Senior Accountant

Kearney & Company • Alexandria, VA

10d • Remote

About The Position

We’re hiring a Senior Accountant to join our team at one of the nation’s Best Places to Work! This Senior Accountant will apply technical expertise and skills to develop a strategy that helps guide a large DoW service toward a successful, financial statement audit.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Demonstrate proficiency with accounting and auditing concepts and apply them to client situations
Possess a mastery of process documentation, risk assessment, planning, and writing skills
Develop detailed plans that implement. strategic goals and overall audit strategy
Provide subject matter technical expertise to team in financial management areas of financial reporting, audit remediation planning, and financial statement compilation
Support strategic communications to foster coordination of enterprise stakeholders
Self-starter takes the initiative to deliver quality work products to the client with little direction from supervisor
Utilize technology to share knowledge with team members, develop skills, and continually learn

Requirements

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college/university
• Minimum of four (4) years of general financial management and accounting experience, of which two (2) years shall consist of experience performing financial statement audits or audit readiness services within the Department of Defense or the federal government
• Understanding of GAS, GAAP, SSFAS, audit procedures, audit cycle, and financial analysis techniques, as they apply to DoD financial statements and assessable units
• Proficient in MS Project
• Strong customer service skills
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Active Secret Clearance (U.S. citizenship required)

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate proficiency with accounting and auditing concepts and apply them to client situations
• Possess a mastery of process documentation, risk assessment, planning, and writing skills
• Develop detailed plans that implement. strategic goals and overall audit strategy
• Provide subject matter technical expertise to team in financial management areas of financial reporting, audit remediation planning, and financial statement compilation
• Support strategic communications to foster coordination of enterprise stakeholders
• Self-starter takes the initiative to deliver quality work products to the client with little direction from supervisor
• Utilize technology to share knowledge with team members, develop skills, and continually learn

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan and 529 Education Savings Plan
• Flexible Spending & Health Savings Account
• Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity Insurances
• Legal Insurance and Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program, fitness and wellness benefits, and other firm benefits.
• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick time

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior