Mid-Level Accountant (Federal)

ALTA IT Services - Leesburg, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Leesburg, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Mid-Level Accountant (Federal) position is a direct hire role that requires a strong background in financial reporting, special-purpose reconciliation, and treasury accounting. The role involves preparing time-sensitive financial transactions and reports, ensuring compliance with federal regulations, and maintaining accurate financial records. The position is hybrid, requiring two days a week in the Leesburg, VA office, with possible travel to Washington, DC once a week. Candidates must be U.S. citizens and able to obtain Public Trust clearance if necessary.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing various time-sensitive financial transactions and reports, ensuring adherence to deadlines.
• Prepare, record, and adjust various journal entries to support Treasury submissions, including accruals, eliminations, and other necessary financial actions.
• Assume responsibility for assigned areas (e.g., organizational entity, program, or functional area), preparing, recording, interpreting, and reporting financial transactions and events.
• Conduct recurring and special-purpose reconciliations to ensure data accuracy and prepare financial reports, statements, and related documentation per prescribed formats to meet reporting requirements established by Treasury, OMB, and other accounting authorities.
• Prepare annual financial statements following Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), encompassing disclosures, footnotes, supporting schedules/analytical files, and collecting and consolidating supplemental data to analyze the Service's actual financial performance against established measures.
• Maintain clear audit trails from the general ledger to subsidiary records and from the accounting system to interfacing management systems.
• Ensure adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and standards established by organizations such as AICPA, FASAB, GAAP, OMB, and GAO.

Requirements

• 7 years of relevant experience in accounting, general ledger, journal entries, reconciliations, and related financial processes, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Must have a Bachelor's Degree.
• 2+ years of experience demonstrating proficiency and understanding of federal or DHS-specific financial management processes and requirements such as sub-ledger and general ledger activity, JVs, reconciliations, accruals, payment certifications, IPAC, invoicing, Invoice Processing Platform (IPP), intragovernmental transactions, property plant & equipment (PP&E), capitalization, depreciation, financial statements, etc.
• In-depth knowledge of payments, relocations, cash management, and employee travel claims processing.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify and resolve complex accounting issues.
• Experience preparing annual federal financial statements.
• Experience maintaining clear audit trails from the general ledger to subsidiary records.
• Proven experience in analyzing operational internal control structures.

Nice-to-haves

• 7 years of experience resolving fatal accounting checks and submitting accounting data in TIER, GTAS, or CARS within a designated deadline.
• 3 years of experience submitting accounting data within TIER, CARS, or GTAS.
• Familiarity with Federal Oracle Financials.

Benefits

• Direct hire opportunity
• Hybrid work schedule
• Public Trust clearance support
• Comprehensive benefits package