Are you an analytical and financial professional with an eye for numbers, impeccable accuracy and a drive for continuous improvement? Then we have the perfect opportunity for you. Join us as our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Accountant at our award-winning, 100% employee-owned federal contracting company!

As an ESOP Accountant you will:

• Train for several weeks with our current and retiring ESOP Accountant
• Work with a team of driven, supportive and highly skilled professionals at one of the largest ESOP companies in the U.S.
• Receive a robust benefits package that includes, of course, Employee Stock Ownership Plan!
• Be able to work remotely from anywhere within the United States
• Enjoy flexibility managing your work hours and personal needs with a single accrual leave plan.

A week in the life of our ESOP Accountant:

• Serve as the ESOP Internal Point of Contact and maintain high level of ESOP knowledge
• Collect, organize, reconcile, and review detailed data for annual census (for approximately 2,000 active employees) and questionnaires
• Calculate/project detailed eligible compensation and prepare complicated ESOP contribution and allocation calculations; Review, validate, ensure accuracy, and approve detailed year-end data and reports from third-party administrator (TPA)
• Calculate distribution amounts for potential thousands of participants; Monitor distribution process; Coordinate stock/cash contributions and redemptions with all parties involved; maintain accurate ESOP transaction records and reports
• Provide accurate cash projections to CFO/treasury; Provide written status reports to ESOP Administrative Committee and Trustee
• Coordinate annual ESOP statement preparation process covering 3,500 to 4,000 participants
• Prepare and review ESOP documents, including Distribution Policy, Summary Plan Description, and Plan Amendments
• Prepare/update/present ESOP training and educational information
• Develop complex repurchase obligation projections at least annually
• Prepare clear/concise projections, analyses, summaries, and recommendations for potential changes to policies and assumptions

Founded in 1975, AMERICAN SYSTEMS is one of the largest employee-owned companies in the United States. We are a government services contractor focused on delivering Strategic Solutions to complex national priority programs with 100 locations worldwide. Through our focus on quality, strong cultural beliefs and innovation we deliver excellence every day.
Company Awards:

• Forbes National Best Midsize Companies
• Energage National Best Workplaces
• Washington Post Best Workplaces,

Veteran Hiring Awards:

• U.S. Department of Labor Hire Vets Medallion
• BEST FOR VETS by Military Times
• TOP 10 MILITARY FRIENDLY COMPANY by MilitaryFriendly.com

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• Minimum bachelor’s degree (BS / BA) in business-related field or other highly quantitative field
• Three years’ experience in Accounting, Finance, or other highly quantitative/analytical profession
• Advanced spreadsheet skills (Excel); demonstrated ability to create complicated spreadsheets, ability to compare and analyze data from various databases or worksheets, and high degree of skill in using advanced Excel functions and capabilities
• ESOP administration experience preferred, either as a TPA or at an internal company level
• Superb analytical and logic skills, highly detail-oriented, strong organizational skills
• Ability to mange shifting priorities and meet deadlines, while maintaining high degree of accuracy
• Excellent verbal and written skills to communicate complicated policies to ESOP participants