NW Staff Accountant - Bellingham

Staff Accountant

Full-time position (37.5 hours per week)

Wage range $ 27.43 - 28.80 per hour (DOE)

With competitive benefits including:

• Generous PTO:
  Paid Sick Time, Paid Vacation (15 days for F/T Employees), 11.5 Agency Paid Holidays, plus 2 Personal Holidays
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life/AD&D and Long-Term Disability
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
• 403(b) Retirement Plan and Employer Contribution Pension Plan
• Employee Assistance Program

Position

Purpose:

The staff accountant positions serve under the direct supervision of the regional office's accounting manager and are generally responsible for processing transactions in one or more of the following operational areas. The general ledger accounts affected by these transactions are of a routine operational nature. In addition, this position maintains all MIS data related to tasks described below.

Major duties and responsibilities:

Accounts Receivable / Cash Receipts:

• Prepare billing documents and invoices for submission to various funding sources. Ensure timely submission of invoices to facilitate agency cash flow. Maintain, prepare and/or collect data necessary to prepare accurate and timely billings.
• Post / code deposition information to the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger. Follow up on payment discrepancies and the various funding sources. Monitor receivable balances and issue refunds pursuant to agency policy.
• Review invoices / billing documents for compliance with contract requirements related to revenue reimbursement. Tracks and monitors receipt of authorizations required by funding sources. Prepares information for programs to facilitate the authorization process.
• Maintain billing and cash receipt files.
• Maintain aged receivables listing. Ensure the accounting manager and program managers receive accurate and timely reports on a monthly basis for management decision making purposes. Monitor aged receivable and facilitate the collection of past due accounts. Provide billing and payment history information to program staff upon request.
• Maintain accurate client history information of billing and cash receipts through the subsidiary accounts receivable system.
• Reconcile receivable, cash receipt, and revenue balances to the general ledger on a monthly basis and resolve any reconciling items in a timely manner. Prepare and post accounts receivable, cash receipt and revenue journal entries to the general ledger.
• Write off past due accounts as requested and approved by the accounting manager or program manager.
• Assist in providing information related to receivables, cash receipts and revenue for the annual regional office's audit.

Accounts Payable:

• Verify the expense is properly authorized pursuant to system wide policies prior to payment. Prepare checks ensuring the amount and payee agrees to the supporting documentation (check request, PO, invoices, statements). Determine proper program distribution and general ledger classification pursuant to agency policies.
• Determine vendor's 1099 status and maintain appropriate documentation. Ensure the accuracy of 1099 status coding in the accounts payable system. Annually complete 1099 reports for submission to the vendors and IRS.
• Maintain vendor invoice files.
• Facilitate the resolution of differences between check requests / purchase orders and vendors statements by working directly with the vendor.
• Reconcile accounts payable subsidiary ledgers to the general ledger control account on a monthly basis. Identify and resolve reconciling items.
• Prepare and post adjusting entries to the general ledger.
• Assist in providing information related to accounts payable, cash disbursements and expenses for the annual regional office's audit.

Payroll:

• Maintain employee payroll records in ADP to include cost center distributions, rate of pay, withholding allowances, payroll deductions, net pay distributions (i.e. checking, savings, TDA, loan payments.
• Maintain data entry of hourly and salaried information to ADP for computation of current period payroll checks. Transmit data to ADP. Review and verify ADP payroll reports for accuracy prior to distributing payroll checks.
• Prepare general ledger…