IT Auditor - Top Secret

Cotton has earned the distinction of Washington Post’s "Top Workplaces" designation multiple years running. Our culture sets us apart! 

Cotton has a need for an Auditor to support the Intelligence Community (IC) in Chantilly, VA. We are looking for highly motivated and detail-oriented professionals to join our assurance practice.  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, Information Systems degree preferred.
• Minimum Active TS/SCI with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI with polygraph for the IC (Intelligence Community)
• Ability to travel up to 25%, barring any travel restrictions associated with the current COVID-19 environment 
• Accounting and auditing experience
• Experience working on financial statement audits
• Experience working with Federal Government and/or DoD clients
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or CPA candidacy is required. 

Job Responsibilities

• Demonstrating professionalism and competence in the client’s environment
• Fostering an efficient, innovative, and team-oriented work environment
• Executing the day-to-day accounting and audit activities of the engagement and conducting fieldwork daily
• Gathering audit-related data
• Demonstrating awareness and knowledge of the Federal Government’s financial and management responsibilities
• Assisting in drafting and preparing project deliverables
• Utilizing technology to share knowledge with team members, develop skills, and continually learn
• Must be a self-starter, self-motivated, and results-oriented
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of accounting and auditing concepts and apply them to client situations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Your Work Place/Travel: The majority of the work will be performed locally in Chantilly, VA, but there is outside travel to client sites. Some additional travel may be required. You must be able to transport a laptop and working documents to these sites.

Your Work Hours: Full-time. Core hours are 9 am-4 pm EST.

About Cotton, A Sikich Company:

Our CPA firm provides specialized services for governmental agencies and programs, as well as commercial clients. We support government accountability and assist our clients in ensuring that taxpayer money and data is handled properly.

The Washington Post Named Cotton a Winner of the 2022 Top Workplaces Award! Cotton has also been named a 2022 National Top Workplace by Energage!

Sikich LLP www.sikich.com is a global company specializing in technology enabled-professional services. With employees across the nation, Sikich draws on a diverse portfolio of technology solutions to deliver transformative digital strategies and ranks as one of the largest CPA firms in the United States. Our dynamic environment attracts top-notch employees who enjoy being at the cutting edge and seeing every day how their work makes a difference.

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Working in a fast-paced environment while also dealing hands-on with valued clients, audit professionals at Sikich are highly motivated and detail-oriented individuals. Professionals in this field possess excellent communication skills and are comfortable providing strategic and tactical accounting advice and recommendations to firm clients. Our audit professionals utilize technology to deliver effective client solutions and spend time researching new and developing changes in the field. Sikich’s audit team members are educated in finance, accounting and related fields.

Through a competitive and comprehensive benefits package, we provide professionals the opportunity to excel in their careers, grow as individuals, and contribute to a strong, diverse, professional services firm.

Some examples of our many benefits:

• Sikich maintains a Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy. We encourage every full-time employee, as your role permits, to utilize paid time off (personal time, mental/physical health care, vacation, sick leave, etc.). Waiting for time off to accrue is common at other companies. At Sikich, you do not have to wait for this benefit to kick in. FTO is activated on your first day with our organization.
• The Firm will also recognize paid holidays during the year and strives to permit employees to have time off the last week of the calendar year when client and project work permits.
• Sikich offers a comprehensive wellness program to engage, challenge and empower team members to take responsibility for their wellbeing. Activities can be tracked through our wellness provider to obtain gift cards and other rewards.

We also offer:

• Flexible work arrangements
• Health, dental, vision, life, and accident/death/disability insurance options
• HSA employer contribution
• Nine (9) paid holidays annually.
• 10 weeks of paid parental leave due to the birth of your child.
• Six (6) weeks of paid paternity leave for fathers for the birth of their child.
• Six (6) weeks of paid leave for the placement of an adopted child within your home.
• 401(k) with employer contributions.
• CPA bonus with four (4) paid exam days & four (4) paid study days.
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee referral bonus program
• Client referral bonus program
• Pet insurance
• FORCE – Sikich community volunteer program enabling each team member to use up to four hours of paid time annually to volunteer and make a difference in their local communities.

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Sikich LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

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