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Accounting specialist/Financial Analyst (Accounting & Reconciliation)

22nd Century Technologies, Inc.
Pay rate: $43.59/hr on W2
United States, Virginia, Richmond
Apr 09, 2026
Job Title: Accounting specialist/Financial Analyst (Accounting & Reconciliation) Location: Richmond, VA 23219 Pay Rate: $43.59/hr. on without benefits Duration: 4 months (anticipated) Work Hours: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM; Lunch period: 30 minutes Job Summary: Client has retained Knowledge Services to provide an ACCOUNTING CONTROL SPECIALIST to support the state's FINANCE TEAM. The purpose of this position is to be responsible for fiscal/financial management functions impacting the department; to provide financial management expertise for the performance of specialized and technical accounting activities as a liaison to the Finance team; to review, research and resolve issues with and reconcile grants and budgets across the department; and to do related work as required Role & Responsibilities: Responsible for fiscal/financial management functions impacting the department. To provide financial management expertise for the performance of specialized and technical accounting activities as a liaison to the Finance Team. To review, research and resolve issues with and reconcile grants and budgets across the department. To perform complex month-end, quarter-end, and annual closing processes related to the State's general ledger, including extensive coordination with State agencies to reconcile open transactions and ensure accurate financial reporting. To provide agency assistance as required for federal grant reporting and federal grant cost management. To determine and verify balances in State agency asset and liability accounts, and to perform complex analyses to determine the accuracy, completeness, and proper classification of the State's financial transactions. To ensure interagency and interfund transactions are properly recorded, including the settlement of related cash accounts. To be responsible for the proper accrual of State agency accounts receivable, accounts payable, and other accrued revenues and expenditures at fiscal year-end. To maintain utmost confidentiality when working with sensitive and personally identifiable information, including payroll and health benefits. To exercise administrative direction over programs that are essentially financial in nature. To be responsible for the compilation, analysis and presentation of statistical and financial reports reflecting expenditures, unencumbered funds and projections of future requirements. To document financial processes to ensure continuity of knowledge within the Finance team To document financial processes to support department staff To do related work as required. Knowledge, skills, education, and/or experience: A thorough knowledge of fiscal/financial management practices and techniques A working knowledge of federal grant management and reconciliations. Knowledge of principles and practices of governmental accounting and budget formulation A working knowledge of the principles, practices and methods involved in maintaining records The ability to identify pertinent information from a mass of data The ability to reconcile information across multiple data sets A working knowledge of the ERP/Workday system, along with its capabilities. Related capacities and abilities. Desired skills: Education: Such as may have been gained through graduation from a college of recognized standing with a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or a closely related financial field Experience: Such as may have been gained through: professional-level experience in financial analysis or financial administration, including experience in data management and reconciliation