Purple Strategies
Accountant
Alexandria, VA · Director · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 61 days ago
AccountingExcelQuickBooksAR/VRCommunicationAdaptabilityInternal AuditAccounts Payable
About the role
- Purple helps the world's most important organizations address their toughest challenges.
- The ideal candidate brings strong Excel skills, initiative, and a process-minded, analytical approach to improving accuracy and efficiency.
- This is a fixed term employment role for six months with potential for extension or transition to a permanent role.
Responsibilities
- Own core accounting processes, including invoicing, journal entries, general ledger support, and account reconciliations
- Support the month-end close process (e.g., preparing schedules, reconciling accounts, and assisting with reporting deliverables)
- Manage/perform Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable activities, including issue resolution and timely follow-up
- Partner with internal teams to ensure accurate coding, documentation, and timely processing of invoices and payments
- Assist with audit and compliance support, including preparation of schedules and responding to auditor requests
- Maintain strong documentation and internal controls for core accounting processes
- Use Excel to analyze and validate data sets (e.g., pivots, lookups, embedded formulas) and identify discrepancies
- Support ad-hoc projects and cross-functional requests as needed
- Use Excel to analyze and validate data sets (e.g., pivots, lookups, embedded formulas) and identify discrepancies; help automate and streamline recurring processes
Requirements
- 1-4 years of relevant accounting experience
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- Strong working knowledge of AP/AR and broad accounting functions
- Experience supporting audits and handling documentation requests
- Excellent Excel skills, including proficient use of Pivot Tables, Vlookup, embedded formulas and the ability to use these skills to automate current processes
- Familiarity with ASC 606 / revenue recognition is helpful but not required
- QuickBooks experience required; Sage Intacct experience preferred
- Detail-oriented, organized, deadline-driven, and able to multi-task in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
- Excellent oral and written communications skills
- Excellent analytical skills to manage large amounts of data
Nice to have
- QuickBooks experience required
- Sage Intacct experience preferred
- Industry experience in professional services/consulting or similar project-based environments is a plus
- Public accounting experience a plus
Skills
- ANTICIPATE reputation challenges and opportunities;
- COMPEL change through business actions and transformation; and
- NAVIGATE reputation issues, acute crises, key business choices and policy/regulatory changes to inform decision-making.
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices.
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