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Huntsville, Al, Us

Huntsville, Al, Us

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Lead and mentor a high-performing team of accountants and analysts, overseeing critical functions including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and travel management.Manage the maintenance and reconciliation of account balances within Deltek Costpoint, ensuring data integrity and compliance with financial regulations.Oversee the month-end close process, including the calculation of overhead rates, to provide timely and accurate financial reporting.Facilitate year-end financial audits, workman’s compensation audits, and DCAA audits, ensuring adherence to regulatory standards.Prepare and present accurate financial statements in compliance with GAAP and other applicable standards.Spearheaded the transition to a new payroll service provider, resolving existing payroll processing issues and taxpenalties, resulting in enhanced operational efficiency and compliance.Established additional review processes within the accounting department to improve accuracy and ensure

United States

Responsible for executing business processes related to planning, estimating, tracking, analysis, budgeting, and reporting throughout the life cycle of a portfolio of contracts and task orders as assigned. Coordinated with project team to produce financial deliverables for both internal and external use, cost and schedule updates, and perform Estimates of Completion (EACs) for management analysis. Interact and provide direct support to management and other project team members and advise project management on financial matters related to the execution of contracts and task orders. Monitor project cost in conjunction with schedule performance and performed related analyses. Provide input for management review presentations and participate in proposal preparation. Interface with members of finance, accounting, contracts, pricing, procurement, and senior manager.

Review all corporate credit cards and back up documentation held by employees on a monthly basis.Coordinate between cardholders and/or management to resolve any problems related to expenses.Compile, analyze, and report variances according to Corporate policy.

Performing clerical, and entry-level accounting activities such as closing out jobs and reviewing variances associated with the close out, journal entries and account reconciliations.Analyzing accounts and activity to provide support for transactions and any corresponding adjustmentsCompiling and cross checking source documents, such as vouchers, invoices, purchase orders, and receipts for completeness and accuracy.Processing invoices and completing the bi weekly check run

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Prepare monthly financial statements including those relating journal entries and other documentation necessary to prepare them Reconcile balance sheet accounts on a quarterly basis.Must maintain knowledge of companies' revenue and have the ability to communicate with management Maintain a working relationship between payroll, billing, and accounts payable Conduct research and analysis to provide management with definitive financial and/or cost information on operations.

Huntsville, Alabama Area

Responsible for all Accounting functions in both Deltek GCS Premier and Quickbooks for multiple companies, including: Creating and updating Accounting procedures and desktop instructions Handling all Month-End Reconciliations and Financial Reporting Accounts Receivable – Creation, Verification, Posting and Entry into Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) , Cash Receipt postings, and Collections for Fixed Price and T&M contracts Payroll /HR – New Hire and Termination Processing, Timesheet Administration, Processing/Posting in Accounting systems, Processing/Posting Direct Deposit or Checks for all Employees, Notifications to CFO for tax payments due and tracking of all Leave activities Accounts Payable – Receiving, Processing, Posting, and Check Writing for all Vendor activities, including reimbursement to Employees for Travel and Work-Related expenses, Reporting on Open Payables and any Accruals related to unpaid Liabilities

Huntsv

Provides monthly contract billing for NASA and DOD in access of $2.6 million. Responsible for the preparation and processing of semimonthly payroll; reviewing and ensuring the accuracy of 350+ approved timesheets. Coordinate efforts between Corporate Payroll, Human Resources, Contracts and Program Management ensuring the proper flow and maintenance of employee data. Manage and administer the corporate time keeping function utilizing the Deltek Time and Expense software module. Transfer employee payroll and time keeping data between Deltek Time and Expense, Cost Point, and ADP Payexpert to allow for accurate time recording and payroll processing. Manage and administer the Corporate ADP payroll system. Input new hire and current employees’ garnishments, benefits, and other payroll related information into multiple payroll accounting databases. Prepares bi-monthly documentation for 401k employee deferrals and employer contribution for transmission to the corporate plan provider for processing per pay period.

Huntsville, Alabama Area

Added new employees to specific timesheet groups, granted access to the time collection system, and set up new charge codes in Deltek Time Collection. Imported and exported between the electronic timecard system and Cost Point. Created payroll from timecards, calculated leave accruals and processed direct deposit payments. Filed payroll taxes for multiple states, processed payment for various payroll taxes and adhered to the associated reporting requirements. Ensured compliance to Payroll and Purchasing procedures and updated the guides to reflect current practices. Calculated and paid sales and use taxes for state and local governments. Reconciled credit card accounts for the purchases made through the purchasing module.

Huntsville, Alabama Area

Reviewed, updated, and modified the incurred cost submissions for DCAA. Review was designed to ensure compliance with DCAA rules and regulations, corporate policies, and GAAP. Worked directly for the Chief Audit and Compliance Officer. Monitored the chart of accounts to ensure compliance with all applicable policies and procedures. Researched transactions that appeared to be erroneous. Researched and reviewed source documents, contract terms and conditions, and assisted with employee interviews. Entered timesheets into Deltek GCS Premier. Maintained error entry rate of less than 3 percent. Responsible for bi-monthly reconciliation of travel and material credit card expense accounts for 40+ employees. Assisted with year-end close out of corporate accounting records. Reviewed accounts for errors and then adjusted for those errors. Assisted the billing staff with “booked-to-billed” analysis to ensure all contracts were billed accurately.

Finance, General

Bachelor Of Science In Business Administration, Finance