Senior Accountant (Payroll Focus)
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Job Location:
Arlington County, VA - USA
Hourly Salary:
$ 40 - 50
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Cordia Resources by Cherry Bekaert is partnered with a leading healthcare technology firm who is seeking a Senior Accountant (Payroll Focus) on a contract basis.
Title: Senior Accountant (Payroll Focus)
Location:Crystal City VA (hybrid strongly preferred; remote options considered for highly qualified candidates)
Hourly Rate: $40.00-$50.00/hour
Job Type: Contract - 3 months to start with strong potential for permanent hire
Position Overview:
This is a hands-on role responsible for managing payroll for approximately 700 employees across 41 states (excluding NY) with semi-monthly cycles. The position requires strong expertise in Workday Payroll and NetSuite as well as experience with payroll journal entries reconciliations and process improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Accurately process semi-monthly payroll using Workday and OSV
- Prepare and book payroll journal entries and reconciliations
- Troubleshoot payroll errors and review payroll with leadership prior to submission
- Recommend improvements to payroll processes and system setup
- Support general ledger accounting and monthly close in NetSuite
- Assist with quarterly and annual tax payments audit requests and financial reporting
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Accounting or related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum 4 years of technical accounting experience under US GAAP
- Advanced proficiency in Workday Payroll (ideally a power user)
- Strong experience with NetSuite
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel
- Detail-oriented proactive communicator and comfortable asking questions to ensure accuracy
Preferred:
- Experience with financial reporting tools
- Background in public accounting
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- General Ledger Reconciliation
- Accounting Software
- Paychex
- Journal Entries
- General Ledger Accounting
- Accounting
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Account Reconciliation
- Ceridian
- Paylocity
- Payroll
- ADP
About Company
Cordia Resources is a professional recruiting and staffing firm specializing in the areas of Accounting, Finance, HR, and IT in the Washington DC Metro region.
