Senior Project Accountant

Senior Accountant

Position Summary
The Senior Accountant is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the Company’s general ledger, managing intercompany accounting, overseeing bank reconciliations, recording payroll activity in Jamis, and supporting the month-end and year-end close processes. This position plays a critical role in ensuring accurate financial reporting, timely reconciliations, and reliable financial data across all entities.
The Senior Accountant works closely with the Treasury/Revenue Manager to support cash flow management, financial reporting, intercompany activity, and compliance reporting requirements.

Primary Responsibilities

General Ledger Management
•    Maintain the accuracy and integrity of the general ledger.
•    Review journal entries and account activity.
•    Ensure transactions are properly recorded and supported.
•    Investigate and resolve accounting discrepancies.

Intercompany Accounting
•    Manage intercompany billings and reconciliations across all entities.
•    Prepare and review intercompany journal entries.
•    Maintain intercompany reconciliation schedules.
•    Resolve intercompany differences on a timely basis.
•    Ensure monthly reconciliation of all intercompany balances.

Bank Reconciliations
•    Oversee monthly bank reconciliations for all entities.
•    Investigate outstanding reconciling items.
•    Ensure all reconciliations are completed timely and accurately.

Payroll Accounting
•    Record payroll activity into Jamis.
•    Prepare payroll journal entries and allocations.
•    Reconcile payroll-related balance sheet accounts.
•    Coordinate with Payroll and Human Resources regarding payroll-related issues.
•    Ensure payroll costs are accurately recorded by entity and department.

Month-End Close
•    Assist with monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes.
•    Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations.
•    Assist with accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, and other close-related entries.
•    Support preparation of financial statements and management reporting.

Treasury and Revenue Support
•    Support cash flow reporting and forecasting efforts.
•    Support billing and revenue reporting as needed.
•    Assist with audit requests and lender reporting requirements.

Team Leadership
•    Review work for accuracy and completeness.
•    Assist with process improvement initiatives and documentation.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
•    Timely completion of bank reconciliations.
•    Timely completion of payroll journal entries.
•    Reduction in unreconciled intercompany balances.
•    Timely completion of month-end close assignments.
•    Accuracy of balance sheet reconciliations.
•    Timely completion of compliance support schedules.
•    Timely completion of audit requests.

Education and Experience:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or equivalent
• 5-10+ years of progressive accounting responsibilities 
• Minimum two years in project/contract accounting, government contract accounting preferred
• Working knowledge of GAAP; knowledge of FAR and CAS preferred
• Experience with JAMIS Prime a plus
• Advanced MS Excel a plus

Physical Requirements: 

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Occasional periods of prolonged exposure to load noises 
• Ability to lift up to 15 pounds at times
• Ability to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands as necessary 
• Ability to hear and see to position and safety requirement levels  
• The work environment is open concept and is usually quiet to moderately noisy
• Work from home is available from time to time with approval
• Occasional travel required

Special Qualifications/Requirements: 

Must be able to successfully pass as required a federal, state, or local government's background investigation

Disclaimer: 

The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and that additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time; or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)