Staff Accountant

Dewberry, a growing A&E service company, is looking for a Staff Accountant to join its Corporate Financial Services Group (FSG). The position will be based out of our Fairfax, Virginia office.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors are our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

• Prepare journal entries, analysis, and account reconciliations and assist with monthly close processes.
• Help prepare financial statements by gathering and analyzing information.
• Prepare accruals, maintain schedules, including fixed asset and prepaid expense schedules.
• Respond to inquiries from the finance team leadership and company managers.
• Prepare compliance reporting.
• Support various audit activities such as review costs; prepare schedules required for audits.
• Answer accounting and financial questions by researching and interpreting data.
• Other accounting assignment as needed.
• Protect the organization’s value by keeping information confidential.
• Continuously monitor processes and help identify and understand challenges and propose creative solutions.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance preferred.
• 3 years of experience in general staff accounting.
• Superior attention to detail and ability to successfully manage multiple competing priorities while maintaining a view of the big picture in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative working style and able to work well in a team environment.
• Working knowledge of GAAP, GL accounting and account reconciliation
• Experience with accounting ERP system.
• Interpersonal and effective written and oral communication skills with the ability to interact with various levels of key stakeholders.
• Ownership and pride in work products.
• Proficient in Excel and other Microsoft Office products.
• Personal effectiveness, credibility, and high ethical conduct.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

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