Stafford Regional Airport Looking for Bookkeeper Accountant at Fredericksburg, VA Full Time

Role and Responsibilities

An accounting clerk is responsible for maintaining financial records, preparing reports and recording a wide range of transactions. Duties include providing administrative assistance and preparing statements that confirm the accuracy of database information. Ultimately a successful accounting clerk should be familiar with all accounting procedures, have a natural ability to work with numbers, and ensure that the airport’s daily accounting functions run accurately and effectively.

• Apply accounting principles, regulations and policies to all work duties.
• Conduct bank reconciliations at least monthly.
• Keep sensitive information confidential.
• Maintain, verify and update numerous ledger registers.
• Ensure invoices are paid and an accurate register report is maintained.
• Provide and prepare information for reports and budgets in a timely manner.
• Constantly update job knowledge.
• Investigate and restore documentation or accounting discrepancies and problems.
• Prepare accurate, error-free monthly documents for the monthly SRAA meetings. These documents include the Profit and Loss Statement, Balance Sheet, fuel reports (FIFO fuel spreadsheet), and register spreadsheet.
• Assist auditors in the preparation of all requested information. Provide accurate schedules, files and supporting documentation such that there are no findings during an audit.
• Prepare a draft yearly budget, expanded with monthly forecasts for the forecast year. Apply relevant forecasting computations. Budgets are due the first week of May for the upcoming FY.

Qualifications And Education Requirements

Accounting clerk would have at least 1 year of experience working under a business analyst or CPA. Education would include at least a high school diploma or equivalent and formal courses in college level basic accounting. An Associate’s degree in Accounting or an Accounting Certification may be substituted for the year of experience.

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with bookkeeping and basic accounting procedures.
• Must have a working knowledge of QuickBooks and Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Must have good interpersonal skills that enable a positive work environment and excellent relations with tenants, customers, airport staff and airport authority members.
• Work products must be accurate and reflect attention to detail.
• Be well organized.

Additional Notes

Accounting Clerk must have the ability to do the following:

• Possess strong typing skills as well as financial literacy and math abilities so that no mistakes are made when entering data.
• Work independently and proactively to resolve issues.
• Follow instructions and understand the context of all actions.

Work with precision and accuracy, understanding that even minor errors will result in major implications.