MINIMUM CLEARANCE LEVEL: None CITIZENSHIP: USA LOCATION: WOODBRIDGE, VA (REMOTE)
Seventh Sense Consulting, LLC is seeking an experienced Director of Accounting with a strong background in Accounting in both the Commercial and Government Contracting environments. Reporting directly to the Vice President, Business Operations, the Sr. Accountant will be responsible for maintenance and oversight of the general accounting and reporting functions. Primary duties include responsibility for month end close and consolidations, internal controls, reconciliations, contract pricing support, and audit preparation. The selected candidate will perform other critical tasks including, but not limited to monthly financial reporting, lead government audits and providing Cost/Pricing support to Corporate Development, as required.
Responsibilities:
Maintain financial and accounting policies, practices and procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial statements that are compliant with DCAA, FAR, CAS, and GAAP;
Preparation of journal entries and perform general ledger account reconciliations;
Maintain files and documentation thoroughly and accurately, in accordance with company policy and accepted accounting practices for government contractors;
Ensure company is current on all employee federal, state and local tax regulations, and compliance related reporting;
Setup of various projects in Unanet to include various Cost-Plus, T&M, and FFP type of projects with WBS;
Protect organization's value by keeping information confidential;
Review Subcontractor invoices for accuracy and oversee billings to clients for various T&M, FFP, and Cost-Plus type contracts;
Process semi-monthly payroll including timesheet reviews and transfer of payroll data to payroll provider. Follow processes and system workflows to confirm that all timekeeping and payroll transactions are processed accurately and timely;
Review, reconcile, and prepare payroll related transactions and journal entries;
Perform closing the books and produce monthly financial statements and consolidations;
Support budgeting, indirect rates, cash flow, borrowing base or other bank-related business needs;
Provide contract funding and financial reporting, including assisting in development of work estimates and task order cost proposals, tracking funds and coordinating funding modifications, and generating required contract financial reports;
Lead regulatory reporting, including annual Incurred Cost Submission, Provisional Indirect Rate submission, and other applicable reporting requirements;
Budget management, financial analysis, forecasting and financial reporting;
Develop, maintain and report revenue projections, indirect rate variance and adjustment, and profit margin by task, contract, and overall corporation on a monthly basis and Prepare rate difference invoices if necessary;
Provide end-to-end Pricing Support to Corporate Development to include development of cost estimates, cost/price models, and cost/pricing proposal content;
Interpret RFPs in order to develop cost buildups for required contract attributes; interpret, organize, direct and incorporate internal department contributions; coordinate, direct and incorporate assigned subcontractors' responses into the final cost proposal;
Meet the terms and requirements of the RFP within the required timeframe for submission; meet quick turnarounds for changes/new requirements, etc.
Work with DCAA to process historical incurred cost audits, respond to rate variance claims;
Respond to inquiries from executives and senior managers with financial results, special reporting requests and related projects;
Prepare Incurred Cost Submission with DCAA Performs additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications:
15+ years of direct accounting experience with a minimum; 5+ years government contracting, handling all types of government contracts (Fixed Price, Time & Materials, Cost-Plus), revenue recognition, rate calculations, and financial and contract reporting.
Senior-Level knowledge of all accounting functions, including Payroll and General Ledger-accruals.
Demonstrated knowledge and experience with accounting practices consistent with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
Demonstrated knowledge of Government contract accounting with experience implementing and maintaining Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) consistent with the FAR/DFAR.
Experience with DCAA compliance and development and management of a DCAA compliant accounting system (chart of accounts, reports, indirect rate calculations and variance).
Experience with QuickBooks preferred, including employee set up, setup and maintenance of accounts, customers, and projects, and customized reports. Experience integrating with timekeeping systems is expected.
Strong Microsoft Office skills and advanced level experience with Excel
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance with an emphasis in Accounting
CPA is a required
Skills:
Experience with Unanet Financials preferred;
Strong attention to detail;
Strong problem-solving and organization skills;
Ability to meet tight deadlines and work well under pressure and changing priorities;
Ability to professionally interact with Independent Auditors, Government Auditors, Customers, Vendors.
Ability to work independently and with a team in a fast-paced, high-volume environment with emphasis on accuracy and timeliness;
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with the ability to interact across all levels of the organization in a professional manner;
Proficient with desktop computing platforms and applications (MS Word, PowerPoint, AND Excel);
NOTES:
Telecommuting is allowed.
Additional Salary Information: Start date is negotiable
Internal Number: 1294
About Seventh Sense Consulting LLC
Seventh Sense Consulting, LLC (SSC) was established in 2012 to address the challenges faced by Governments in both acquisition and cyber security. We are a Small Business Administration 8(a) certified, as well as Veteran's Administration CVE certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). With continuing Federal Agency budget constraints and an aging acquisition and program management workforce there is an urgent need for high performing acquisition organizations. Federal agencies spend over 30% of the Federal $2.7 trillion budget on acquiring goods and services. The acquisition function represents a critical path to facilitate complex, resource-constrained agency acquisitions that require timely, cost-effective solutions, while balancing and prioritizing agency needs with limited resources and budgets. In addition, we know the dangers you face on a daily basis from cyber attacks that threaten your critical mission. We provide trained experts to assist you in identifying the risks and implementing time-sensitive procedures to protect your operations. Driven by integrity, insight, and innovation, our purpose is to address the continuing and ongoing complex acquisit...ion and cyber security challenges the government faces. Our leadership is led by former Government Communications, Acquisition and Procurement Executives who have served in Government and industry transforming and enabling Federal, State and local acquisition and program functions.
SSC provides innovative solutions to enable acquisition and program management organizations to fundamentally enhance their inherent capability to reduce acquisition cycle time and cost, while enhancing the quality and fidelity of its acquisitions. We help our Clients’ determine what to buy, how to buy it, how to improve the workforce and the processes that are related to buying, and how to make sure our Client’s get the value they require. From mission needs and requirements through procurement and program execution, SSC helps the Government harness the powerful but often underutilized levers, techniques and tools to improve performance. SSC specializes in practical hand-on solutions that drive improved Contracting Officer Representative performance and contract management oversight.
A key enabler to our suite of SSC acquisition and program management life-cycle solution service offerings is our AP3™ capability. AP3™ is a process centric capability and tool that resides either in the web or cloud, as well as in a networked environment to drive innovative and collaborative sharing of data, information and knowledge. It is designed and implemented through the use of process centric best in class templates and methods to enable acquisition organizations and programs to evaluate gaps in performance, operationally learn, grow and enhance performance.
