Senior Accountant

The Senior Accountant leads the monthly close and divisional reporting for our Headquarters Division; oversees AP, AR, billing, fixed assets, payroll interfaces, and complex reconciliations; and ensures timely, accurate, GAAP-compliant financials. This role drives process and control improvements, and partners closely with Operations, HR. The Senior Accountant also supports government-contracting compliance (FAR, DFARS, CAS, DCAA), including indirect-rate maintenance, unallowable-cost controls, timekeeping and expense compliance, and audit requests.

Key responsibilities

• Monthly close and reporting : Lead the HQ monthly and quarterly close; prepare and approve journal entries; reconcile balance-sheet accounts; maintain schedules (prepaids, accruals, fixed assets, leases); and deliver divisional financials with variance analysis and commentary.
• Government contracting and cost accounting : Apply FAR and DFARS, CAS, and DCAA guidance; classify unallowable costs; and support provisional and final rates, ICE preparation, and audits.
• Treasury, accounts payable, and cash operations : Receive and code HQ vendor invoices; schedule and process payments; complete bank reconciliations; and oversee corporate cards.
• Payroll, onboarding, and benefits : Prepare and process U.S. payroll; onboard local and remote employees; register new states for income-tax and unemployment as needed; administer benefits (enrollments, vendor reconciliations, COBRA coordination); and ensure compliance with federal and state labor and tax rules.
• Compliance and indirect taxes : Oversee W-9 and W-8BEN-E collection; support 1099 and 1042-S filings and multi-state / international payroll reporting; prepare or coordinate state sales and use tax filings; manage exemption certificates; reconcile tax GL accounts; and respond to notices.
• Controls, policy, and audits : Document and improve accounting SOPs; strengthen internal controls (segregation of duties, approvals, system roles); lead audit PBCs; manage responses with external auditors and CPAs; and provide related administrative support to Finance and HQ operations as needed.

Qualifications : Required

Preferred

Work arrangement :

Hybrid role requiring three days per week onsite in Gettysburg, PA after onboarding. The exact hybrid schedule will be agreed during hiring.

Professional competencies :

Ownership and accountability; analytical problem-solving; accuracy and attention to detail; process-improvement mindset; discretion with sensitive information.