Accounting Manager - Government Contracting

CFO Hub is looking for a Full-time Accounting Manager for a client in the engineering industry, this position is not with CFO Hub.
A well-established engineering firm is looking for a controller to join their growing team! The Controller is personally responsible for technical and administrative management of General Accounting and Finance. This company is a growing defense contractor specializing in Systems Engineering and building hardware systems to support the Department of Defense. This is an exciting opportunity to work for a fast-paced organization in the defense sector and support our nation’s military. The applicant should have experience working for a government contractor. The applicant must be well organized, have great time management skills and be able to act without guidance. This position reports directly to Senior Management/company owners.

2. Corporate Duties:

• Generates monthly status reports, submitting vouchers and financial tracking

• Perform postings to the General Ledger (Accrual JE’s, Payroll JE’s, etc.)

• Prepare Financial Statements

• Prepare for financial audits including incurred cost audits

• Monitors monthly indirect rates and analyzes impact for forecasting

• Performs reconciliations and journal entries

• Responsible for accounts payable/receivable, payroll taxes, invoicing, contract indirect rate determination

• Prepares and updates cost reports for billing purposes

• Reviews timesheets for Payroll, make corrections and adjustments as needed

• Assists the company with other administration duties as required

3. Education and Experience

A. Required:

• Two to three years of previous Government Contract Accounting experience

• Experience with Cost-Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) and Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contracts

• Experience using Deltek Costpoint, QuickBooks software and WAWF (PIEE)

• Have a working knowledge of DCMA and DCAA regulations and be competent in determining Indirect Cost Proposal/rates (ICE/ICP) and Provisional Billing Rates (direct rates and indirect rates) for Government contracts

• Operational use and adherence to GAAP

• US Citizenship and the ability to obtain a Secret Clearance

• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbal and written, within all levels in the organization and among customers and business partners

B. Preferred:

• Two to three years of previous experience defense Government contracts preferred.

• Experience using Government websites that facilitate business such as SAM.GOV.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting is preferred; Bachelor’s in Degree Business Administration, Finance, Human Resources or related field may be acceptable.

Job Type: Full-time
Salary Range: $100-120k/per year

Physical setting:

• Office - San Diego, CA (on-site)

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

• Monday to Friday