Accounting Lead

Location: Philadelphia, PA - local candidates only
Position Type: 100% Onsite
Contract Length: Direct Hire / Permanent Position

Position Overview:
The Accounting Manager oversees daily accounting operations, ensuring compliance with GAAP, FAR, and CAS while managing the general ledger team and financial reporting processes. This role leads month-end and year-end closings, reviews reconciliations, coordinates audits, and drives process improvements to enhance financial accuracy and efficiency.

Duties:

• Oversee all daily accounting operations (accounts receivable, accounts payable, cash receipts and disbursements, capital asset accounting, payroll, debt service, fixed assets and variance analysis).
• Manages the daily activities of the GL team members, monitors deadlines and provides support and coaching
• Leads the month-end, quarter end, and year-end closing process
• Reviews and approves the monthly balance sheet reconciliations, bank reconciliations, researching more complex discrepancies and determining the appropriate course of action
• Maintain fixed asset module and accounting software.
• Performs accounting research and offers technical guidance, as needed, to ensure the accurate processing of accounting transactions in accordance with GAAP, FAR and CAS
• Administers the coordination of internal and external audits and the gathering of required audit information
• Proactively identifies opportunities for process improvement related to receiving, controlling, validating, recording, and reporting accounting data by reviewing internal controls, performing analysis, and updating procedures
• Use financial data and reports to provide professional accounting advice for investing, spending, and managing Commonwealth assets.
• Completes special projects and other ad hoc requests.

Required Skills:

• Minimum Years of Experience: 7+ years of related financial experience, with at least three years in a supervisory role
• Prior experience with federal, state, local government, non-profit, or government contracting entity providing services to government clients preferred
• Significant experience with Fund Accounting / Grant
• Strong understanding of government contract compliance regulations found in US GAAP & GASB knowledge
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office products; advanced skills with Excel
• Must have the ability to approach problem solving proactively and creatively to execute multiple tasks and adhere to strict deadlines in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Must have the ability to work collaboratively on a team, and the willingness to be an active and supportive member of a cross-functional team