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Senior Accountant - Government Contracting

Johnson Service Group

San Diego, California

Job description

Overview

In this Senior Accountant role you will perform complex accounting tasks and analysis, supporting both internal and external audits. You will drive the month-end close, journal entries, and reconciliations while managing cash, tax provisions, and financial reporting. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams including payroll, invoicing, and procurement to ensure accurate financials. This position offers visibility into a technology company's financial operations and opportunities to improve accounting processes and controls.

Responsibilities
  • Perform month-end reconciliations and provide insightful analysis of account components
  • Prepare and post month-end journal entries
  • Process daily cash receipts and maintain banking/cash files
  • Submit invoices and receiving reports in iRPT for customer deliveries
  • Prepare cost-plus billings with appropriate approvals
  • Support internal and external audit engagements (DCMA)
  • Review AR aging and follow up with customers for collections
  • Maintain daily inventory reconciliation and month-end inventory reporting
  • Maintain Fixed Asset subsidiary ledger
  • Prepare sales/use tax analysis and monthly prepayments and quarterly returns
  • Prepare tax provisions including 1099s, property tax, income tax, fixed assets, prepaids, IRAD
  • Provide backup support to departments (Payroll, SO Processing/Invoicing)
  • Prepare financial reports in FCC/Essbase
  • Participate in invoicing/cash forecasting
  • May lead tasks or parts of a project and mentor less experienced staff
  • Suggest improvements to accounting policies and procedures
Key requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in accounting
  • 5+ years directly related experience, government contracting preferred
  • Advanced Excel skills
  • CPA license a plus
  • Deltek Costpoint experience a plus
  • analytical thinking
  • attention to detail
  • communication
  • Advanced Excel
  • iRPT
  • Deltek Costpoint

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