Full Time Junior Staff Accountant

Dean & Company Strategy Consultants, a strategy consulting firm located in McLean, VA with affiliates in the energy trading (DC Energy Management) and investment industries (DC Investments Management), seeks a Junior Staff Accountant to join its team. The position will perform accounting functions as part of a unified team supporting all businesses.

The Junior Staff Accountant is responsible for supporting the accounts payable processes and fixed asset administration, as well as performing certain monthly close duties and other related tasks. The ideal candidate will be highly organized, able to work independently as well as with others, and have strong attention to detail. They should be flexible and comfortable working in a mid-sized company environment.  This position reports to the CFO, but they will regularly work with two other accounting team members.

Responsibilities: 

• Manage vendor invoice retrieval and organization
• Support the preparation of biweekly ACH runs
• Administer the firm’s fixed asset inventory and prepare monthly journal entries
• Prepare account reconciliations
• Prepare certain monthly closing journal entries
• Establish, modify and document accounting procedures
• Other duties as required

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles
• Demonstrates strong understanding of Microsoft Excel
• Strong problem-solving skills
• High degree of ethics
• Hard working with intellectual curiosity and the desire/ability to learn rapidly 
• Well organized and detail oriented
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills