Senior Accountant 16748549
Location: Sterling, VA
Job Type: Full-Time / Permanent
Position Overview:
The Senior Accountant plays a pivotal role in the financial health and scalability of the organization. This position is responsible for accurate and timely financial reporting, maintaining compliance with accounting standards, and supporting financial planning and operational processes. As a key member of a lean finance team in a fast-paced environment, the Senior Accountant will manage core accounting functions and contribute to strategic initiatives, system improvements, and cross-functional collaboration to drive business growth and operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare financial statements, business reports, financial forecasts, and ad hoc analyses to assess business performance
- Ensure financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP
- Prepare accounting policy memoranda and analyses to support GAAP accounting
- Manage accounting systems (QuickBooks) and entries, and help evaluate new systems and improvements for scalability
- Evaluate and implement financial reporting tools to support business management
- Oversee day-to-day accounting operations, including accounts receivable, billing, collections, accounts payable, and process improvements throughout the order-to-cash cycle
- Participate in the preparation of the annual operating plan and prepare budget-to-actual reporting for management and the Board
- Support audit and review processes with outside auditors, and manage the tax preparation process with external tax accountants
- Ensure compliance with business license and tax requirements across relevant jurisdictions
- Recommend and implement process improvements and internal controls to increase efficiency and reduce risk
- Support financing activities, including due diligence, data room preparation, and investor reporting
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting
- CPA, CMA, or CGMA certification preferred
- Previous experience in public accounting highly valued
- Experience in early-stage corporate settings highly valued
- Experience with Maxio highly valued
- Working understanding of GAAP
- 4+ years of relevant business experience
- Working knowledge of QuickBooks, Excel, and MS Office preferred
- Strong teamwork, integrity, honesty, customer-service orientation, and communication skills
- Superior attention to detail, organizational, planning, problem-solving, analytical, and critical thinking skills
- Proficiency with spreadsheets and calculation software
Recommended Jobs
Customer and Orders Agent
Customer and Orders Agent Location Ashland, VA : Customer and Orders Agent Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm 1-year contract Location: Ashland, VA Pay rate: $18 - $20/hr Description: Support Agent, en…
Business Development Manager
Wonder Cave is the leading text-messaging platform for political campaigns and advocacy groups to launch, scale, & win. We move fast, develop solutions that add strategic value for our clients, and br…
Customer Service Representative
Seven Bends Veterinary Hospital seeking an experienced Customer Service Representative to join our team! This is a full-time position and the ideal candidate will have a minimum of one-year exp…
Sr. Manager, Solution Architect
Overview Sr. Manager, Solution Architect Capital One is hiring a skilled Solutions Architect to join our exceptional team of talented technologists in the Card Partnerships segment of Card Tec…
Summer 2026 University Internship Pipeline
Program Overview About The Role Peraton is seeking Summer 2026 Interns to become a part of our hands-on and multi-faceted intern program at various Peraton sites, predominantly in the Nort…
Low Voltage Field Superintendent - Utilities
Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity? Join a trusted leader in fire protection and life-safety solutions that has built its reputation on quality craftsmanship and exceptional customer s…
Consultative Sales- Small Business Consulting-Extensive Travel
Job Description Job Description Use Your Experience To Help Businesses Grow! This position will analyze the data gathered through Global Resources’ Business Survey and consult with individual c…
Self Generating Sales Representative - Turf Distributors
Turf Distributors and AGR Self Generating Sales Representative Turf Distributor, the leading landscape artificial grass supplier, is seeking talented sales representatives to sell AGR products to …
System Administrator I
Summary GAMA-1 Technologies is seeking a remote System Administrator I to install, configure, and maintain an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), data communicatio…
US International Tax Senior Associate or Manager - Richmond, VA
Our client is a relatively new but ambitious boutique CPA firm based in Richmond, Virginia who specialise in providing tax services to both domestic and international clients. They have a very suc…