General Ledger Accountant

SOUTHWEST KEY PROGRAMS INC; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

SOUTHWEST KEY PROGRAMS INC is seeking a General Ledger Accountant to maintain financial records, prepare journal entries, and support month-end close in alignment with GAAP. The role requires a strong ledger background and excellent Excel skills.

Responsibilities include reconciliations, audit support, and assisting with financial reporting. Based at HQ Austin, TX, this full-time position emphasizes accuracy, compliance, and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in General Business or Accounting.
• Four+ years of processing and reconciling general ledger tasks.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP.
• Understand debits and credits.
• Advanced Excel skills including Pivot tables and VLOOKUP.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and post journal entries with supporting documentation.
• Maintain the general ledger and chart of accounts.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Participate in monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes.
• Prepare audit schedules and respond to auditor requests.
• Generate and review financial reports for management.
• Adhere to GAAP and internal controls.
• Assist with system implementations and process improvements.

Skills

Math skills

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Independence

Education

Bachelor’s Degree (General Business or Accounting concentration)

Tools

Pivot tables

VLOOKUP

Excel

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: HQ Austin - Austin, TX, Position Type: Full Time Regular, Salary Range: $80000.00 - $85000.00Salary/year,

POSITION SUMMARY: The General Ledger Accountant is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the organization's financial records through accurate preparation, analysis, reconciliation, and reporting of financial transactions. This position plays a key role in the month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), organizational policies, and audit requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

General Ledger Management

• Prepare and post journal entries with appropriate supporting documentation.
• Maintain the general ledger and chart of accounts.
• Review and analyze account activity to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Research and resolve accounting discrepancies and unusual transactions.

Reconciliations

• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations for assigned accounts.
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items in a timely manner.
• Reconcile bank, investment, prepaid, accrual, fixed asset, and liability accounts.

Month-End and Year-End Close

• Participate in monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes.
• Ensure all entries are recorded accurately, and deadlines are met.
• Assist with preparation of financial statements and supporting schedules.

Audit Support

• Prepare audit schedules and supporting documentation.
• Respond to auditor requests and inquiries.
• Assist with implementation of audit recommendations and internal control improvements.

Financial Reporting and Analysis

• Generate and review financial reports for management.
• Analyze variances between actual and budgeted results.
• Assist with preparation of management reports and financial presentations.

Compliance and Internal Controls

• Adhere to GAAP and organizational accounting policies.
• Support compliance with federal, state, and regulatory requirements.
• Assist with documenting and improving accounting procedures and internal controls.

Other Duties

• Assist Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, and Fixed Asset accounting functions as needed.
• Review and Approve system transactions submitted by end user or Accounts Payable.
• Participate in system implementations, upgrades, and process improvement initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications: EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• Education Requirement: Bachelor’s Degree (General Business, or Accounting concentration).
• Experience Requirement: Four+ years of processing and reconciling general ledger tasks and activities.
• Strong knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Must understand and demonstrate basic accounting fundamentals: Debits, credits, etc.
• Excellent math skills; ability to analyze figures; aptitude for numbers and quantitative skills.
• Computer literate with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Windows (Word Perfect, Microsoft Word, Excel).
• Advanced knowledge of Pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and advanced formulas required.
• Customer-service focus, with demonstrated experience dealing successfully with complex issues and demonstrated communication skills.
• Must be organized, thorough, reliable and consistent.
• Ability to work independently of direct supervisor.

General office environment with moderate noise levels. The position involves sitting for extended periods, with occasional walking or standing, in a busy environment with frequent unscheduled interruptions. Essential functions of the position require extended periods of driving, exposure to varying weather conditions, and the physical ability to bend, stoop, climb, and lift up to 20 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.