Controller

Eiden Systems Consulting (ESC) is seeking an experienced, hands-on Controller to oversee the company’s accounting and financial operations. ESC is a growing small business with approximately 40 employees supporting federal government customers and prime contractors.

This is a working Controller position for someone who is comfortable managing the full accounting function while also performing detailed day-to-day accounting, payroll, billing, financial reporting, cash management, and government-contract accounting.

Costpoint 8.2 Experience Required

Direct, hands-on experience using Deltek Costpoint 8.2 is required. Candidates without direct Costpoint 8.2 experience will not be considered.

The Controller will serve as ESC’s primary Costpoint user and business-process owner, working directly in Costpoint 8.2 for accounting, billing, payroll, project setup, reporting, and period-end activities.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting & Financial Operations

Manage the company’s full accounting cycle and maintain the general ledger.
Manage accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash receipts, vendor invoices, employee expenses, and disbursements.
Perform bank, credit card, payroll, benefit, and balance-sheet reconciliations.
Prepare journal entries, accruals, adjusting entries, and supporting schedules.
Manage monthly and year-end close activities.
Maintain accurate, organized, and well-supported accounting records.
Government Contract Accounting & Billing

Prepare and submit invoices for CPFF, T&M, FFP, and other government contract types.
Reconcile invoices to timesheets, expenses, subcontractor costs, contract requirements, and Costpoint records.
Establish and maintain projects, organizations, accounts, labor categories, billing formulas, funding, and contract modifications in Costpoint 8.2.
Monitor contract funding, ceilings, periods of performance, burn rates, and unbilled costs.
Calculate and monitor direct costs, indirect rates, fringe, overhead, G&A, wrap rates, billing rates, and fee.
Support provisional billing rates, incurred-cost reporting, and government/customer audits.
Ensure accounting and billing practices are consistent with applicable FAR cost principles and government-contract requirements.
Submit invoices through WAWF and customer or prime-contractor billing portals.
Payroll

Process accurate and timely semi-monthly payroll through Costpoint 8.2.
Reconcile payroll to employee timesheets and the general ledger.
Manage payroll taxes, employee deductions, benefits, 401(k), FSA, dependent-care contributions, and related reporting.
Coordinate multistate payroll withholding and unemployment-tax requirements.
Work closely with Human Resources on payroll, benefits, and employee-accounting matters.
Financial Planning & Reporting

Prepare monthly financial statements and management reports.
Develop and maintain budgets, forecasts, and cash-flow projections.
Monitor actual indirect rates against budgeted and provisional rates.
Analyze financial, rate, cash-flow, and operating variances.
Provide financial information for management planning, banking, insurance, tax, and proposal-pricing activities.
Support development of labor rates, indirect rates, wrap rates, and other pricing inputs.
Costpoint 8.2 Administration & Process Improvement

Serve as ESC’s primary accounting user and business-process owner for Deltek Costpoint 8.2.
Maintain Costpoint project structures, account mappings, billing configurations, approval workflows, and recurring processes.
Work with ESC’s Costpoint support provider to troubleshoot issues and implement system improvements.
Validate system corrections and ensure accounting and billing data remain accurate.
Develop and maintain accounting procedures, calendars, checklists, and desk instructions.
Strengthen internal controls and cross-train designated employees on critical accounting, payroll, billing, and banking processes.
Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
7+ years of progressively responsible accounting experience.
Direct, hands-on experience using Deltek Costpoint 8.2.
Experience personally performing accounting, billing, payroll, project setup, reporting, and period-end processing in Costpoint 8.2.
Government-contract accounting experience, preferably within a DoD or federal government contracting environment.
Experience with cost-reimbursement/cost-plus contracts, including CPFF, CPIF and/or CPAF, as well as T&M and FFP contracts.
Strong understanding of FAR cost principles, allowable and unallowable costs, direct and indirect costs, and government-contract billing requirements.
Experience with indirect-rate structures, including fringe, overhead, G&A, wrap rates, billing rates, and fee.
Experience monitoring contract funding, burn rates, and financial performance.
Experience supporting DCAA, customer, financial-statement, or other audits.
Hands-on experience with AP, AR, payroll, reconciliations, journal entries, monthly close, and financial reporting.
Experience with multistate payroll and related tax requirements.
Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work independently and manage multiple deadlines.
Ability to communicate financial information clearly to company leadership and non-financial personnel.
High level of discretion when handling financial, payroll, employee, banking, and company information.
Preferred Qualifications

Experience with a Costpoint 8.2 implementation or migration.
Advanced experience configuring Costpoint projects, organizations, accounts, billing formulas, workflows, and reports.
Experience with Costpoint Time & Expense.
Experience with WAWF and prime-contractor invoicing portals.
Experience preparing provisional billing rates or incurred-cost submissions.
Experience supporting DCAA accounting-system reviews or audits.
Experience with subcontractor accounting and contract funding.
Experience supporting government proposal pricing and cost estimates.
Experience as the sole or primary accounting professional for a small government contractor.
CPA, CMA, MBA, or other relevant professional credentials.
Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a self-sufficient, hands-on accounting professional with strong government-contracting experience who is comfortable being close to the day-to-day work. This person should be equally comfortable processing payroll and invoices, reconciling accounts, working in Costpoint 8.2, analyzing indirect rates, preparing financial reports, supporting government-contract requirements, and advising company leadership.

The position is well suited for someone who takes ownership, values accuracy and organization, communicates well, and enjoys improving processes in a growing small-business environment.

Salary Range: $110k-$130k