Senior Staff Accountant

Ascera
Colorado, United States
Posted
On-site
Contract
Senior
4+ YoE
Job Description

Job Summary 

SP6 is looking for a Senior Staff Accountant to keep day-to-day accounting accurate and on time across our three entities: SP6, ASCERA and 112Cyber. You'll own accounts payable (AP) and Ramp expense processing, run customer billing and collections, process closed deals, support professional and managed services revenue recognition, and prepare month-end journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations. You'll report to the Assistant Controller and work closely with our US-based accounting team. 

 

This is an offshore role placed through our staffing partner. You will work on site at the agency's office five (5) days a week. It suits an experienced, detail-driven accountant who works independently, keeps a close calendar, and is comfortable overlapping with US Eastern business hours. 

 

Responsibilities 

(Approximate share of ongoing time shown for each area.) 

 

Process accounts payable and expenses (~35%) 

  • Enter vendor bills daily in Business Central, set up the weekly AP run, and make vendor payments. 
  • Enter monthly payroll and benefits bills, partner pay, and rent payments for SP6 and ASCERA. 
  • Review and code Ramp, check and banking activity daily, and book monthly Ramp accrual journal entries and vendor bills. 
  • Review AP statements weekly. 
  • Verify at month end that all open purchase orders should still be open. 

 

Run billing, collections and closed deals (~30%) 

  • Process closed deals (software, Professional Services (PS) / Managed Services (MS) / margin-only, Cyber Risk & Compliance (CRC), ASCERA and 112Cyber) and set up sales orders, projects and hours. 
  • Onboard new customers and keep the new-customer and multi-year spreadsheets current. 
  • Prepare and send invoices and upload invoices to Ariba/Coupa and customer bill portals. 
  • Record customer payments daily and follow up on accounts receivable (AR) weekly. 
  • Prepare vendor GSA reporting. 
  • Review and close completed and open sales orders at month end. 

 

Support revenue recognition and project billing (~15%) 

  • Review weekly Business Central timesheets and prepare for the weekly timesheet meetings with the CRC and PS teams. 
  • Prepare professional services billing and revenue recognition, and managed services journal entries. 
  • Prepare the monthly CRC utilization report and final billable report. 

 

Close the books (~15%) 

  • Prepare month-end journal entries: intercompany, intercompany payroll, prepaid, fixed asset depreciation, loaned labor and sales commission reclasses. 
  • Reconcile balance sheet accounts for SP6, ASCERA and 112Cyber. 
  • Maintain prepaid and fixed asset schedules, and allocate shared software costs across entities. 
  • Review the general ledger and wrap up the month-end checklist on schedule. 

 

Support payroll, commissions and tax (~5%) 

  • Review and approve hourly and internal employee timesheets. 
  • Prepare month-end commission documents and the AR sheet for bonuses. 
  • Reconcile COBRA accounts and calculate engineer holiday bonuses. 
  • Make quarterly state tax payments. 

 

Requirements

What you bring 

  • 4+ years of full-cycle accounting experience (AP, AR, billing, journal entries and reconciliations), ideally supporting a US company. 
  • Degree in accounting or finance. 
  • Solid grasp of US GAAP, including accruals, prepaids and revenue recognition for software and services. 
  • Hands-on Microsoft Business Central experience (or a similar ERP) and advanced Excel skills. 
  • Experience with multi-entity accounting and intercompany entries. 
  • Fluent written and spoken English. 
  • Availability during US Eastern business hours, and a reliable home work setup if working remotely. 
  • Strong attention to detail and ownership of deadlines. 

 

Nice to have 

  • Experience with Ramp, Avalara, Ariba or customer billing portals. 
  • Professional services or managed services billing at an IT or services company. 
  • Government contract (GSA) billing experience. 
  • Microsoft Business Central experience or a similar ERP. 

 

Success in the first year looks like 

  • Month-end journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations for all three entities delivered on the close calendar. 
  • The weekly AP run and vendor payments processed on time, with no late payments. 
  • Closed deals processed and invoices sent promptly, with AR aging kept current. 
  • Accurate timesheet and billing support for Professional and Managed Services revenue each month. 
  • Documented procedures for recurring tasks so the work is repeatable. 

Benefits

Employment type: Full-time, employed by a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) partner.

Tools & Technologies
Ariba
Coupa
Microsoft Excel