Senior Financial Reporting Consultant

Financial Reporting Consultant

US Coast Guard Contract (USCG)

Chesapeake, Virginia

Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active or interim Secret Clearance.

@Orchard LLC has an immediate need for a Financial Reporting Consultant to support the USCG's Financial Reporting Center (FSC) within the Financial Reporting Division. This role supports critical financial management operations through reconciliation activities, audit-ready reporting, corrective action support, documentation development, and recurring DHS financial reporting deliverables. The role also supports workflow optimization, reporting automation, and collaboration with financial management stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have experience supporting federal financial management operations, DHS or DoD financial reporting environments, audit remediation activities, reconciliations, and data analytics/reporting initiatives.

Your responsibilities as a Financial Reporting Consultant.

• Perform reconciliations and analysis supporting monthly, quarterly, and annual DHS financial reporting.
• Investigate and resolve abnormal balances, general ledger discrepancies, and tie-point variances.
• Retrieve, validate, and analyze data from accounting systems and external sources to support reporting.
• Prepare and document manual journal vouchers and topside/on-top adjustments, as required.
• Build and maintain audit-ready reconciliation packages, workpapers, and supporting documentation, including SOPs, desk guides, etc.
• Support audit readiness, remediation, and responses to internal and external audit requests.
• Participate in verification and validation (V&V) reviews and internal sampling to confirm compliance and posting logic.
• Identify and support process improvements, reporting automation (e.g., dashboards/metrics), and recurring deadline management.

Differentiators

• Strong attention to detail and accountability in financial reporting activities.
• Ability to work independently while managing recurring deadlines and competing priorities.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Analytical mindset with a focus on process improvement and operational efficiency.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders, auditors, and team members.
• Commitment to delivering accurate, audit-ready work products.

Your background will include.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
• 6+ years of experience supporting federal financial management, including accounting, audit readiness, financial reporting operations, and/or reconciliation activities.
• Experience with financial reporting, including recurring monthly/quarterly/annual deliverables as well as reconciliations, audit support, and internal controls.
• Knowledge of GAAP, federal accounting standards, and financial reporting processes.
• Demonstrated attention to detail in developing or maintaining process documents (e.g. SOPs, desk guides, reconciliation documentation, technical procedures, etc.)
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including formula building, pivots, lookups, and data analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with subject matter experts.
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables and meet recurring deadlines.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities.

• Experience supporting DHS, DoD, or other federal agencies preferred.
• Familiarity with DHS TIER reporting processes.
• Experience with Power BI, SharePoint, Power Query, VBA, ACL, SQL, or similar reporting/automation tools.
• CPA, CISA, CGFM, CDFM, DOD Level 2 FM, PMP, or related certification preferred.
• Experience supporting audit remediation or corrective action plans.

Compensation: Compensation for this role will be determined based on experience and qualifications. The expected base salary range is between $100K, AND $115k. Generous benefits, bonus eligibility, and significant professional development support are all available.

Established in 2010, @Orchard has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI. Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery. To learn more about our other exciting opportunities, visit our Jobs Page at www.atorchard.com .