Maryland Staffing
Senior Accountant Opportunity
We are looking for an experienced Senior Accountant to join our client's team in Columbia, Maryland. This role is ideal for someone with a strong attention to detail, a solid background in accounting for government contracts, and a deep understanding of Deltek Costpoint. The successful candidate will play a key role in managing complex financial processes, ensuring compliance, and supporting both month-end and year-end activities.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare and post monthly journal entries, including revenue adjustments, payroll, prepaid expenses, and depreciation of capital assets.
- Generate and distribute invoices while ensuring timely payment collection for services rendered.
- Conduct bi-weekly payroll processes and manage cash disbursements.
- Perform reconciliations for key balance sheet accounts such as bank accounts, unbilled accounts receivable, and liabilities.
- Oversee month-end and year-end closing procedures to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Collaborate with external audit firms during year-end to prepare schedules, provide supporting documentation, and address inquiries.
- Submit incurred cost reports and manage compliance with government and field bank requirements.
- Assist in preparing financial data and schedules for year-end reporting and audits.
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
- Proficiency in Deltek Costpoint is required.
- Prior experience in accounting for government contracts is highly preferred.
- At least four years of experience in accounting, ideally in a government contracting environment.
- Familiarity with invoicing, revenue adjustments, unbilled analysis, sales order posting, warranty accruals, and lease accounting.
- Solid understanding of government contract compliance regulations.
- Experience with indirect rate postings, incurred cost submissions, and managing financial close processes.
- Strong skills in account reconciliation, general ledger management, and journal entries.
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