Financial Reporting Senior Accountant

Financial Reporting Senior Accountant

Leidos Corporate Finance Department has an opening for a Financial Reporting Senior Accountant in Reston, VA. In this role, you will provide critical support in Leidos' Quarterly/Annual Reports on SEC Forms 10-Q and 10-K, and Earnings Release. This position reports to the Financial Reporting Manager within Leidos' Office of the Corporate Controller.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Prepare monthly consolidated statement of equity.
• Prepare monthly weighted average shares outstanding calculation
• Prepare quarterly and annual footnote disclosures.
• Review work papers and documentary evidence developed in support of SEC filings.
• Assist in preparing GAAP disclosure checklist on a quarterly basis.
• Assist with reviewing XBRL tagging on Forms 10-Q and 10-K.
• Work with other functional departments such as investor relations, technical accounting and accounting/consolidations groups and SOX.
• Support other SEC filings or investor communications including press releases, conference call scripts, investor conference materials, registration statements, proxy statements, etc., as needed.
• Maintain up-to-date process documentation (e.g. desktop procedures); recommend and implement process improvements, as appropriate, to simplify, standardize and streamline efforts.
• Support ad hoc financial information and technical accounting requests and analyses.
• Other special projects as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related degree from an accredited university and a minimum of 4 years of related experience; including 3 years in a public accounting firm.
• Strong understanding of US GAAP and their application to the preparation of financial statements and disclosures.

Desired Qualifications:

• An active CPA license

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