Federal Financial Accounting & Audit
- Job Title
- Federal Financial Accounting & Audit
- Job ID
- 27744842
- Work Hybrid
- Yes
- Location
- McLean, VA, 22102 Hybrid
- Other Location
- Description
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Federal Financial Accounting & Audit Consultant – Environmental & Disposal
Active or Interim Secret Clearance is Required
@Orchard LLC is supporting a growing Federal contractor with strength in Financial and Budgetary Management, Data Analytics, Data Management, IT Infrastructure, Change Management, and other related solutions, emphasizing supporting the Department of Defense. Our client has several openings for experienced Federal Accounting & Audit Consultants with a strong background in accounting, audit readiness, and the ability to perform detailed analyses and reconciliations. This role involves working closely with various stakeholders across the US Army client to deliver financial accuracy, compliance, and process improvement.
Hybrid Work must be able to work up to 3 days in McLean, Virginia (Tyson’s Corner)
As the Federal Financial Accounting & Audit Consultant, your responsibilities will include:- General Overview: Identifying and addressing gaps in the government client's business processes, validating corrective actions, and providing financial management training.
- Reconciliations: Support the development, implementation, performance, and validation of reconciliations using supporting transactional data from ERP systems and advanced analytics platforms. Coordinate with stakeholders to resolve variances identified within reconciliations. Assist with the automation of manual processes associated with these reconciliations.
- Risk Assessment and Internal Controls: Perform risk assessments and identify internal controls. Design and implement corrective actions to address audit risks. Develop risk and control matrices (RACMs) and end-to-end process mapping. Financial Reporting: Review key supporting documentation and perform process walkthroughs. Identify and remediate control/process gaps related to FS line items, account balances, and classes of transactions. Generate supporting documentation and develop training materials for personnel.
- Audit and Compliance: Ensure compliance with federal accounting standards (FASAB) and GAAP. Address material weaknesses identified by Independent Public Accountants (IPAs) and propose remedial actions.
- Collaboration and Communication: Develop and present training materials to personnel across different locations. Provide "Get Well" plans and improvement strategies based on identified deficiencies.
- Technical Specifics:
- Support the Environmental & Disposal Liability AAT. An AAT is a cross-functional team that quickly and continually assesses a situation, develops plans, and aligns resources to take effective action as quickly as possible and achieve the outcome.
- Uniting personnel, resources, and information in one physical or virtual location achieves results faster than the individual elements would accomplish separately.
- Perform Environmental and Disposal Liabilities Audits.
- Experience with cost estimation for Environmental & Disposal Liabilities
- Must be a U.S. Citizen.
- Must have an active or interim Secret Clearance.
- Must have either a Master’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, or Business Management or a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or in a business discipline with an accounting certificate and CPA, CISA, PMP, CGFM, or CDFM.
- Must have at least 4 years of experience with federal financial management.
- Must have at least 2 years of federal accounting experience.
- Must have experience in performing risk assessment and identifying internal controls.
- Must demonstrate knowledge of federal accounting standards (FASAB) and GAAP.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and presentation abilities.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic team environment.
