Senior Accountant (Level 5)

💰 $5,120 - $8,192 (Est.) 📍 McLean 🕐 5 days ago

Job Description

Qualifications
THIS POSITION REQUIRES A CURRENT TS/SCI with Polygraph clearances
Core One seeks an experienced Senior Accountant to support the US Government in the Northern Virginia area
Thorough knowledge of the federal Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
Thorough knowledge of Federal appropriation law and ability to obtain thorough knowledge of Agency regulations, concepts, methods and standards impacting financial activities
Ability to obtain thorough knowledge of customer mission requirements sufficient to anticipate required financial support
Ability to obtain thorough knowledge of all funding, accounting and acquisitions capabilities to include common and unique financial processes across the Agency
Comprehensive analytical skills necessary to compile data, analyze it, and develop financial reports
Extensive knowledge of quality assurance procedures to ensure data integrity and timeliness of the data
Ability to apply analytic and diagnostic techniques and qualitative techniques sufficient to identify, evaluate, and recommend to managers appropriate financial solutions to resolve interrelated financial problems and issues
Ability to interact with senior Directorate/Office managers, corporate Finance managers or external financial managers in order to contribute to and influence decision-making
Ability to prepare and deliver briefings to senior Directorate, Agency managers, corporate Finance managers, or external financial managers on Finance topics
Ability to manage contractor's competing priorities and work requirements by continuously evaluating the needs of the organization's mission against on-going work; and planning/scheduling own and unit's work
Excellent interpersonal skills necessary to elicit cooperation and support from others and to interact tactfully and effectively with co-workers and senior Agency management
Excellent written communication skills to compose and deliver highly technical responses to senior management and customers' inquiries and concerns
Minimum eleven (11) years of demonstrated professional accounting experience with a strong understanding of the responsibilities associated with financial management, accounting, auditing, and/or fiscal control
Bachelor's Degree in Accounting with degree requirements for CPA and/or MBA
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)/MBA
Responsibilities
The candidate will be responsible for establishing, implementing and analyzing complex financial activities, ensuring financial compliance, providing strategic and/or specific financial resource advice and guidance to most senior managers and staff on the design, implementation, and/or management of financial activities
Provides broad financial strategic programmatic direction and initiatives through effective and timely customer support
Briefs and/or provides supporting documentation to senior management in response to questions from Agency management and/or external reviewers (i.e., OMB and Congress)
Advises senior management in the design, implementation, and management of financial operations to ensure the integrity of financial data, the establishment of financial reporting requirements, the development of security guidelines and processes to protect financial data and systems, and the establishment and maintenance of financial relationships with other government and non-government organizations
Ensures financial program data integrity and reporting accuracy
Assists in the management of the establishment and maintenance of appropriate internal controls to minimize the risk of inaccurate data and/or unauthorized use of Agency funds
Ensures data integrity by working to obtain favorable Office of the Inspector General (OIG) audit opinions, and, ultimately, auditable Financial Statements
Assists the senior financial expert in area of assignment
Formulates approaches that achieve desired financial business objectives, including program scope and objectives
Resolves the highly complex financial problems and issues; provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the most complex financial regulations, policies and procedures to senior management, staff, and customers
Analyzes financial data from various systems; creates reports for and provides briefings to senior managers and makes recommendations in support of the mission
Performs other duties as assigned
Attend, at the direction of the Agency, established and ad hoc Directorate and corporate Finance committees, panels and boards
Assist, at the direction of the Agency, any participatory member of the office of assignment's senior management team
Other functions may vary depending on the office of assignment
Assists in the design and implementation of financial systems development to enable business process improvement and to incorporate changes driven by external changes
Facilitates communication between financial systems stakeholders, customers, and systems development teams
Develops and recommends budget policies and procedures of the budgetary program metrics fundamentals necessary to effectively and efficiently analyze and assess program goals, objectives and outcomes
Job description
THIS POSITION REQUIRES A CURRENT TS/SCI with Polygraph clearances.

