Sr. Financial Reporting Accountant OM&S
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Key details
- Location
- United States
- Work style
- Remote
- Level
- Senior
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 4–7 yrs
- Function
- Finance & Accounting
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- 2d ago
Skills
About the role
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Sr. Financial Reporting Accountant OM&S based in the United States.
The Senior Financial Reporting Accountant will play a key role in supporting financial reporting and general ledger accuracy for a major government program. This position focuses on analyzing complex financial transactions, tracing their impact across general ledger accounts, and developing reliable financial reconciliation processes. You will help build and improve reporting solutions for materials in transit, asset management, and ownership monitoring. Working closely with joint venture team members and program stakeholders, you will transform transactional data into accurate, repeatable, and audit-ready financial reporting. This is an opportunity to combine technical accounting expertise, data analysis, and process improvement in a mission-critical federal financial environment.
Accountabilities
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Prepare and support financial reporting activities, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and alignment with general ledger transactions and financial records.
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Analyze financial transactions from end to end, identifying and documenting their general ledger impacts, including debit and credit postings across relevant accounts.
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Develop, maintain, and reconcile account roll forwards, tracking beginning balances, transaction activity, and ending balances while investigating and resolving discrepancies.
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Design and implement a material-in-transit reporting solution by connecting shipment records with receipt information to ensure accurate reporting of assets throughout their movement.
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Support asset management and property accounting activities by tracking operating materials and supplies (OM&S) and other government assets throughout their lifecycle, from shipment and receipt to ownership verification and financial reporting.
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Develop recurring monitoring metrics based on material ownership data to support ownership assertions and strengthen financial controls.
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Document accounting processes, data sources, reporting methodologies, and transaction logic to ensure transparency, consistency, and audit readiness.
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Collaborate with joint venture colleagues and program stakeholders to identify data gaps, investigate reconciliation issues, recommend corrective actions, and improve reporting processes.
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Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science, or a closely related discipline. A master's degree in one of these fields may substitute for a bachelor's degree in an unrelated field. Alternatively, an active and current CPA, CIA, CISA, CGFM, CDFM, PMP, SAFe, or ITIL certification may satisfy the education requirement.
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At least 4 years of federal financial management experience, with relevant commercial-sector experience also considered.
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Strong hands-on general ledger experience, including journal entry preparation, debit and credit applications, and understanding how transactions flow through financial accounts.
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Demonstrated ability to map the complete general ledger impact of financial transactions and develop, maintain, and reconcile account roll forwards.
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Experience in asset management or property accounting, including tracking assets, monitoring ownership, and reconciling asset records with financial statements.
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Advanced Excel and data analysis skills, with the ability to work confidently with large transactional datasets and identify discrepancies.
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Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, particularly when tracing information across financial, shipment, receipt, and ownership records.
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Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain accounting processes and financial impacts to