Assistant Controller
$145,000–$185,000 year
On-siteVienna, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Direct the company's accounting, financial reporting, and treasury management functions while ensuring compliance with GAAP, FAR, and government contracting regulations. Oversee the monthly financial close process, maintain internal controls, and support external audits. Manage daily treasury operations, including cash flow forecasting, banking relationships, and electronic funds transfers. Prepare financial statements, analyze operating results, and develop executive dashboards. Supervise accounting staff, recommend process improvements, and serve as acting Controller during the Controller's absence. Partner with Operations, Contracts, and HR to support business objectives. This role supports the Controller in directing all accounting operations for a federal government contractor.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive accounting experience
- Minimum of 5 years of accounting experience supporting a federal government contractor
- Minimum of 3 years of supervisory or accounting management experience
- Deltek Costpoint
- Government contract accounting
- Treasury management and cash flow forecasting
- Financial statement preparation
- General ledger accounting
- Month-end and year-end close
- Revenue recognition
- Project accounting
- Indirect rate calculations
- DCAA audit support
- FAR and CAS compliance
- Banking and cash management
- Executive financial reporting
- Microsoft Excel (Advanced), including PivotTables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, Power Query, and financial modeling
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Thorough knowledge of GAAP, FAR, CAS, and government contract accounting requirements
- Strong understanding of treasury operations, banking relationships, and cash management
- Ability to prepare and present executive-level financial analyses and reports
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and leadership skills
- U.S. Citizenship
- REAL ID-compliant form of identification
Desired Qualifications
- Active CPA license
- Experience with Deltek Costpoint Cloud
- Experience with Microsoft Sharepoint
- Experience with financial system implementations or accounting process improvements
- Experience supporting annual financial statement audits and government compliance reviews
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