Staff Accountant - Silver Spring, MD

About Aegis

The Aegis Companies provide expert project control services to the construction industry"s most respected contractors, owners, and operators.

Headquartered in Silver Spring, MD, we employ driven professionals dedicated to keeping construction projects on time and within budget.

Aegis provides all new employees with the training, opportunities, and tools to be the top project controls professionals in the industry.

Experienced construction professionals contribute their unique experience and ideas to strengthen our organization. Employees new to the industry learn the Aegis way and earn the opportunity to become trusted senior staff.

With over two decades of experience solving the industry"s toughest challenges, our regional offices throughout the United States and Europe enable our team members to work on projects anywhere in the world.

About the Role

The finance team at Aegis not only has a passion for numbers, but also for the technology that helps us maintain these numbers.

We're constantly leveraging new integrations, platforms, and resources to help us work smarter and more efficiently. Our focus is to bring an enormous amount of data into our group, then turn it into useful reports, metrics, and analytics to guide decision makers.

Aegis is seeking an energetic, detail-oriented and committed individual to join our team as an accountant. The accountant will be dedicated to supporting the maintenance of our general ledger and financial operations of our business.

General responsibilities include :

• Supporting the period closing process (month end)
• Maintaining and processing our accounts payables
• Analysis to support reconciliation of accounts and sub-ledgers
• Supporting the financial reporting process
• Supporting daily cash reconciliation
• Supporting application of client payments
• Prepare and process accounts receivable credit memos and adjustments
• Coordinate with finance team members to ensure quality control across job functions
• Identify, research, and assist with periodic improvements to processes or systems
• Support billing operations as needed

Requirements :

• 0-5 years of relevant experience in accounting, finance, or business operations
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business-related field
• Understanding and application of accounting principles
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to solve complex problems proactively
• Technologically savvy and able to learn new software

Strong Skills in :

• Microsoft Excel and usage of functions with large data sets
• General Accepted Accounting Principles
• Accounting closing procedures

Preferred Skills and Exper in :

• Sage Intacct or business financial / ERP platforms
• Financial reporting
• Multi-entity businesses and / or environments with 100+ employees
• CPA preferred but not required

Benefits and Perks :

• Healthcare, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) + employer match
• Life and AD&D coverage 100% employer-paid
• Voluntary life, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance
• Life Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off + 10 paid holidays
• Wellness Program
• Squishy rhinos
• Team events

The pay range for this role is :

60,000 - 84,000 USD per year(HQ)

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