Accounting Manager

The Opportunity

The Accounting Manager leads core accounting operations for a government contracting organization and ensures timely, accurate, and compliant financial reporting. This hands-on leadership role oversees domestic and international accounting teams, directs the month-end closing, serves as a key audit liaison, supports external reporting, revenue recognition, and partners across the business to strengthen controls, processes, and decision-making. The successful candidate will bring significant Deltek Costpoint expertise, deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP, and demonstrated experience managing accounting teams in a complex environment.  This position will report to the Senior Manager of Accounting and Reporting. This position will have 1-4 direct reports.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, including journal entries, account reconciliations, consolidations, variance analysis, and management review.
• Oversee domestic and international accounting groups, establish clear priorities, review work, develop team capabilities, and promote consistent accounting practices across locations.
• Own and optimize accounting processes within Deltek Costpoint, including the general ledger, project accounting, billing, accounts payable, accounts receivable, labor, and related modules.
• Ensure financial records and reporting comply with U.S. GAAP and applicable government contracting requirements, including FAR, CAS, and DCAA expectations.
• Serve as the primary accounting liaison for external auditors and coordinate timely responses, schedules, supporting documentation, and remediation activities.
• Prepare, review, and support external financial reporting and related disclosures, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to reporting deadlines.
• Oversee revenue recognition for government contracts in accordance with ASC 606, including evaluation of contract terms, performance obligations, estimates, modifications, and documentation.
• Maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting; identify risks, strengthen control design, and drive timely resolution of deficiencies.
• Partner with Financial Planning and Analysis, Contracts, Program Management, Compliance, Legal, Tax, Treasury, and Information Technology to resolve accounting matters and improve end-to-end processes.
• Support government and customer audits, incurred cost submissions, indirect-rate analysis, and other compliance activities, as applicable.
• Develop and monitor close calendars, policies, procedures, key performance indicators, and service expectations for the accounting organization.
• Lead process-improvement and automation initiatives that improve scalability, data quality, efficiency, and the control environment.
• Provide technical accounting guidance and concise analyses to senior leadership on complex transactions and emerging issues.

What We Value

• Bachelor’s Degree + Nine years of relevant experience, or Master’s Degree + Seven years of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license.
• At least five years of accounting management experience, including direct responsibility for leading, developing, and reviewing the work of professional accounting staff.
• Significant hands-on experience with Deltek Costpoint in a government contracting environment including implementations, upgrades, integrations, reporting, or process redesign.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, financial close, consolidations, external reporting, internal controls, and revenue recognition under ASC 606.
• Demonstrated experience managing or coordinating accounting operations across domestic and international teams.
• Experience serving as an audit liaison and managing deliverables for external, internal, government, or customer audits.
• Working knowledge of government contracting concepts and compliance requirements, including FAR, CAS, and DCAA expectations.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and exercise sound judgment in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with multiple government contract types, including cost-reimbursable, time-and-materials, and firm-fixed-price arrangements.
• Experience with multinational accounting, foreign-currency matters, intercompany transactions, and global consolidations.
• Public accounting experience or prior responsibility for audited financial statements.
• Experience supporting indirect-rate development, project accounting, billing, incurred cost submissions, or forward-pricing activities.
• US work authorization. We are unable to support sponsorship.