AMENTUM SEEKS AN ENTERPRISE ACCOUNTING, SENIOR ACCOUNTANT – INTERCOMPANY.

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 Accounting, Senior Accountant - Intercompany is responsible for applying accounting principles to prepare and process complex accounting transactions, analyze information, and create financial reports. Additionally, you will be called upon to lead projects or team projects as needed. This is a remote-telework role, but you must live within a 3-hour driving distance to either our Fort Worth, TX or our Chantilly, VA Amentum office. US Citizenship is required to apply.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:

• Ability to perform data extraction and manipulation, analyze financial data, and generate reports.
• Ability to analyze variances to budgets/forecasts/accruals, explain to management, and create corrective action plan.
• Demonstrate proficiency in finance and accounting relational databases (Costpoint, Cognos, HFM, Blackline) and Microsoft applications.
• Ability to work with numbers and complete assignments with attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to manipulate, interpret, and analyze data in Excel.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills to oversee and balance multiple work assignments.
• Knowledge of General Accepted Accounting principles (GAAP) required. Knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Joint Travel Regulations (JTR), and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) a plus.
• Effective decision making and problem solving.
• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple work assignments, work with little supervision, and work well under pressure.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels throughout the organization.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Five (5) years of accounting experience.
• US Citizenship is required to apply.
• CPA or CPA candidate preferred.
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• Apply knowledge of accounting principles to activities associated with maintaining ledger accounts and developing financial statements and reports.
• Compile and analyze financial information to create/process accounting transactions, analyze business results, and develop management reports.
• Perform month/quarter/annual close activities which may include analyzing accounts, performing calculations, preparing journal entries, performing account reconciliation, preparing reports and financial statements, and resolving issues as needed.
• Establish and maintain accurate financial records; Create financial reports and statements that summarize and interpret current and projected company financial position.
• Assist Financial Reporting and other departments with obtaining accounting data for external or internal reporting and audits.
• Review work prepared by others and provide constructive comments and/or suggestions to foster efficiencies and improvements for the department.
• Comply with government regulations and internal controls (e.g., SOX).
• Assist other team members with the development and installation of accounting systems, methods, procedures and controls.
• Position may be assigned to specific accounting function (e.g., close/process, general ledger, payroll and reporting/support) and may require additional or specific job duties related to assigned function which are not aforementioned.