Core One seeks an experienced Senior Accountant to support the US Government in the Northern Virginia area. The candidate will be responsible for establishing, implementing and analyzing complex financial activities, ensuring financial compliance, providing strategic and/or specific financial resource advice and guidance to most senior managers and staff on the design, implementation, and/or management of financial activities.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provides broad financial strategic programmatic direction and initiatives through effective and timely customer support.
• Briefs and/or provides supporting documentation to senior management in response to questions from Agency management and/or external reviewers (i.e., OMB and Congress).
• Advises senior management in the design, implementation, and management of financial operations to ensure the integrity of financial data, the establishment of financial reporting requirements, the development of security guidelines and processes to protect financial data and systems, and the establishment and maintenance of financial relationships with other government and non-government organizations.
• Ensures financial program data integrity and reporting accuracy.
• Assists in the management of the establishment and maintenance of appropriate internal controls to minimize the risk of inaccurate data and/or unauthorized use of Agency funds.
• Ensures data integrity by working to obtain favorable Office of the Inspector General (OIG) audit opinions, and, ultimately, auditable Financial Statements.
• Assists the senior financial expert in area of assignment.
• Formulates approaches that achieve desired financial business objectives, including program scope and objectives.
• Resolves the highly complex financial problems and issues; provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the most complex financial regulations, policies and procedures to senior management, staff, and customers.
• Analyzes financial data from various systems; creates reports for and provides briefings to senior managers and makes recommendations in support of the mission
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Attend, at the direction of the Agency, established and ad hoc Directorate and corporate Finance committees, panels and boards.
• Assist, at the direction of the Agency, any participatory member of the office of assignment's senior management team.
• Other functions may vary depending on the office of assignment. Other functions may include:
• Assists in the design and implementation of financial systems development to enable business process improvement and to incorporate changes driven by external changes.
• Facilitates communication between financial systems stakeholders, customers, and systems development teams.
• Develops and recommends budget policies and procedures of the budgetary program metrics fundamentals necessary to effectively and efficiently analyze and assess program goals, objectives and outcomes.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Thorough knowledge of the federal Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
• Thorough knowledge of Federal appropriation law and ability to obtain thorough knowledge of Agency regulations, concepts, methods and standards impacting financial activities
• Ability to obtain thorough knowledge of customer mission requirements sufficient to anticipate required financial support
• Ability to obtain thorough knowledge of all funding, accounting and acquisitions capabilities to include common and unique financial processes across the Agency
• Comprehensive analytical skills necessary to compile data, analyze it, and develop financial reports.
• Extensive knowledge of quality assurance procedures to ensure data integrity and timeliness of the data.
• Ability to apply analytic and diagnostic techniques and qualitative techniques sufficient to identify, evaluate, and recommend to managers appropriate financial solutions to resolve interrelated financial problems and issues.
• Ability to interact with senior Directorate/Office managers, corporate Finance managers or external financial managers in order to contribute to and influence decision-making.
• Ability to prepare and deliver briefings to senior Directorate, Agency managers, corporate Finance managers, or external financial managers on Finance topics.
• Ability to manage contractor's competing priorities and work requirements by continuously evaluating the needs of the organization's mission against on-going work; and planning/scheduling own and unit's work.
• Excellent interpersonal skills necessary to elicit cooperation and support from others and to interact tactfully and effectively with co-workers and senior Agency management.
• Excellent written communication skills to compose and deliver highly technical responses to senior management and customers' inquiries and concerns.

Minimum Qualifications
• Minimum eleven (11) years of demonstrated professional accounting experience with a strong understanding of the responsibilities associated with financial management, accounting, auditing, and/or fiscal control.
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting with degree requirements for CPA and/or MBA.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)/MBA

About Core One
Our mission is to be at the forefront of devising analytical, operational and technical solutions to our Nation's most complex national security challenges. In order to achieve our mission, Core One values people first and is comprised of outstanding professionals from the national security community. Because Core One is committed to seeking top talent, we offer competitive compensation and benefits packages. In addition, Core One is a team-oriented, dynamic and growing company that values exceptional performance.

Core One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, ****** orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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