Job Requirements
Falls Church, VA
Top Secret/SCI Polygraph Unspecified
Mid Level Career (5+ yrs experience)
$110,000 - $135,000
Job Description
This position requires working onsite five days per week.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Desired Qualifications
Core Competencies
Responsibilities
- Lead assigned activities within the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close process, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.
- Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, supporting schedules, and financial analyses.
- Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and balance sheet accounts across multiple legal entities.
- Research and resolve reconciling items, unusual account activity, and significant financial statement fluctuations.
- Support the preparation of monthly management reports, financial statements, lender reporting packages, and executive reporting.
- Partner with Billing and Accounts Receivable to resolve customer account discrepancies, reconcile cash applications, and ensure accurate receivable accounting.
- Perform payroll accounting activities, including reconciliations of payroll liabilities, payroll taxes, PTO, bonuses, commissions, and employee benefit accruals.
- Collaborate with Human Resources and Payroll to resolve payroll-related issues and ensure accurate payroll accounting.
- Prepare intercompany reconciliations, elimination entries, and consolidation activities across multiple legal entities.
- Support acquisition integrations by implementing consistent accounting policies, procedures, and financial reporting practices.
- Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, FAR, CAS, DCAA requirements, and company accounting policies.
- Support DCAA audits, incurred cost submissions, provisional billing rates, financial statement audits, and other regulatory reporting requirements.
- Partner with Contracts, Pricing, Program Finance, and Billing to support contract setup, revenue recognition, project accounting, and government contract compliance.
- Research technical accounting issues and assist with implementing new accounting standards and policies.
- Identify and implement process improvements that strengthen internal controls, improve accounting efficiencies, and enhance financial reporting.
- Leverage AI-enabled solutions and ERP capabilities to improve accounting workflows, automation, and operational efficiency.
- Participate in ERP enhancements, finance transformation initiatives, and acquisition-related accounting projects.
- Provide day-to-day leadership, guidance, and mentorship to accounting staff while remaining actively engaged in operational accounting activities.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. An additional 10 years of directly related accounting experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
- US Citizenship required
- 5–8 years of progressive accounting experience, including experience within the government contracting industry.
- Experience reviewing work, mentoring staff, or providing day-to-day leadership within an accounting organization.
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, general ledger accounting, financial reporting, and month-end close processes.
- Working knowledge of FAR, CAS, DCAA compliance, indirect rate structures, and government contract accounting.
- 2+ years of experience with Deltek Costpoint or a comparable project-based ERP system.
- Experience preparing journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, financial analyses, and supporting audit activities.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills with the ability to collaborate across multiple business functions.
Desired Qualifications
- Public accounting experience supporting government contractors.
- Experience supporting organizations with $100M+ in annual revenue or complex multi-entity organizations.
- Experience with intercompany accounting, consolidations, and payroll accounting.
- Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, purchase accounting, or post-acquisition financial integrations.
- Experience with ERP implementations, finance transformation initiatives, or accounting process automation.
- Understanding of fringe, overhead, and G&A rate structures.
- Experience with Cognos, Power BI, or other business intelligence and reporting tools.
- Experience implementing AI-enabled accounting solutions and workflow automation.
- CPA certification or active progress toward obtaining a CPA.
Core Competencies
- Demonstrates integrity, accountability, and sound professional judgment.
- Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with the ability to identify root causes and implement practical solutions.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- Effective communicator who collaborates successfully with both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
- Adaptable and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.
- Hands-on leadership style with a continuous improvement mindset and a commitment to building scalable accounting processes.
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