Accounting Level II

Summary Role Desc

This role supports the Department of War’s (DoW) financial improvement and audit readiness efforts, with a particular focus on Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes, internal controls, and remediation of audit findings. The individual would help coordinate walkthroughs, sample testing, and audit requests across finance, acquisition, logistics, systems, and operational stakeholders while driving issue resolution in a client-facing environment. The role also requires the ability to communicate accounting, audit, or remediation matters clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, including through client briefings. Ideal candidates bring DoW financial management or contracting experience and preferably additional experience in financial statement audits or internal accounting operations.

Required qualifications outside of the normal LCAT requirements

• DOD Secret clearance
• Experience supporting the DoW from a financial management or contracting perspective, including Financial Improvement and Audit Remediation (FIAR), comptroller, resource advisor, contracting office or other related roles
• Exposure to Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes whether through audit remediation/readiness, in the contracting department, or as a financial management professional
• Experience designing, assessing, or implementing internal controls, including control remediation to address audit findings and process gaps
• Ability to coordinate audit requests across finance, acquisition, logistics, systems, and operational stakeholders to support walkthroughs, sample testing, and remediation
• Ability to communicate accounting, audit, and remediation issues clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including preparation and delivery of client briefings
• Experience working in a client-facing environment with the ability to manage competing priorities, drive issue resolution, and support milestones
• Must have one the following certifications: CPA, CIA, CISA, CDFM, or CGFM

Additional desired skillsets (nice to haves but not necessarily required)

• Experience performing financial statement audits
• Experience executing processes within internal accounting departments