Junior Accountant

The VIA Agency; Portland (ME); On-site; USD 57,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Four-day work week

Employee-owned

Library workspace

Job summary

The VIA Agency in Portland, ME seeks a Junior Accountant to manage day-to-day financial activity including AP, AR, journal entries, job costing, and month-end close. This hands-on role suits someone who loves numbers and understands how transactions connect to the bigger picture.

You'll work with the Finance and Operations teams, maintaining attention to detail, curiosity, ownership, and proactive problem solving as you help monitor financial performance for the agency and its clients.

Qualifications

• 1–2+ years accounting experience including AP/AR, journal entries, and month-end close.
• Basic understanding of job costing and GAAP.
• Strong Excel skills and comfort with financial data.
• Experience with an ERP or accounting system; Advantage Hosted a plus.

Responsibilities

• Process and maintain daily AP and AR transactions.
• Prepare journal entries and support the monthly close process.
• Assist with job costing, client billing, and financial reporting.
• Review expenses for accuracy and proper coding.
• Reconcile accounts and investigate discrepancies or unusual activity.
• Research financial issues and work with others to resolve them.
• Maintain accurate financial records and documentation.
• Support the Finance team with analysis, reporting, and special projects.
• Help identify opportunities to improve financial processes and efficiency.

Skills

AP/AR processing

Journal entries

GAAP basics

Excel skills

ERP experience

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Communication

Tools

Advantage Hosted

Job description

About the Job

We're looking for a Junior Accountant who will be responsible for the day-to-day financial activity of VIA. You'll work across accounts payable, accounts receivable, journal entries, travel, job costing, and month-end close. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys working with numbers, understands how transactions connect to the bigger picture, and isn't afraid to investigate when something doesn't look right. You'll work closely with the Finance and Operations teams and have visibility into the financial performance of the agency and its clients. The right person will bring strong attention to detail, curiosity, and a willingness to take ownership and follow things through.

What You'll Do

• Process and maintain daily AP and AR transactions.
• Prepare journal entries and support the monthly close process.
• Assist with job costing, client billing, and financial reporting.
• Review expenses for accuracy and proper coding.
• Reconcile accounts and investigate discrepancies or unusual activity.
• Research financial issues and work with others to resolve them.
• Maintain accurate financial records and documentation.
• Support the Finance team with analysis, reporting, and special projects.
• Help identify opportunities to improve financial processes and efficiency.

What You Bring

• 1-2+ years of accounting experience, ideally including AP, AR, journal entries, and month-end close.
• A basic understanding of job costing and GAAP.
• Strong Excel skills and comfort working with financial data.
• Experience with an ERP or accounting system; Advantage Hosted experience is a plus.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to spot anomalies quickly.
• Analytical thinking and a natural curiosity to understand the "why" behind the numbers.
• Clear, direct written and verbal communication.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• A sense of ownership, accountability, and follow-through.
• Comfort working in a fast-moving environment where priorities can change.

Who You Are

You like the flow of numbers. You notice when something doesn't add up-and you want to know why.

You're organized without being rigid, analytical without losing sight of the people behind the numbers, and comfortable asking questions when you don't have the answer. Most importantly, you take pride in getting things right and making sure nothing falls through the cracks.

Salary: $57,000-$65,000, commensurate with experience.

About VIA

VIA means "The Way" in Latin. We've been finding the way for 33 years - for our clients, for ourselves, and most importantly for the humans on the receiving end of our work.

We started with a set of principles we wrote in a hotel bar in fifteen minutes. That was 1993. We still use the same principles. They are our lighthouse. They keep us off the rocks:

• Be Curious.
• Honor the Process.
• Think Like the Audience.
• Create Respect.
• Be on Time.
• Be on Budget.
• Figure It Out.
• Find the Magic.
• Do Work That Makes You Proud.
• Believe.

We believe in ideas with consequences. Ideas that change what people do next. Ideas that move markets. Ideas that alter destinies.

We're 100% employee owned. Every person here has a real stake in what we become. What we built here, we built together. That changes what you fight for. What you're willing to put your name on.

We're based in Portland, Maine. Four-day work week. Some of the best benefits of any company our size in America. We get to work in a library from 1888, every day, knowing it's ours. Great schools. An ocean, and a food scene that has no business being this good.