Accountant - Active Security Clearance
Cadre
- Reston, VA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Perform accounting services for business units
- Produce work papers to support financials statement and tax reporting
- Production of memory for internal oversight groups, and Senior Management summarizing work product
- Search for and document unusual business operations and events
- Represent the CFO function by displaying knowledge as the finance staff expert within their assigned project teams, acting as "internal" CFO of their assigned project teams and providing a moral and ethical compass to their assigned project teams
- Prepare business unit, payroll, and other tax forms as required by displaying a knowledge of domestic and international taxes and advising business operations accordingly
- Display and use knowledge of domestic and international accounting practices, and provide direct/first interface and with internal oversight bodies
- Assist senior managers with administrative procedures, and use their knowledge of budget formulation to support project reporting and management of rolling expenditure forecasts
- Provide advice on internal controls, corporate structures, and capital flows; maintain relationship management with other accountants, and corporate business partners; and validate financial information provided through leadership reports
- Perform other duties as assigned at the direction of Project Management
- Active TS/SCI clearance with Poly
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field (may include business law or auditing or other CPA eligible degree).
- Minimum of three (3) years in accounting or bookkeeping plus education
- Domestic travel may be required but not frequent
- Familiarity with preparing financial statements in accounting software
- Ability to take the initiative and work independently as well as part of a project team
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills, influences those who do not report to them
- Has the ability to find creative solutions - finds solutions rather than just problems
- 1-3 Years Tax Preparation experience
- CPA preferred
- Exposure to international accounting standards or international accounting