Senior Accounting Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and mentor a team of accounting professionals.
• Oversee delegation and workload distribution across multiple workstreams.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accuracy, and continuous improvement.
• Direct and oversee month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes.
• Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, and schedules.
• Ensure general ledger accuracy and strong documentation standards.
• Manage multiple accounting workstreams (cash, revenue, fixed assets, payroll, intercompany, etc.).
• Review financial results and resolve issues as needed.
• Design and implement a scalable internal control framework from the ground up.
• Develop standardized accounting policies and procedures.
• Lead process automation and workflow optimization initiatives.
• Partner with FP&A, Operations, and IT to improve system efficiency and data integrity.
• Oversee preparation of internal management reporting packages.
• Support quarterly and annual financial statement preparation.
• Lead audit support activities and manage documentation requests.
• Provide financial analysis to support leadership decision-making.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams and managing multiple accounting functions.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required.
• CPA required.
• Experience in government contracting or complex environments preferred.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and controllership best practices.
• Demonstrated experience operating in a SOX compliant environment.
• Ability to build and strengthen internal controls and scalable processes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience with ERP systems; Deltek Costpoint experience is a plus.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.

Pay

Virginia, Pay Transparency Salary range: USD $120,000.00/Yr. - USD $170,000.00/Yr.