Akima is looking for a Senior Accountant - General Ledger to work in Herndon, VA. To join our team of outstanding professionals, apply today!

The Senior Accountant is a part of Akima’s Shared Services Corporate Accounting team. This position reports to the Direct of Accounting and has a central role in managing and reconciling various balance sheet accounts for over 60 legal entities. The Senior Accountant is part of a team who will reconcile, analyze, and resolve a series of general ledger accounts and implement process improvements for the Company’s financial reporting. The individual will be working in a fast paced and dynamic environment to support many of the accounting processes related to month-end close, quarterly reporting, and year-end financial audit preparation.

This Hybrid position requires that you live within commuting distance from Herndon, VA.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes for 60+ legal entities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with GAAP and internal policies.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual journal entries, and monthly account reconciliations.
• Prepare and support some intercompany eliminations, ensure accuracy and transparency in some intercompany transactions and balances.
• Manage accounting for operating and finance leases, including journal entries, leased asset lifecycle tracking, and maintenance of lease schedules in compliance with ASC 842.
• Reconcile various payroll tax related accounts. Identify process issues and present recommendations and root cause analysis.
• Query and manage large data sets with the ability to summarize results and identify patterns amongst numerous transactions.
• Prepare audit schedules and respond to inquiries to support annual audits and internal reviews.
• Assist to collaborate with Facility, Tax, Treasury, and Operations to provide financial insights and support business decisions.
• Perform ad hoc financial analysis and reporting as needed.
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Strong Excel skills with ability to summarize and reconcile large amounts of data using advance formulas. Proficient user of Excel pivot tables.
• Minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience in accounting.
• Knowledge of US GAAP, lease accounting (ASC 842), and accounting principles.
• Understanding of payroll accounting for payroll tax liability reconciliations.
• Proven ability to manage complex projects.
• Detail-oriented, excellent analytical, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage strict deadlines for month-end close and year-end audit.
• Proficiency in Deltek Costpoint.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in GL accounting for government contractor.
• Mix of public accounting and private company experience.
• CPA or CPA candidate.
• Proficiency in Deltek Costpoint.
• Previous experience at an Alaskan Native Corporation (ANC).

Work Where it Matters

Akima is not just another global enterprise and federal contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.

At Akima, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.

For our shareholders, Akima provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.

For our government customers, Akima delivers agile solutions in the core areas of facilities, maintenance, and repair; information technology; logistics; protective services; systems engineering; mission support; furniture, fixtures & equipment (FF&E); and construction.

As an Akima employee, you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.