Enterprise Project Accountant III

Amentum seeks an Enterprise Project Accountant III!

Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, trusted by the United States and its allies to address their most significant and complex challenges in science, security and sustainability. Headquartered in Virginia, we have more than 53,000 employees in approximately 80 countries across all 7 continents.

The Enterprise Project Accountant III is responsible for the financial control and oversight of assigned contract(s) with direct responsibility for Revenue Recognition, Accounts Receivable, Month-end Close, Financial Reporting, Invoicing, associated reconciliations, and coordination of internal finance teams including Program Finance, Enterprise/Entity shared Accounting, Revenue Assurance, Financial Planning and Analysis, Internal Audit, and Government Finance and Compliance.  Position is considered a telework position, but candidate needs to be located within driving distance to a local office for occasional onsite work once or twice a year. (Offices include Fort Worth-TX, Las Vegas-NV, Germantown-MD, Herndon-VA, and Chantilly-VA). US Citizenship is required to apply.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Ensure appropriate financial presentation for internal and external reporting of selected programs including:
  • P&L
  • Balance Sheet
  • Statistical Reporting (Orders, Funding, Backlog, A/R Aging, Revenue Summary, Billings, Cash Collections, Sales Discounts, Interest Earned, # Employees, etc.)
• Financial system administration and maintenance (contract setup, maintenance, and closeout)
• Financial system compliance oversight for assigned programs
• Ensure appropriate flow and recognition of financial data through financial information system including inter-company transfer
• Period-end Close
  • Cost Accruals
  • Cost Trend Analysis
  • Revenue (and forward loss) Recognition (Operational and Estimate at Completion Percent Complete)
  • Monthly Financial Package (per program/contract)
  • Project Margin Analysis, Project Status Reports, Revenue Worksheets, etc.
  • Contract-specific and project ledger-to-general ledger reconciliations
• Customer Invoicing, tracking, and cash application
• Unbilled A/R Analyses (Revenue versus Billing)
• A/R Aging, tracking, and analysis (Billing versus Collections)
• Develops, implements, and documents best practice processes, procedures, tools, and techniques
• Ensure Compliance with GAAP, FAR, CAS, SOX, DFAR, DOSAR, labor laws including Services Contract Act and international local labor requirements, contract-specific requirements, and corporate policies and procedures
• Support Internal and External Audits (Financial, Government, Internal)
• Interact with management, finance, program personnel, contracts, pricing, other internal departments, and external auditors
• Document Generation, Preparation, and Retention
• Actual/Forecast/Budget Analysis
• Other financial analyses, program finance functions, metrics, ad-hoc pr
• projects, and duties as assigned

Perform all other position related duties as assigned or requested

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). 

• Working knowledge of complex financial analysis and measurement that includes standard financial metrics, priced/bid-to-actual analysis, profitability analysis, etc.

• Working knowledge of Estimates at Completion and Percentage-of-Completion revenue recognition. 

• Working knowledge of general/project ledger accounting and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.

• High-level proficiency in Microsoft Excel including all basic functions and pivot tables, choose/vlookups, sumifs/countifs, index/match/offset, logical operator combinations, len/mid/left/right/etc. text functions, etc.

• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills including ability and willingness to effectively listen, respond, initiate communication, lead collaborative efforts, and effectively resolve conflict as applicable.  Experience with formal and technical writing and associated tools as applicable to policy, procedure, and training documentation preferred.

• Apply finance and accounting best practices to processes, communications, constructs, modeling, policy and procedure, etc.

• Ability to successfully navigate and operate within a highly-complex, project-based financial environment including a steep, e