Project Controller

Job Description

Job Description

Are you an analytical, detail-driven accounting professional with deep GovCon experience and a passion for driving financial accuracy and compliance?

We’re looking for a Project Controller to join our team in Huntsville, AL . This role plays a critical part in project cost control, financial reconciliation, and audit readiness , especially in a government contracting and manufacturing setting.

This position is onsite only (no hybrid / remote), with a 9 / 80 schedule available after 90 days .

✅ What You’ll Do :

• Reconcile subledgers to the general ledger across multi-year projects
• Manage Deltek Costpoint project and materials modules
• Prepare adjusting entries & maintain audit-ready documentation
• Support audits (DCAA / DCMA / internal) and compliance with FAR, DFARS, CAS
• Analyze budgets, indirect cost allocations, and project burn rates
• Oversee AP coding and alignment with CLINs and project budgets
• Collaborate cross-functionally with PMs, Contracts, and Supply Chain
• Improve internal processes and documentation
• ???? Must-Have Qualifications :
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 5+ years in GovCon cost accounting or project controls
• 3+ years hands-on Deltek Costpoint experience (Projects & Materials)
• Strong grasp of FAR, DFARS, CAS , indirect rate structures
• Expert-level Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, formulas)
• Experience reconciling legacy financial data and resolving discrepancies
• Understanding of T&M, CPFF, and FFP contract types
• Exposure to BOMs, MRP , and manufacturing cost flows

⭐ Preferred :