finance duties including, but not limited to the following:
Review of daily, weekly and monthly analyses and reconciliations for designated staff and areas
Understanding of Financial Statements / general ledger accounts to be able to prep journal entries appropriately
Preparation of various journal entries and accruals relating to monthly close process
Help close process in reporting actuals, overseeing JE's prepped by the accounting staff
Develop and maintain relationships with business owners and stakeholders for designated areas such as standing meetings and monthly financial reporting packages that foster continuous improvement and monitoring of internal controls and facilitate transparency and connectivity between financial reporting and business operations
Provide oversight in individual tasks to maintain controls surrounding designated business cycles
- Coordination of external audit;
- Preparation of financial reports including financial statements and footnotes, internal board/mgmt. reports, annual report, and external reports as identified;
- Assist in the analysis and implementation of new accounting pronouncements
- Identify system/procedure problems, conduct researches, and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions;
- Process improvement, standardizing and streamlining procedures;
- Ad hoc analyses as requested by the Management
Occasional long hours may be required in accordance with deadlines or special projects

Qualifications

A Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required
Certified Public Accountant Preferred
3-5 years experience in business-side analytical role on finance or accounting team
Proficiency in excel, word, Peoplesoft Financials, HR-Payroll and Cardinal Students System
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work in a team-oriented environment.
Strong analytical skills in interpreting reports.
Extremely detail-oriented and high attention to accuracy
Able to develop positive rapport with key contacts across the team/organization/network
Self-directed and proactive - must aim to understand the flow' of the monthly process and work ahead of this process as urgent ad-hoc items tend to pop up

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