Associate Consultant - Invoice Specialist

Turner & Townsend • Annapolis, MD

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About The Position

Turner & Townsend Heery is seeking an Associate Consultant Financial Clerk. The role performs varied and complex clerical accounting operations that require knowledge of accounting systems and the relationship between manual and computerized processes. The employee is responsible for a major transaction area of the central accounting system or for maintaining a subsidiary billing or accounting system within a department or division. Work is carried out with considerable independence under applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures, under general supervision and subject to review by superiors and internal and external audit. On-site requirements may change based on client needs. SOX control responsibilities may apply where relevant.

Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of accounting documents and their uses in a billing or accounting system.
• Thorough knowledge of departmental accounting transaction practices and procedures, and related laws and regulations.
• Familiarity with data-processing billing or accounting systems and their use in an assigned system or subsystem.
• Thorough knowledge of technical accounting and bookkeeping principles, practices, and procedures.
• Skill in operating office equipment, including a calculator, typewriter, CRT terminal, and personal computer.
• Ability to make arithmetic computations rapidly and accurately.
• Ability to maintain a wide variety of complex accounting records and prepare reports.
• Basic analytical skills.
• Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office Suite products such as Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of financial software systems such as PeopleSoft, MTA, VAS, and I-Track.

Responsibilities

• Post encumbrances, expenditures, cash receipts, revenues, and disbursements to journals.
• Reconcile and balance accounts.
• Analyze and evaluate data input and output from a computerized system.
• Examine departmental requests for account funds and confirm fund availability.
• Monitor accounts and notify agency personnel of over-expenditures.
• Authorize disbursements to vendors and/or taxpayers.
• Examine vouchers, claims, invoices, checks, and supporting information for conformance with established procedures and regulations.
• Maintain large computer files, databases, and/or accounting systems.
• Compile data and prepare financial statements and other statistical and financial reports using standardized accounting procedures.
• Contact vendors, departmental personnel, grant recipients, and others to obtain and provide information and resolve disagreements.
• May assign, review, approve, supervise, and/or train other office support personnel.
• Handle more complex problems referred by lower-level office support personnel.
• Perform related work as required.
• Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities.

Benefits

• A healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
• An inclusive workplace that celebrates diversity and encourages applications from all sectors of the community.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed