Accountant - Full Performance TS/SCI with Poly REQUIRED

About the role

CGI Federal is seeking candidates to perform accounting work in support of a USG agency in the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA).

Responsibilities

• Cook up the day-to-day accounting and financial activities within area of assignment and perform the full range of routine to complex financial activities.
• Do the analysis of financial information to include but not limited to bank accounts, billing statements, financial statements, reports, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), tax returns, appropriate USG agency systems, etc. to identify and resolve discrepancies and to ensure data integrity is maintained.
• Give out technical accounting advice, guidance to managers, staff and others on the full range of financial processes, workflow and priorities. Identify and assist in revolving routine to complex financial problems and issues.
• Help managers within area of assignment in the development of specific financial policies.
• Coordinate the implementation and maintenance of a system of checks and balances to ensure the integrity of financial records.
• Review and assess financial processes and procedures to identify and implement changes to gain efficiencies.
• Review financial activity and accrue expenses as needed in support of financial statements.
• Analyze and reconcile General Ledger accounts to identify and resolve all routine to complex discrepancies.
• Gather and analyze financial data from various systems; create and present reports to senior managers and make recommendations in support of the mission.
• Assign and monitor the contractor workload in the area of assignment, prioritize, delegate and monitor contractor work assignments.
• Help managers within area of assignment in developing specific accounting policies or procedures.
• Originate appropriate accounting data and post in USG agency’s unique databases and systems. Review to ensure data integrity is maintained.
• Adhere to federal government requirements and USG agency’s standards for accounting and financial record keeping.
• Provide functional expertise to system development activities, create ad hoc system reports and conduct functional testing of business systems.
• Aid in developing financial forecasts to support pricing of Working Capital Fund products.
• Aid in analyzing Working Capital Fund financial data, including the analysis of and/or preparation of financial statements submitted by Working Capital Fund businesses.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Have a strong grasp of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
• Have considerable knowledge of Federal appropriation law and ability to obtain considerable knowledge of USG agency’s regulations, concepts, methods and standards impacting financial activities.
• Have the ability to obtain and apply considerable knowledge of Finance procedures and policies specific to the area of assignment.
• Have the ability to obtain and apply considerable knowledge of customer mission requirements sufficient to anticipate required financial support and strong customer service skills to respond to a broad range of customer questions.
• Have strong analytical skills necessary to research and compile data, evaluate it and develop financial reports.
• Have strong knowledge of quality assurance procedures to ensure data integrity and timeliness of the data.
• Have the ability to apply analytic, diagnostic and qualitative techniques sufficient to identify, evaluate and recommend to managers appropriate financial solutions to resolve routine to complex interrelated financial issues.
• Have strong interpersonal skills, demonstrated by developing working relationships and networks with division/component/field managers and employees, staff and colleagues.
• Have well-developed customer service skills demonstrated by anticipating and responding to customers' needs and answering moderately complex questions regarding accounting and finance information in a manner that generates customer satisfaction.
• Have oral and written communication skills that are sufficient for responses or briefings on financial topics and issues to a wide range of stakeholders, co-workers, customers and managers to include non-accountants.
• Have considerable knowledge of accounting software systems to include how they relate/interface with each other.
• Have strong skill in Microsoft Office suite tools; specifically, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.