Senior Accounting Associate, STP

About the Role

Accounting Operations roles are involved in overseeing the day-to-day financial transactions with accuracy and in compliance with regulations, accounting principals, and standards. This includes cost accounting, budget accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and billing & invoicing. The Administrative stream supports operations by performing skilled technical, administrative, or operational tasks.

At this level, individuals work on tasks of limited scope and complexity, exercise independent judgment within defined boundaries and guidelines, and typically work under supervision. Colleagues have skills developed through job-related training and on-the-job experience, with knowledge of standardized work routines and methods. Non-routine problems may need to be escalated to a more experienced colleague or supervisor. The job requires limited job and business knowledge at the time of hiring.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day financial transactions with accuracy.
• Ensure compliance with regulations, accounting principals, and standards.
• Involve cost accounting (allocating and analyzing direct and indirect costs, actual vs. budgeted cost variance analysis, etc.).
• Involve budget accounting (developing and monitoring annual revenue/expense budgets for fund control and operating result measurement).
• Cover accounts payable / accounts receivable.
• Cover billing & invoicing roles.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Skills developed through job-related training and on-the-job experience.
• Knowledge of standardized work routines and methods.
• General facts and information.

Qualifications

• Ability to execute specialized work to support operations.
• Ability to make departures from established processes to resolve problems.
• Limited job and business knowledge at the time of hiring.