Senior Accountant Lead

About

Far West, Inc., a well-established Alaska Native Village Corporation, is seeking a Senior Accountant Lead. The Senior Accountant Lead's primary duties include overseeing the general ledger, financial reporting, and multi-entity accounting for the corporation, its subsidiaries and its settlement trust. This role may have supervisory areas of responsibility as delegated by the CFO. This role partners with the staff accountant who is responsible for billing and payables. This position reports to the Chief Financial Officer.

Objectives

• Develop, implement and maintain financial processes, internal controls and and guidelines.
• Lead the month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting across multiple entities.
• Manage intercompany transactions, consolidations, and multi-entity accounting to maintain consistency and accuracy.
• Maximize financial/accounting efficiency through innovative process development and sound accounting practices.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Oversees the daily accounting operations for AP, AR, intercompany, and credit cards, including oversight of monthly, quarterly, and annual compliance related to these areas.
• Prepares and posts monthly journal entries.
• Prepares intercompany journal entries.
• Prepares monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial reports, including balance sheets, income statement summaries, cash flow statements, and budgets.
• Processes semi-monthly payroll and benefit payments and prepares related journal entries.
• Prepares monthly reconciliations, including balance sheet accounts, project ledger to general ledger, and other key accounts.
• Assists with month-end and year-end closing processes.
• Maintains fixed asset schedule and records depreciation.
• Crosstraining and backup for other accounting staff.
• Manages annual financial statement audits and tax preparation.
• Assists with various audits, including insurance and benefit audits.
• Assist in the preparation of budgets and forecasts; participate in the development of reports for executive management.
• Assist with reporting to outside agencies, such as the SBA, and other government agencies.
• Provides adhoc reporting as needed.
• Develops and maintains a financial reporting schedule.
• Assist with business registrations and licensing requirements.
• Designs and implements the governance and control structure to manage and maintain standardized processes, procedures.
• Responsible for formulation and maintenance of internal controls and policies.
• Responsible for tax compliance.
• ERP and related systems thought leader, identify opportunities for process and technological system improvements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education Requirements & Essential Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or Finance.
• Minimum of four to seven years of progressive professional accounting experience preferred.
• Certified Management Accountant, Certified Public Accountant or Chartered Accountant preferred.
• Knowledge of GAAP with demonstrated experience analyzing business transactions in accordance with GAAP.
• Excellent analytical and forecasting skills; ability to identify and resolve problems timely, skillfully gather and analyze, information, and develop alternative solutions as needed.
• Strong experience with multi-entity and intercompany accounting.
• Experience working collaboratively with executives and peers in the financial reporting environment.
• Experience developing and preparing complex account reconciliations.
• Innovative aptitude for continuous improvement of accounting systems and processes.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite with a proven focus on Excel.
• Experience with Unanet, Deltek Costpoint or similar ERP systems.
• Knowledge of government contract accounting, DCAA, DCMA, and incurred cost reporting.
• Ability to work cooperatively and effectively with corporate and subsidiary management and staff.
• Ability to work in an Alaska Native Corporation multi-company environment.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Key metrics for the position

• Completion of monthly, quarterly, and annual balance sheet reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts.
• Successful completion of external operational and financial audits.
• Document all key accounting processes and desktop procedures.
• Meeting all internal and external deadlines.
• Successful and timely monthly close process.
• Prepare workpapers and support for local, state and federal tax return preparation.

Physical Demands

• Primarily sedentary work performed in an office setting.
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time.
• Frequent use of hands and fingers for typing, data entry, and operation of standard office equipment.
• Close visual focus and ability to view computer screens for prolonged periods.
• Ability to speak, hear, and communicate clearly in person, by phone, and by video.
• Occasional standing, walking, bending, reaching, and stooping.
• Occasional lifting and carrying of files, documents, and office materials, typically up to 10 pounds and occasionally up to 25 pounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Shareholder Preference in accordance with Public Law 93638

Far West, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. FWI grants employment preference to shareholders of FWI and their spouses and descendants to the extent allowed by law, provided the applicants meet the education and essential skills qualifications.