Staff Accountant

Beacon Hill; Suitland (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon Hill is seeking a detail-oriented Staff Accountant to support budgeting, reconciliations, and financial reporting. This role collaborates with the Budget Manager and internal departments to ensure accurate financial data, audit readiness, and efficient budget execution.

Responsibilities include budgeting, variance analysis, reconciliations in QuickBase, and preparing board-level reports. The role requires strong Excel skills and experience with financial systems, with a focus on accuracy

Qualifications

• Experience with QuickBase reconciliation and closeout
• Strong reconciliation and general accounting background
• Budgeting and financial reporting experience
• Audit support or audit-ready accounting experience
• Strong Excel and financial systems skills

Responsibilities

• Support annual and departmental budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
• Perform QuickBase reconciliations and closeout (required)
• Maintain audit-ready reconciliations and supporting documentation
• Reconcile bank accounts and credit cards; research and resolve discrepancies
• Prepare monthly sales tax reports and assist with board-level reporting
• Assist with financial analysis, surveys, and cost-benefit reviews
• Monitor departmental spending against approved budgets
• Execute transactions in budgeting, accounting, and purchasing systems
• Support documentation of budget policies, procedures, and manuals
• Respond to internal inquiries related to budgets, forecasts, and financial data

Skills

Budgeting

Financial reporting

Reconciliation

Audit readiness

Data analysis

Excel

Tools

QuickBase

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented Staff Accountant to support budgeting, reconciliations, and financial reporting. This role partners with the Budget Manager and internal departments to ensure accurate financial data, audit readiness, and efficient budget execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Support annual and departmental budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis


• Perform QuickBase reconciliations and closeout (required)


• Maintain audit-ready reconciliations and supporting documentation


• Reconcile bank accounts and credit cards; research and resolve discrepancies


• Prepare monthly sales tax reports and assist with board-level reporting


• Assist with financial analysis, surveys, and cost-benefit reviews


• Monitor departmental spending against approved budgets


• Execute transactions in budgeting, accounting, and purchasing systems


• Support documentation of budget policies, procedures, and manuals


• Respond to internal inquiries related to budgets, forecasts, and financial data

Qualifications

• Experience with QuickBase reconciliation and closeout


• Strong reconciliation and general accounting background


• Budgeting and financial reporting experience


• Audit support or audit-ready accounting experience


• Strong Excel and financial systems skills

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply. California residents: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Company Profile

Founded by industry leaders to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing, we deliver coordinated staffing solutions with unparalleled service, a commitment to project completion and success and a passion for innovation, creativity and continuous improvement.

Our niche brands offer a complete suite of staffing services to emerging growth companies and the Fortune 500 across market sectors, career specialties/disciplines and industries. Over time, office locations, specialty practice areas and service offerings will be added to address ever changing constituent needs.

Learn more about Beacon Hill and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.bhsg.com.

Benefits Information

• Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.

We look forward to working with you.

Beacon Hill. Employing the Future