General Ledger Accountant (1669)
BakerRipley, Houston, TX, United States
Overview
Job Description
The General Ledger Accountant performs professional-level accounting work related to the preparation, analysis, reconciliation, and maintenance of financial records associated with Workforce Solutions programs operated under federal, state, and local grants. This position ensures accurate accounting, proper cost allocation, compliance with federal Uniform Guidance, TWC Financial Manual for Grants and Contracts, Board policies, and all H-GAC contract requirements. The role supports the Financial Aid Payment Office (FAPO) in maintaining strong internal controls, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting, tracking expenditures and obligations, preparing monthly billing, reconciling ledgers, and supporting audits, monitoring, and contract compliance activities.
Core Duties and Responsibilities
Maintain and reconcile the general ledger for all assigned funding streams, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with federal, state, and Board accounting requirements.
Prepare and post journal entries, including accruals, allocations, reclassifications, and adjustments in accordance with GAAP and Uniform Guidance.
Perform monthly close activities, ensuring reconciliation of all balance sheet and income statement accounts tied to contract expenditures, obligations, and financial aid payments.
Support preparation of monthly contract billing reports, including validation of the general ledger, supporting schedules, and reconciliation to programmatic data and supporting documentation.
Track expenditures, obligations, commitments, and accruals by funding source, funding stream, financial aid category, and cost classification.
Ensure all costs are allowable, allocable, reasonable, and properly documented according to TWC FMGC, Board policies, and grant-specific requirements.
Assist with financial analysis, expenditure pacing, forecasting, and spend-down monitoring to meet H-GAC expenditure benchmarks.
Review vendor payments, cash substitute distributions, recoupments, deposits, and child-care or training-related payments to ensure proper coding and ledger accuracy.
Reconcile FAPO payment systems to the general ledger and resolve discrepancies in collaboration with program teams.
Maintain accurate documentation for audit and monitoring readiness, ensuring compliance with record retention rules and availability of supporting schedules.
Assist with preparation of reports required by H-GAC, the Board, TWC, federal agencies, and internal leadership.
Support annual financial audits, monitoring reviews, and fiscal compliance evaluations by preparing schedules, explanations, and documentation.
Maintain internal control procedures and support continuous improvement of accounting processes, financial reporting, and compliance controls.
Communicate effectively with staff, vendors, leadership, and auditors regarding financial questions, corrections, or clarifications.
Perform other accounting-related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting preferred. Three to five years of accounting experience, preferably in nonprofit, governmental, or grant-funded environments.
Fund accounting
Multi-fund grant financial reporting
Public-sector or Workforce Solutions program
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Job Description
The General Ledger Accountant performs professional-level accounting work related to the preparation, analysis, reconciliation, and maintenance of financial records associated with Workforce Solutions programs operated under federal, state, and local grants. This position ensures accurate accounting, proper cost allocation, compliance with federal Uniform Guidance, TWC Financial Manual for Grants and Contracts, Board policies, and all H-GAC contract requirements. The role supports the Financial Aid Payment Office (FAPO) in maintaining strong internal controls, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting, tracking expenditures and obligations, preparing monthly billing, reconciling ledgers, and supporting audits, monitoring, and contract compliance activities.
Core Duties and Responsibilities
Maintain and reconcile the general ledger for all assigned funding streams, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with federal, state, and Board accounting requirements.
Prepare and post journal entries, including accruals, allocations, reclassifications, and adjustments in accordance with GAAP and Uniform Guidance.
Perform monthly close activities, ensuring reconciliation of all balance sheet and income statement accounts tied to contract expenditures, obligations, and financial aid payments.
Support preparation of monthly contract billing reports, including validation of the general ledger, supporting schedules, and reconciliation to programmatic data and supporting documentation.
Track expenditures, obligations, commitments, and accruals by funding source, funding stream, financial aid category, and cost classification.
Ensure all costs are allowable, allocable, reasonable, and properly documented according to TWC FMGC, Board policies, and grant-specific requirements.
Assist with financial analysis, expenditure pacing, forecasting, and spend-down monitoring to meet H-GAC expenditure benchmarks.
Review vendor payments, cash substitute distributions, recoupments, deposits, and child-care or training-related payments to ensure proper coding and ledger accuracy.
Reconcile FAPO payment systems to the general ledger and resolve discrepancies in collaboration with program teams.
Maintain accurate documentation for audit and monitoring readiness, ensuring compliance with record retention rules and availability of supporting schedules.
Assist with preparation of reports required by H-GAC, the Board, TWC, federal agencies, and internal leadership.
Support annual financial audits, monitoring reviews, and fiscal compliance evaluations by preparing schedules, explanations, and documentation.
Maintain internal control procedures and support continuous improvement of accounting processes, financial reporting, and compliance controls.
Communicate effectively with staff, vendors, leadership, and auditors regarding financial questions, corrections, or clarifications.
Perform other accounting-related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting preferred. Three to five years of accounting experience, preferably in nonprofit, governmental, or grant-funded environments.
Fund accounting
Multi-fund grant financial reporting
Public-sector or Workforce Solutions program
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