Junior Accountant I - Time Administrator

Responsibilities & Qualifications

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as lead for Time and Labor and Payroll processing. Support the Accounting team in handling a variety of escalated time/labor issues; provide direct support to the project teams on time and labor issues, as needed.

• Interface with other functional teams as necessary including Recruiting, HR, Contracts, Subcontracts, etc.

• Manage automated feeds between ADP to Unanet to ensure labor set up of new hires/terms are accurate

• Manage time and labor set up for subcontractors entering time in the system

• Manage processing of semi-monthly employee and subcontractor timesheets and payroll

   

• Manage prior periods labor correction processing

• Prepare labor reconciliations for review and posting of labor

• Coordinate all Time and Labor activities for the monthly financial close

• Prepare required weekly/monthly reporting as needed

• Analyze Time and Labor process to identify issues and recommend process improvements

• Responsible to develop training content as needed

• Educate and train stakeholders to ensure timekeeping and payroll process is timely and accurate and adheres to internal policies and external regulations

• Partner with Unanet technical support to resolve unforeseen issues with Unanet Time Collection

• Document any issues and recommendations for resolution

• Ensure compliance with internal policies, government regulations and accounting principles

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field, or equivalent experience
• Approximately 0 to 3 years of relevant accounting / finance experience
• High proficiency in MS Excel

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• Analytical and problem-solving skills including data interpretation
• Ability to work with a diverse and geographically distributed team
• Team player with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work independently and be responsible to follow up on action items
• Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills

Overview

We are seeking a Junior Accountant I to join our Accounting team. In this role, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of Unanet Time Administration and Payroll processing and ensuring adherence to policies, applicable law and regulations, procedures, and internal controls.  This role reports directly to the Payroll Administrator.

TekSynap is a fast-growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.

We offer our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays.

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Additional Job Information

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Location: Reston, Virginia
• Type of environment: Office/Remote Hybrid
• Noise level: Low
• Work schedule: Schedule is day shift Monday – Friday
• Amount of Travel: Less than 1%

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle, feel, touch; reach with hands and arms; ta