Job Summary

The Accountant Senior provides professional accounting services by preparing, analyzing, and processing financial statements, budgets, customer invoices, and monthly reports for the assigned business area.

Principal Accountabilities

- Applies knowledge of accounting principles to activities associated with maintaining ledger accounts and developing financial statements and reports.

- Updates and reviews monthly account reconciliations.

- Ensures that the internal financial reporting requirements of the company are met.

- Ensures contract invoices are accurate and reconciled for monthly payment.

- Responsible for monthly close and adjusting journal entries.

- Acts as the point of contact for site and customer support for the financial management organization.

- Audits and prepares reports on the status of the contract and identifies areas for remediation.

- Reviews work prepared by others and provides constructive comments and/or suggestions to foster efficiencies and improvements for the department.

- Conducts studies and submits recommendations for improving the organization's accounting processes.

- Serves as a consultant to implement accounting functions during the phase-in of a new contract.

- Provides financial support including forecasting, budgeting, and analyzing variances from the budget.

- Prepares analyses of accounts receivables and administers the collection of past due receivables.

- Prepares monthly invoices and submits timely billing to customers.

- Completes unbilled analysis for the project.

- Identifies opportunities for cost savings for Operations and acts as the business advisor.

- Works closely with Operations, supports financial reporting for the client, and helps maintain the financial health of the project.

- Creates and maintains project codes used by Operations.

- Keeps good documentation of contracts and purchase orders.

Knowledge & Skills

- Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) required.

- Knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Joint Travel Regulations (JTR), and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) is a plus.

- Ability to perform data extraction and manipulation, analyze financial data, and generate reports.

- Proficiency in finance and accounting relational databases and Microsoft applications.

- Ability to work with numbers and complete assignments with attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.

- Good interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels throughout the organization.

- Ability to organize and prioritize multiple work assignments, work with little supervision, and work well under pressure.

- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Costpoint, Essbase, Hyperion, Cognos, and Project Accounting.

Experience & Education

- Bachelor’s degree in finance, business administration, or demonstrated equivalent.

- Four (4) to six (6) years of previous accounting experience required.

- Prefer at least two (2) years of government contract accounting experience.

Physical Requirements/Working Environment

- Typical office environment with no unusual hazards.

- Constant sitting while using the computer terminal.

- Constant use of sight abilities while reviewing documents.

- Constant use of speech/hearing abilities for communication.

- Constant mental alertness.

- Must possess planning/organizing skills and be able to work under deadlines.

- Position may require travel.

Other Responsibilities

Safety - Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks, and serving on safety committees and teams.

Quality - Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand their Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read, understand, and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality, and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures, and policies pertaining to their job.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran's status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.