Financial Clerk

CGI•Albany, GA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

CGI Federal is seeking a Financial Clerk to join our team. This role requires a self-motivated, detail-oriented professional with strong communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills. The Financial Clerk will monitor client budgets and financial reports, provide weekly contract status updates, track contract performance to prevent overruns, and support annual closeout activities, including reconciling and balancing line items.

Requirements

Mathematically and analytically minded and demonstrate accuracy in your work.
Detailed knowledge of accounting and bookkeeping processes.
Ability to quickly identify financial discrepancies.
Preparing and processing financial documents such as bills, receipts, and invoices.
Updating and maintaining the database, financial records, and filing systems.
Tracking and monitoring financial transactions.
Reviewing financial records, documents, and information to ensure their accuracy.
Performing account reconciliations and audits.
Reporting financial discrepancies, errors, and customer complaints to the supervisor.
Compiling financial spreadsheets, reports, statements, and other documents, as needed.
Providing customer service by answering questions and resolving queries and issues.
Ensuring that the financial office supplies are maintained.
Assisting with administrative tasks such as filling out forms, filing, and answering phone calls and emails.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge in Navy ERP is desired

Responsibilities

Maintain accurate, complete, and well-organized financial records in accordance with established procedures.
Enter and validate financial data in accounting/ERP systems.
Maintain electronic and hard-copy files, and ensure supporting documentation is properly retained and accessible for review.
Prepare routine financial summaries and reports by compiling, verifying, and organizing transactional data.
Assist with tracking budget execution and producing status information used to support management decisions.
Support month-end and year-end close activities, including reconciling general ledger accounts, researching variances, and coordinating corrections with internal stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate closing results.
Perform accounts receivable functions such as generating and distributing customer invoices, recording receipts, monitoring payment activity, and following up on overdue items to support timely collections and accurate aging.
Perform accounts payable functions including processing vendor invoices, confirming accuracy, proper coding, and required approvals, and ensuring payments are issued on schedule.
Reconcile vendor statements, investigate discrepancies, and help resolve issues by coordinating with vendors and internal points of contact.
Contribute to financial oversight activities that require a working knowledge of financial practices and controls, including supporting the systematic review and evaluation of financial records and reports, and assisting with tasks related to audit readiness, internal controls, and compliance with applicable policies and procedures.