Accounts Receivable Jobs

$90,000 - $135,000/Yr

Anduril Industries - Washington, DC

Full-time - Entry Level

Washington, DC

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Join our growing Government Accounting Team with this newly created Billing Specialist role at Anduril Industries. This position is crucial in supporting our government and commercial contracts by ensuring timely billing, reporting, and collection of costs incurred on these contracts. As a Billing Specialist, you will play a key role in maintaining the integrity of our financial processes and ensuring compliance with government regulations. You will be responsible for preparing, processing, and submitting invoices to customers using government portals and other methods as required by the contract and customer. This role requires a proactive approach to maintain a billing schedule and forecast to ensure that contracts are billed in a timely manner. In addition to invoicing, you will develop and maintain a receivable aging report for past due accounts, taking responsibility for investigation, analysis, escalation, and resolution to ensure timely payment. You will also maintain and reconcile accounts receivable ledger accounts, financial statements, and reports on a monthly basis. Your responsibilities will include forecasting cash collections and providing ad hoc reporting of billing and collection efforts. Assisting with month-end close reconciliations will also be part of your duties. A critical aspect of this role is identifying allowable versus unallowable costs based on the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) guidance. You will establish systems to streamline the government accounting process for travel and other expenses associated with government contracts. Additionally, you will assist in reviewing all expenses associated with projects to ensure they are reasonable and comply with government accounting guidelines. You will play an active role in government audits and maintain accountability records, preparing a variety of reports related to unallowable and allowable spending for both internal and external stakeholders. Finally, you will create and accurately code invoices in alignment with company practices.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, process, and submit invoices to customers using government portals and other methods as required by the contract and customer.
• Maintain a billing schedule and forecast to ensure that contracts are billed timely.
• Develop and maintain receivable aging report for past due accounts and is responsible for investigation, analysis, escalation, and resolution to ensure timely payment.
• Maintain and reconcile accounts receivable ledger accounts, financial statements, and reports on a monthly basis.
• Responsible for cash collection forecast and ad hoc reporting of billing and collection efforts.
• Assist with month end close reconciliations.
• Identify allowable vs. unallowable costs based on the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) guidance.
• Establish systems to streamline the government accounting process for travel and other expenses associated with government contracts.
• Assist in the review of all expenses associated with projects and determine if they are reasonable in nature and follow all government accounting guidelines.
• Play an active role in government audits and maintain accountability records.
• Prepare a variety of reports relative to unallowable and allowable spend for internal and external stakeholders.
• Create and accurately code invoices aligned with company practices.

Requirements

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field is preferred
• 2+ years of government accounting experience (FAR Part 31)
• 6+ years of accounts receivable experience
• Knowledgeable with Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)
• Experience with financial accounting systems (Oracle, NetSuite)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (e.g., VLOOKUP, queries/macros, pivot tables, etc.)
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to communicate effectively across departments
• Strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize work to meet deadlines.

Benefits

• Platinum Healthcare Benefits: 100% covered for you and 90% for dependents.
• Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril.
• Generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December.
• 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave.
• Family Planning & Parenting Support including fertility and adoption coverage.
• Free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy and life coaching.
• Professional development stipend available to all employees.
• Daily meals and provisions in many offices.
• Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region.
• Relocation assistance depending on role eligibility.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan - both traditional and Roth.