Accounting Manager

Description

Job Title: Accounting Manager

Department: Operations – Services 

Reports To: RavenTek Program Manager

Location: Washington, DC with flexibility for Telework (must live within driving distance)

Schedule: Monday – Friday 

Hours: Full-time, 40-hours/week

FLSA Status: Hourly, Non-Exempt

Clearance: Public Trust with the ability to obtain a Secret level security clearance

Position Summary

The Accounting Manager will provide oversight to the accounting team and interact with management personnel and compliance representatives assigned to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Management Bureau’s, Chief Financial Office and Central Accounting and Reporting Division. The performance of this position is key to RavenTek's performance on the USAID contract, and therefore RavenTek's mission to support the USAID.

Requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Prepares and compiles work papers and other project support documents to support the following contract task areas:

Accounting and Reporting

• Complete and finalize four principal statements (Balance Sheet, Statement of Change in Net Position, Statement of Net Cost, and Statement of Budgetary Resources), footnotes and required supplementary information.
• Crosswalks and audit trails showing how the specific account balances “roll up” into the financial statement, footnote line items, etc.
• Financial Section of the Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A).
• General Ledger Trial balances that support the Financial Statements, footnotes, etc.
• Assist USAID management in addressing internal and external audit inquiries.
• Maintain supporting work papers, (both electronic and hardcopies for all reports and analysis in accordance with GAAP and provide ongoing and continuous data analysis to ensure the agency’s financial statements are fairly presented.

Reconciliations

• Assist M/CFO/CAR in managing the PBC list and responding to the OIG’s request for information.
• Conduct audit follow-up on audit findings, recommendations, and reporting to the division director regarding corrective actions.
• Assist USAID management in addressing internal and external audit inquiries.
• Comply with standards and procedures prescribed by the USAID, OMB, GAO, or the Treasury, as related to USAID audit liaison and follow-up responsibilities.

Document Processes

• Update existing procedures of the M/CFO Office and where necessary, develop new accounting policies and procedures to cover a wide range of topics, such as: 
• Review process for SVs and JVs 
• Cash Reconciliation 
• Reconciliation of GL to Subsidiary Ledger 
• Budgetary control, Budgetary/Proprietary tie point reconciliations.
• Coordinate subordinate personnel activities and project resources.
• Review and evaluate personnel and project performance.
• Produce project final report as required by the contract.
• Enter actual time worked, once complete, at the end of the day, or no later than 10:00 a.m. the following workday, and submit timesheets at the end of each pay period. 
• Submit Monthly Status Report (MSR) as directed by the RavenTek Program Manager.
• Monitor RavenTek email on a regular basis, at least 3 times per week, and respond accordingly. 
• Complete required compliance training as assigned. 
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge and Critical Skills

• Working knowledge of the Federal Accounting Standard Advisory Board (FASAB), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), United States Standard General Ledger (USSGL) accounts; Trust Fund Accounting; Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Bulletins and Circulars A- l 1, A-123, A-136 and GAO Auditing Standards and requirements, pronouncements, Government wide Treasury Account Symbol Adjusted Trial Balance System (GTAS) and the Treasury Bureau of Fiscal Service regulations and guidelines.
• Knowledge of business and accounting practices, policies, regulations, and procedures.
• Knowledge of a variety of accounting and budget functional areas and their relationships to other functions; and knowledge of automated accounting and budget systems and the relevant Department of the Treasury systems, e.g., G-Invoicing; and support the agency’s efforts to move the preparation of financial statements and other statutory reporting requirements from the current Access database.
• Ability to write correspondence to convey information relating to accounting processes and issues.

Education & Work Experience