Senior Accountant

Role Description

The Senior Accountant is responsible for leading month-end and year-end close activities and supporting audits. The ideal candidate possesses strong understanding of U.S. GAAP, internal controls, experience in government contracting, excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. This position plays a critical role in maintaining the integrity of the general ledger, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting, and supporting compliance with federal regulations, including Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), and Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) requirements.

Within a cybersecurity and software engineering environment, the Senior Accountant ensures proper accounting for labor-intensive contracts, indirect cost allocations, project cost structures, and compliance with government cost principles. This role supports a DCAA-ready accounting environment and collaborates closely with forecast, planning and analysis (FP&A), contracts, and operations to ensure accurate financial reporting for federal programs.

Major Activities (Typical Duties/Responsibilities)

• Lead the preparation and review of journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities.
• Maintain and reconcile general ledger accounts and resolve discrepancies.
• Prepare and review accurate and timely financial statements and management reports.
• Analyze financial results, identify variances and trends, and provide recommendations to management.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, OSCG policies, government contracting requirements and applicable regulatory standards.
• Develop and maintain accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Support DCAA audits and financial statement audits by preparing schedules and documentation.
• Monitor fixed assets, depreciation schedules, and prepaid expenses.
• Support indirect rate calculation and incurred cost submissions and serve as a key point of contact for external audits and DCAA/DCMA compliance reviews.
• Review and support revenue recognition in accordance with company policies and government contract requirements.
• Support accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and project accounting functions as needed.
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes and increase efficiency.
• Record and reconcile intercompany labor, shared service, and overhead allocations.
• Prepare monthly intercompany reconciliations.
• Assist with consolidation and elimination of entries between affiliated entities.
• Ensure timely settlement of intercompany balances.
• Reconcile payroll, benefits, taxes, and labor distributions.
• Support labor transfers and project labor adjustments.
• Review timesheet compliance and process labor.
• Maintain supporting documentation for financial transactions.
• Recommend and implement enhancements to accounting processes, internal controls, and reporting procedures.
• Support annual financial statement audits, tax filings and other regulatory requirements.
• Perform other duties as appropriate and as assigned.

Qualifications

• Understand OSC Global’s mission, values and strategic focus areas and incorporate knowledge into daily activities.
• Advanced knowledge of, and ability to apply, generally accepted accounting principles and reporting standards including thorough understanding of payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash receipts and general ledger.
• Advanced analytical and financial modeling skills, including the ability to interpret financial statements, perform due diligence, evaluate investment opportunities, analyze business performance, develop cash flow and valuation models, and provide recommendations that support strategic business decisions.
• Strong understanding of government clients, their programs, and plans; keen understanding of business management systems in government contracting including, but not limited to, budgeting, SBA, 8(a), DCAA, FAR and contract requirements.
• Ability to manage monthly, quarterly and annual accounting close processes and perform financial analysis for operating and administrative departments.
• Intermediate knowledge in indirect rates and compliance, and cost proposal functions.
• Strong financial-modeling skills to be able to develop and/or test and interpret complex pro-forma spreadsheets, including projections for cash flow, income statement (GAAP and tax) and balance-sheet preparation.
• Ability to think strategically and operationally, identify process improvement opportunities, challenge the status quo, implement accounting best practices, and drive organizational change with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal, and technical communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across all organizational levels and communicate complex financial information to internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to self-motivate and be proactive in exercising sound judgment, solving complex problems, managing competing priorities and performing effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working and motivating in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
• High degree of sensitivity regarding confidential information.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; Master’s degree in applicable field preferred.
• Three (3) or more years of progressive accounting experience within a Big 4 firm, or project accounting experience with a federal government contractor with $100+ million in revenues.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with business unit or operational leadership.
• Working knowledge of FAR Part 31 cost principles and CAS (modified or full coverage).
• Experience supporting DCAA audits and government compliance reviews.
• Hands-on experience with ERP systems such as Deltek Costpoint, Unanet, Jamis, or similar.
• Certified Public Accountant preferred.
• Ability to pass a background screening.
• Must be U.S. Citizen.

Benefits

• Paid holidays.
• Paid time off.
• 401k with employer match.
• Dental, vision, health insurance plans through the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) program.
• Life and disability benefits.