Senior Project Accountant - hybrid

We are growing and seeking a Senior Project Accountant with experience working in the Government Contracting industry. You will be responsible for Project Administration, Billing, Accounts Receivable, Revenue Recognition, General Ledger and the Month-end close process. You will collaborate with Contracts, Project Finance and the Project Manager for the entirety of the project life cycle.

This is a hybrid position working mostly remote but going into our Arlington, VA headquarters as needed for meetings.

What you will do:

Project Administration:

• Evaluate new contracts, purchase orders, and agreements
• Determine appropriate project setup and revenue recognition methodology based on the contract
• Setup new billable projects and tasks in Unanet
• Evaluate and enter contract modifications
• Maintain project data
• Track prime and subcontract status; determine the final end customer
• Determine whether sales tax exemptions are required
• Support Government Contracting compliance and audits
• Managing task tickets assigned through Jira ticketing system
• Assist with timesheet and non-labor adjustments requests related to direct projects
• Assist with extended hours requests and enforcing company policies related to extended hours on direct billable projects

Billing/Revenue Recognition/Accounts Receivable:

• Setup revenue recognition and maintain support schedules
• Create customer invoices and monitor payments
• Manage the AR aging to ensure that there are no long-outstanding invoices
• Send collection notices and collaborate with Project Finance and the PM with collection efforts as needed

General Ledger/Month-end close process:

• Preparation of journal entries, accruals

What you will need:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
• 5+ years of Accounting experience in a Government Contracting environment
• 2+ years working knowledge of Government Contracting Accounting Software - Unanet strongly preferred
• 2+ years of project setup, revenue recognition ASC 606, and billing experience
• Understanding of all aspects of payment transactions
• Passionate and successful in mentoring and training others including cross-departmental training
• Excellent communication skills and responsiveness working with internal and external customers in a remote environment
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office with high proficiency in Excel

What we would like:

• Familiarity with contracts management

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