Accountant; Anchorage

The Accountant will be responsible for the company’s accounting practices and procedures, preparation of consolidated monthly financial statements, other management reports, and maintenance of internal controls. The employee will work with managers to ensure proper accounting for project costs. Employee must understand and practice DES’ commitment to a zero-incident safety and environmental culture.

This position can be filled in Anchorage or Fairbanks

Preparation of all monthly financial management reports including, but not limited to, balance sheet, income statement, and cash flows

Perform monthly reconciliation of general ledger accounts

Perform Accounts Payable process to ensure the accurate and timely management of aging payables, including invoice data entry and statement reconciliation

Perform Accounts Receivable process to ensure the accurate and timely management of all aging components, including billings and cash receipts applications

Assist with filing payroll tax reports with approval of the Business Manager

Responsible for preparing schedules and work papers for the annual financial audit.

Develop and use internal controls and audits with assistance from the Business Manager to ensure full and continuous compliance with GAAP and accounting principles and requirements

Maintain equipment fixed asset records, to include managing fixed asset purchases, entering equipment into accounting system and calculating depreciation & amortization

Ability to effectively and accurately draw from and use facts from large databases

Follow and enhance procedures to ensure the efficient processing of accounting data, information flow, and appropriate level of internal controls

Ability to recognize and resolve accounting risks

Assist in development, implementation, and ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and processes

Assist the Business Manager and Senior Management in preparation and understanding of financial presentations as needed

Other duties as assigned

Commitment to Excellence – Identifies what needs to be done and takes action to achieve a standard of excellence beyond job expectations.

Corporate Values - Understand, embraces, and integrates Doyon corporate values into everyday duties and responsibilities.

Customer Service – Identifies and responds to current and future client needs by providing excellent service to internal and external clients.

Safety and Security – Promotes a safe work environment for co-workers and customers.

Teamwork – Resourceful team player that builds, strengthens, and maintains collaborative relationships with others inside or outside the organization.

Analytical Skills
- Visualizes, articulates, and solves a variety of problems and concepts and makes appropriate decisions based on available information

Attention to Detail
- Ensures one’s own and other’s work and information are complete and accurate

Communication Skills
- Listens, writes, and speaks effectively, and positively relates and interacts with coworkers and others

Decision Making
- Makes choices or reaches conclusions by establishing objectives, gathering relevant information, identifying alternatives, setting criteria for the decision, and selecting the best option

Financial Management
- Applies critical financial concepts and practices to establish and maintain realistic budgets

Management - Plans, organizes, directs, monitors, and controls a group of one or more employees or one or more entities to accomplish organizational goals and objectives

Planning and Organizing – Systematically develops plans, prioritizes, organizes, and manages resources in order to accomplish business goals within a specific time period

Problem Solving
- Anticipates and identifies problems, distinguishes between symptoms and causes, and determines alternative solutions involving varied levels of complexity, ambiguity, and risk

Process Improvement – Manages, leads, and enables the process of change and transition while helping others to deal with the process

Reporting
- Generates reports that are accurate, objective, and complete in a timely manner