JOB SUMMARY: The Senior Accountant position is primarily responsible for providing transactional and managerial support during the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities of the organization. This role will collaborate closely with the Accounting Manager to ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial deliverables, while adhering to pre-determined deadlines. The position has a strong emphasis on inventory and fixed asset management and accounting. Additionally, this role will serve as a backup to the Accounting Manager, overseeing the day-to-day activities of the department while documenting, formalizing, and updating accounting systems and processes.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Role-specific Skills

• Maintain the general ledger in a complete, accurate and timely manner in accordance with GAAP principles.
• Enter recurring AR, AP, and GL journal entry templates while ensuring that the batch entries are changed or terminated at appropriate trigger points.
• Review, edit if necessary, and post A/P batches while ensuring proper G/L coding.
• Review, edit if necessary, and post Amex allocation batches while ensuring proper coding.
• Complete monthly unearned revenue recognition journal entries using provided general ledger allocation.
• Update and reconcile the monthly supporting balance sheet schedules to the general ledger.
• Perform assigned month-end account closing activities, reconciliations, and financial analysis.
• Manage daily and monthly banking activities involving account debits, credits, and reconciliation.
• Prepare and post payroll journal entries twice a month; monthly payroll analysis
• Assist with set-up of Secretary of State accounts for employees in new work states; account info provided to payroll department.
• Maintain responsibility for Sales and Use tax filings for the District of Columbia Metro area (DC,MD, VA).
• Record and maintain fixed asset additions and disposals.
• Work alongside logistics professional to manage and track HaaS equipment (Hardware as aService) and the organization's internal employee equipment in inventory management software (SnipeIt).
• Compile and provide required information to designDATA's CPA firm for the annual property tax filing.
• Assist department staff with annual 1099/1096 processing.
• Provide requested financial information to the parent company at fiscal year-end for annual tax filing.
• In the event of an internal or external audit, provide auditors with requested information.
• Manage the documentation of systems and processes within the Accounting department by issuing, formalizing, and updating to further enable improvement.
• Interface with various staff and departments to problem solve and answer queries.
• Work on ad hoc projects and other duties as assigned.

Communication and Teamwork

• Demonstrate professional and effective writing and interpersonal skills.
• Provide information, opinions, concerns, and feedback in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with team members and work with other teams as needed.
• Ask for assistance when needed.
• Communicate the right information to the right audience at the right time in an appropriate format, at an appropriate level of detail, and with an appropriate tone.
• Maintain professionalism with staff, vendors, clients, and management.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting

• 10+ years of experience with monthly financial statement close activities.

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.

• Outstanding ability to work both independently and within a team environment.

• Works well under stress, pressure, and deadlines.

• Well-organized, self-directed team player.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Valid Driver's license, ready access to a registered vehicle and must be able to provide proof of state required insurance on registered vehicle.

• Knowledge of MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Dynamics GP, MS PowerPoint.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The majority of work is performed in a professional office setting with a wide variety of people with differing functions, personalities, and abilities. Some travel will be required a few times a year to various hotels throughout USA and Canada.

REASONABLE ACCOMODATION: It is design DATA, Inc.'s business philosophy and practice to provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.

PREFERENCE STATEMENT: design Data, Inc. grants preference to qualified Doyon Shareholders first, and second to qualified shareholders of other Alaska Native corporations that grant a similar preference in all phases of employment and training, which include, but are not limited to hiring, promotion, layoff, transfer, and training.

PAY TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT: design Data, Inc. will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of the other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consent with the contractor's legalduty to furnish information.