Accounting Administrator at Creative Financial Staffing

Accounting Administrator- Hybrid in Silver Spring, MD

Overview of the Accounting Administrator Role:

• CFS is partnering with a top client, a non profit located in Silver Spring, MD to find an Accounting Administrator to join their team on a contract to hire basis.
  • For the right candidate, this position will become permanent!
• Schedule: Position is hybrid: 2-3 days in office (Tuesday and Wednesday in office)- 35 hour work week!
  • Candidates must be local to the DMV
  • Office is metro accessible (Silver Spring metro stop via red line) and MARC accessible
  • Hours are very flexible; start as early as 7:30am or as late as 9am
  • Company offers amazing benefits once permanent, including a pension!

Job Duties of the Accounting Administrator:

• Payroll processing in Deltek software and ADP
• Reconcile leave balance spreadsheet in Costpoint
• Post job ads, assist with onboarding paperwork for new employees, and ensure new employees have key fobs and phone extensions set up
• Create and enter payroll journal entries into Costpoint
• Perform weekly pension spreadsheet entries
• Update payroll and pension spreadsheets
• Enter cash receipts
• Set up new users for travel, assist with travel arrangements, obtain approval for travelers
• Set up new employees for 401K, update projection spreadsheets, and upload contributions
• Post labor, pull reports out of Costpoint, create drawdown requests, and send for approval
• Perform admin work for grant proposals, keying in data and budget amounts
• Create contracts according to approvals from grant applications
• Key bills and pension payments into Concur
• Act as Office Admin and check mail, order office supplies, and handle miscellaneous admin tasks

Qualifications for the Accounting Administrator:

• Associates degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, or related preferred
• 5-10+ years' related experience
  • Knowledge of accounting and/or payroll processing a plus, but not required
• Background in government contracting and knowledge of federal grants, contracts, and proposal highly beneficial
• Knowledge of ADP preferred
  • Deltek Costpoint and/or Concur software a plus, but not required
• Proficiency in Excel preferred (ability to do pivot tables and vlookup a plus)