Overview As a Senior General Ledger Accountant, you will contribute advanced expertise to general ledger activities, reconciliations, and financial reporting for Commonwealth Savers. You will support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closes and help prepare the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. Your role involves complex reconciliations, data analysis, and collaboration with management and stakeholders to ensure compliance with accounting standards. This position offers an opportunity to impact public financial operations and disclosures within a mission-driven agency.
Compensation / Benefits- Generous healthcare plans
- Defined benefit and contribution retirement plans with cash match
- 12+ holidays
- PTO 25 days/year for new employees
- Tuition reimbursement
- Agency-paid continuing education
Responsibilities- Perform all aspects of general ledger accounting, including recording, processing, reconciling, and reporting; support monthly, quarterly, and year-end closes
- Develop highly complex financial reconciliations and communicate results to management; prepare schedules for internal and external reporting
- Process program redeposits, reversals, and settlement corrections according to policies
- Analyze data from financial systems and prepare internal/external reports and financial analysis
- Monitor accounting guidance and implement GASB and other standards with Finance management
- Train staff on reporting, reconciliation, and analysis tools; collaborate with stakeholders to ensure compliance
Key requirements- Seven or more years of relevant governmental accounting/finance experience with knowledge of GAAP, budgeting, and financial reporting; CPA preferred
- Experience with Commonwealth accounting procedures and policies preferred
- Strong ability to read and interpret complex accounting records and statements
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with attention to detail and deadlines
- Master level proficiency with Microsoft Excel; proficiency with Word and PowerPoint
- Experience with financial systems and general ledger software; Frontier Reconciliation Software a plus
- Knowledge of SQL, Business Objects, and Tableau preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication; able to collaborate with coworkers and external partners
- Analytical thinking
- Attention to detail
- Effective communication
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
