Sr Business Partner, Accounting

Description

Sr. Business Partner, Accounting

HighPoint professionals focus on helping government agencies and companies implement their most critically strategic initiatives. The role of Senior Business Partner, Accounting contributes to HighPoint by being responsible for a broad range of accounting duties and oversight in a government services contracting environment. This position will report to HighPoint’s Vice President, Accounting & Finance.

• Lead month-end and year-end closing activities, including journal entry posting, balance sheet reconciliations, and bank reconciliation; validate proper revenue and expenditure recognition at month-end.
• Serve as a technical expert on the company’s Costpoint accounting system, providing guidance on general ledger configuration and reporting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, project setup, and Deltek Time and Expense.
• Recommend appropriate revenue recognition methods for government contracting professional services projects.
• Maintain general ledger and review of postings.
• Backup responsibility of other accounting functions, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, cash forecasting, and project accounting responsibilities.
• Lead interim and year-end internal financial audit activities and the annual corporate financial controls audit, as well as the external audit closing and reporting at year-end.
• Customer invoice generation, cash receipts processing.
• Provide guidance on and ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and company practices and policies.
• Review the effectiveness of internal system and policy controls, and develop new controls and policies to ensure compliance with GAAP, FAR, and other applicable regulations.
• Ownership of accounting process improvements and automation.
• Mentoring accounting staff without direct supervisory responsibility.

 KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong understanding of accounting fundamentals and accounting standards including GAAP and relevant FASB standards. 
• Experience maintaining a general ledger, structuring, and reconciling accounts, and preparing statements. 
• High degree of proficiency in Excel. 
• Proven ability to manage schedules and meet deadlines. 
• Skill in presenting financial information to both financial and non-financial audiences. 
• Effective written and verbal communication ability with executives, Finance and Accounting staff, and employees. 
• Proactive identification of problems or challenges and recommendations for resolution. 

EDUCATION AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s or higher in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field with a bachelor’s in accounting strongly preferred; CPA preferred. 
• 15 – 20 years of experience, preferably in government services contracting at a large government contractor ($200M+ annual revenue). 
• 5+ years of Deltek Costpoint experience required, including Deltek Time and Expense and Cognos reporting. 
• 4+ years of supervisory experience of accounting department personnel and functions. 

ABOUT HIGHPOINT:

HighPoint is a growth-oriented firm that provides a unique, differentiated employee culture relative to our Federal market peers. We leverage this growth-oriented and employee-focused culture to attract and retain a higher grade of talent than our peers to be an employer of choice.       

HighPoint helps government agencies elevate the citizen experience (CX) by improving the touchpoints through which citizens interact with government. We were founded in 2006 by Ben Lanius with the spirit of transforming how agencies connect with and empower citizens to deliver on mission-critical objectives.        

At HighPoint, our focus is on delivering results that matter. We support and modernize our federal customer’s mission critical systems and functions. Agility is at our core: it is the mantra that drives us to succeed. We work quickly, analytically and deliver on agency priorities.        

HighPoint is a privately held company with a team of over 130 passionate professionals spread across 12 states in the U.S.  

HighPoint Digital, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

HighPoint Digital, Inc. will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with HighPoint’s legal duty to furnish information.