Job ID: 12289
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Category: Accounting & Finance
Employment Type: Contract
Date Added: 08/07/2026
Job Description
Location: Anchorage, AK
Description
Responsibilities may include:
- Prepare month-end close (MEC) journal entry for vacation accrual; repost accrued vacation expense adjustments to ensure they are not billed to partners
- Prepare MEC journal entry for Non-Billable Employee Burden & Benefits (EBB); evaluate whether costs of benefits as a percentage of salary exceed billable thresholds and reclassify as necessary
- Prepare MEC journal entry for Secondee Billings; invoice counterparty for the costs of seconded employees
- Prepare MEC interdivision billing for Pipeline Charges from AK Gen; bill AK BU employee time spent supporting pipeline companies
- Reconcile Transportation Management System (TMS) invoice data to SAP GL expense and prepare monitoring report in Power BI
- Prepare quarterly journal entry for Shared Services Allocations; allocate costs of employees not already recorded to projects
- Research payroll expense and hours-related questions; use access to confidential time-writing data to field questions, prepare one-off reports, and support other projects
- Troubleshoot time-writing issues and work with employees in the BU to resolve problems
- Prepare ad-hoc updates to activity rates when employees move to a new cost center, cost centers change, or inpats/expats arrive
- Process one-off changes to the Delegation of Authority (DOA) for the BU
- Review and approve/reject requests for access to BU data in SAP (BU enabler role approvals)
- Provide formal time-writing training to the BU; hold formal training sessions on time-writing fundamentals and best practices
- Address special projects and ad-hoc assignments as necessary
- Update activity rates twice per year: load prior-year rates for the new year at year-end, and recalculate full BU rates in March–April after VCIP is released
- Prepare VCIP Workbook; analyze the effects of VCIP payments on BU costs for use by F&PA
- Collect Anti-Corruption Questionnaire attestations from BU stakeholders; complete ethics form and review with Finance management
- Renew Internal Control Standards (ICS) exceptions as required; work with stakeholders to update risk analysis and ICS exception forms, obtain BU buy-in, and coordinate with corporate for final approvals
Qualifications
Basic/Required:
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- 5+ years of direct experience in payroll, accounting, or finance
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills
Preferred:
- Professional certifications such as CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) or CPA
- Proficiency with SAP, including timewriting and general ledger functions
- Experience with CATS (Cross-Application Time Sheet) and payroll close processes
- Strong financial acumen, particularly regarding accounting principles and their relationship to payroll expense reporting
- Proficiency with Power BI for monitoring and reporting
- Experience with Workday or equivalent HR/payroll platforms
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and work under month-end close deadlines
- Takes ownership of actions and follows through on commitments by established deadlines
- Ability to communicate financial and payroll issues to non-accounting personnel in clear, logical terms
- Experience with internal controls (ICS, SOX) in a payroll or accounting context
