What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Accountant position at Confidential?
Responsibilities
- Perform full-cycle accounting, including AP, AR, billing, and general ledger entries.
- Maintain separate sets of books for multiple related companies, including intercompany transactions, due-to/due-from reconciliations, and eliminations.
- Support project accounting for consulting engagements, including client billing, revenue recognition, and engagement profitability tracking.
- Prepare and post journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations during month-end close.
- Prepare contract invoices for cost-plus, T&M, and firm-fixed-price contracts in line with contract terms.
- Maintain indirect cost pools (fringe, overhead, G&A) and calculate provisional and actual indirect rates.
- Review timesheets and labor distribution, and reconcile labor cost between the ERP, payroll, and the GL.
- Ensure costs are allowable, allocable, and reasonable under FAR Part 31, and segregate unallowable costs.
- Support DCAA audits, incurred cost submissions, and requests for supporting documentation.
- Track contract funding, ceilings, and burn rates, and flag variances to project managers.
- Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and ad hoc financial analysis for leadership.
- Maintain accurate records and help strengthen internal controls and accounting procedures.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Minimum 2 years of accounting experience with a government contractor (required; candidates without government contract experience will not be considered).
- Experience maintaining multiple companies' sets of books at the same time, including intercompany accounting and reconciliations (required).
- Accounting experience in a consulting or professional services environment, including project-based billing and time tracking (required).
- Working knowledge of FAR Part 31 cost principles, DCAA audit requirements, and CAS concepts.
- Experience with indirect rate structures and invoicing for cost-type, T&M, and FFP contracts.
- Experience with a government contracting ERP such as Unanet, Deltek Costpoint, or similar.
- Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and reconciliations.
- Ability to work on-site in Tampa, Florida, five days per week.
Preferred qualifications
- Direct experience with Unanet ERP.
- Experience preparing incurred cost submissions (ICE model) or supporting a DCAA audit.
- Familiarity with DCAA-compliant timekeeping and labor reconciliation.
- Experience with multi-entity consolidated financial reporting.
Pay: $65,800.00 - $79,300.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $65,800 - $79,300