Accounting Senior Lead

Job Summary: OPSPro specializes in providing small businesses and government contractors with compliance and operational support to include HR, Payroll, Accounting, Contracting, and IT. The Accounting Senior Lead position is a part-time, fully remote position. The Senior Accounting Lead position is responsible for a combination of GAAP accounting, government accounting, and the ability to manage complex projects within a fast-paced General Accounting environment. This position interacts with all levels in the accounting department as well as numerous other departments in the company and reports directly to the Accounting Manager. **

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:** Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

• Maintain the integrity of the financial systems and the maintenance of accounts and records in such areas as assets, liabilities, equity, income and expense
• Review and approve journal entries ensuring compliance in accordance with GAAP and DCAA regulations
• Determine proper accounting for unusual or one-off transactions
• Create journal entries, as necessary, for proper revenue recognition and cost adjustments/allocations
• Oversee and perform month and quarter end close activities, including journal entries and variance explanations
• Ensure financial deadlines are met for month-end, quarter-end and year-end financial closings
• Ensure disbursements are within the approved amount and proper supporting documentation has been provided
• Assist with the review of contracts and contract modifications
• Compile and analyze financial information to ensure adjustments and reclassification of costs are made in accordance with GAAP and DCAA regulations
• Responsible for the review and approval of account reconciliations to ensure that transactions and sub-ledgers are reconciled to the general ledger in accordance to policy
• Oversee and manage Chart of Account changes
• Mentor team members to deliver quality support
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned

Supervision: No direct reports **

Requirements**

• 7+ years accounting experience
• Familiarity with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and Federal Travel Regulations (FTR)
• Knowledge of Contract Funding, Value Ceilings, and FAR
• Experience with handling multiple clients, client communication and client interaction
• Advanced MS Excel capabilities
• Proficient with other MS Office 365 applications (Internet Explorer, Outlook, Word)
• Ability to work under tight deadlines
• Detail oriented
• Strong organizational, time management and prioritization abilities
• Excellent communication skills

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Unanet, PROCAS Accounting & Time and Expense or Costpoint
• Experience with PIEE (WAWF and MyInvoice), PLSC, TOS, IOL, WOI
• Bachelor's degree in accounting

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision
• FSA
• HSA
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• PTO
• Education Reimbursement

Minimum Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions; works well in group problem solving situations; uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.
• Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively; able to read and interpret written information.
• Diversity - Demonstrates knowledge of EEO policy; shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences; promotes a harassment-free environment; builds a diverse workforce.
• Ethics - Treats people with respect; keeps commitments; inspires the trust of others; works with integrity and ethically; upholds organizational values.
• Strategic Thinking - Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals; understands organization's strengths & weaknesses; analyzes market and competition; identifies external threats and opportunities; adapts strategy to changing conditions.
• Planning/Organizing - Prioritize and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; plans for additional resources; sets goals and objectives; organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; develops realistic action plans.
• Professionalism - Approaches others in a tactful manner; reacts well under pressure; treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; accepts responsibility for own actions; follows through on commitments.
• Innovation - Displays original thinking and creativity; meets challenges with resourcefulness; generates suggestions for improving work; develops innovative approaches and ideas; presents ideas and information in a manner that gets others' attention.
• Language Skills - Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, proposals, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Mathematical Skills - Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Reasoning Ability - Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to question activities and issues in all functional areas and make sound business decisions based on that data.
• Physical Demands - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, type or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• Work Environment - The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee will normally work in a temperature-controlled office environment, with frequent exposure to electronic office equipment.

Core Values

• Own Your Stuff
  • Willingness to accept responsibility for one's actions
  • Owning the outcome of one's assigned tasks and projects, ensuring on time and satisfactory client delivery
  • Ensuring deadlines are met
  • Proactive communication
  • Ability to adeptly adapt to changes (e.g., new regulations, new client requirements)
  • Recognition that there are usually multiple ways to achieve a task
  • Willingness to step outside your comfort zone
  • Mutual accountability equates to achieving the balance you want in life
• Team First
  • Working with the team to achieve common goals
  • Willingness to pick up tasks that need to be completed even if not assigned to you
  • Collaborating with internal (OPS) and external (clients and/or vendors) as needed to achieve goal(s)
  • Proactively sharing information and lessons learned
  • Providing support to your teammates
  • Open to the ideas of others and the validity of those ideas
• Trusted Advisor
  • Providing informed advice to clients on a regular basis
  • Recommending (and implementing as appropriate) process improvements
  • Recognizing opportunities to expand the scope of services provided
  • Finding a way to say "yes" or finding a path to the desired outcome of the client
  • Understanding client expectations; addressing with the client if expectations are unrealistic or meeting or exceeding (no cost impact) realistic client expectations
• Actively Seeks Knowledge
  • Continually working to build a solid foundation of functional knowledge
  • Commitment to a constant state of learning
  • Sharing expertise with teammates
  • Adaptable to constantly changing technology and client requirements
• Good Egg
  • Integrity
  • Trustworthiness
  • Treats people with kindness
  • Compassionate
• Client Excellence Mindset
  • Rabid commitment to excellent customer delivery
  • Delivering exceptional value while exceeding expectations
  • Understanding our customers' needs
  • Focusing on operational excellence
  • Empowering employees to see, deliver, and improve the value of services provided
  • Being courteous and respectful of our clients

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