Accounting Professional – Operational Accounting

Job Description

Accounting Professional | GFF Design

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at GFF Design, located in Dallas, TX. GFF Design is an award-winning multi-disciplinary design firm with a legacy of excellence since 1982, delivering Architecture, Interior Design, and Planning across the United States. This role is a hands-on, foundational position that offers early career professionals the opportunity to build broad, full-cycle accounting experience within a modern finance function. It is crucial for maintaining accurate financial records and supporting key accounting processes from the ground up.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Dallas, TX

• Team: Works closely with finance leadership
• Mission: To build broad, full-cycle experience in month-end close, general ledger, project accounting, and billing support within the finance team.
• Tech Stack: Unanet

What You’ll Actually Do
• Support: Support monthly and year-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations.
• Maintain: Maintain general ledger accuracy and complete balance-sheet reconciliations.
• Handle: Handle project accounting tasks in Unanet, such as project setup, labor and consultant cost tracking, and closeout.
• Assist: Assist with Work In Progress (WIP) tracking and the client billing cycle.
• Prepare: Prepare 1099 filings and property tax reports, and help assemble the tax package for the external CPA.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, or equivalent experience; recent graduates are welcome.
• Experience: A solid grasp of accounting fundamentals including general ledger, journal entries, reconciliations, and the basics of month-end close.
• Skills: Strong Excel skills, comfort learning new systems, strong attention to detail, organization, communication, and a basic understanding of GAAP.
• Bonus: Internship or early professional accounting experience, eagerness to grow into broader responsibility, and a proactive, coachable, solution-oriented approach in a collaborative environment.