CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)

Senior Accounting Technician

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Chicago • Illinois • United States

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Salary

💰 $87,360 - $126,187 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • CGS is seeking a Senior Accounting Technician to join our team supporting the mission of a large federal agency. This position will entail a wide range of duties including management of accounts payable, reimbursement activity, collections, and account oversight.
  • Skills and attributes for success:
  • - Adjustment of the payroll/labor transactions via re-org processing.
  • - Correct and processes federal government travel in accordance with policies and regulations.
  • - Verify, analyze, and maintain financial information used by the DOJ Office of the Comptroller.
  • - Use various electronic software and databases, such as UFMS, JEDI and JEDI-2, SAFARI, E-2, and SAMS.gov, to analyze complex data sets.
  • - Use various software packages, databases, and online resources to record and retrieve financial data, particularly related to reimbursable and billing process.
  • - Use a financial management system to track expenditures of multiple accounts.
  • - Generate reconciliation reports from a financial management system and reconcile financial books /reports weekly.
  • - Prepare financial reports and documentation for review and signature by DOJ Office of the Comptroller Management and numerous other U.S. Government agencies.
  • - Assist and provide support to other sections of DOJ in UFMS transaction processing and provide suggestion in system errors resolutions.
  • - Compose memorandums, referencing financial reports and activities, as well as letters to the outside vendors and agencies, as needed.
  • - Composes and disseminates correspondence, prepares forms and financial documents, manage databases, maintains the office files, routes paperwork, schedules and assists with web conferences, prepares meeting room and office events.
  • - Performs other duties, either as assigned or on own initiative, that are necessary for regular or special projects undertaken by the division.
  • - Contributes to team efforts, as needed.

Requirements

  • - Two-year degree in accounting or four-year degree in a related field (finance, business, banking, or economics) with 30 credit hours in accounting.
  • - Knowledge of manual and automated accounting systems used by banking, financial and other institutions.
  • - Experience working with commitments, obligations, and interagency reimbursement agreements.
  • - Experience working with the quarterly review, accrual and closeout process.
  • - Ability to provide analysis and technical support for a variety of financial activities.
  • - Ability to identify and analyze change in budgetary and/or financial activities.
  • - Ability to research and analyze financial data.
  • - Must be a US Citizen upfront.
  • - Must be able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.
Benefits
  • - Health, Dental, and Vision
  • - Life Insurance
  • - 401k
  • - Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
  • - Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
accounts payablefinancial analysisfinancial reportingreconciliationbudget analysisdata analysispayroll processingfinancial management systemsreimbursable agreementsaccrual process
Soft Skills
communicationteam collaborationproblem-solvingorganizational skillsinitiative
Certifications
Public Trust Clearance