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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.

Responsibilities

+ **Financial Close & Reporting:**

+ Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes for 60+ legal entities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with GAAP and internal policies.

+ Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statements.

+ Ensure proper consolidation of subsidiary financials, including intercompany eliminations and variance analysis.

+ **Lease Accounting:**

+ Manage accounting for operating and finance leases, including journal entries, leased asset lifecycle tracking, and maintenance of lease schedules in compliance with ASC 842.

+ Perform updates for additions, disposals, and transfers of leased assets.

+ **Payroll Accounting:**

+ Reconcile various payroll tax related accounts. Identify process issues and present recommendations and root cause analysis on how to improve operations.

+ Query and manage large data sets with the ability to summarize results and identify patterns amongst numerous transactions.

+ Partner with the payroll team to help them understand the implications of their processes and present solutions that will improve the team’s performance

+ **Intercompany & Reconciliations:**

+ Perform reconciliation of due-to/due-from accounts and Intercompany Work Orders (IWOs), resolving discrepancies efficiently.

+ Ensure accuracy and transparency in intercompany transactions and balances.

+ Coordinate intercompany transactions and reporting with NANA parent company

+ **Audit & Compliance:**

+ Prepare audit schedules and respond to inquiries to support annual audits and internal reviews.

+ Maintain and enhance internal controls, ensuring adherence to SOX or other regulatory frameworks as applicable.

+ **Process Improvement & Systems:**

+ Coordinate with IT and finance systems teams to implement enhancements, troubleshoot issues, and optimize ERP functionality.

+ Identify and lead initiatives to streamline accounting processes and improve operational efficiency.

+ **Leadership & Collaboration:**

+ Provide guidance and support to accounting staff and cross-functional teams.

+ Collaborate with Facility, Tax, Treasury, and Operations to provide financial insights and support business decisions.

+ **Special Projects:**

+ Contribute to strategic initiatives, including system implementations, reorganizations, and M&A integration.

+ Perform ad hoc financial analysis and reporting as needed.

+ Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

+ Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

+ Strong Excel skills with proficiency in financial modelling. Ability to summarize and reconcile large amounts of data using formulas such as SUMIFS, MATCH, and XLOOKUP. Proficient user of Excel pivot tables.

+ Minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience in accounting.

+ Strong knowledge of US GAAP, lease accounting (ASC 842), financial reporting, and accounting principles.

+ Understanding of payroll accounting including gross pay, taxes, and benefits

+ Proven ability to manage complex projects, and drive process improvements.

+ Detail-oriented, excellent analytical, communication, and organizational skills.

+ Ability to manage to strict deadlines for month-end close and year-end audit.

+ Communication and interpersonal skills.

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).

Job ID

2025-20035

Work Type

Hybrid

Company Description

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.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender or gender-identity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, pregnancy or parental status, or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability, or have known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us at [email protected] or 571-353-7053 (information about job applications status is not available at this contact information).