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This role serves as a hands-on leader responsible for maintaining accurate financial records, ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP and government contracting regulations, and driving continuous process improvements. Working closely with Finance, Contracts, Pricing, Program Finance, Human Resources, Payroll, and Operations, the Accounting Manager will strengthen accounting operations, enhance internal controls, and support strategic initiatives including acquisition integrations, ERP enhancements, and organizational growth.\nThis position requires working onsite five days per week.\nResponsibilities\nLead assigned activities within the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close process, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.\nPrepare and review journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, supporting schedules, and financial analyses.\nMaintain the integrity of the general ledger and balance sheet accounts across multiple legal entities.\nResearch and resolve reconciling items, unusual account activity, and significant financial statement fluctuations.\nSupport the preparation of monthly management reports, financial statements, lender reporting packages, and executive reporting.\nPartner with Billing and Accounts Receivable to resolve customer account discrepancies, reconcile cash applications, and ensure accurate receivable accounting.\nPerform payroll accounting activities, including reconciliations of payroll liabilities, payroll taxes, PTO, bonuses, commissions, and employee benefit accruals.\nCollaborate with Human Resources and Payroll to resolve payroll-related issues and ensure accurate payroll accounting.\nPrepare intercompany reconciliations, elimination entries, and consolidation activities across multiple legal entities.\nSupport acquisition integrations by implementing consistent accounting policies, procedures, and financial reporting practices.\nEnsure compliance with U.S. GAAP, FAR, CAS, DCAA requirements, and company accounting policies.\nSupport DCAA audits, incurred cost submissions, provisional billing rates, financial statement audits, and other regulatory reporting requirements.\nPartner with Contracts, Pricing, Program Finance, and Billing to support contract setup, revenue recognition, project accounting, and government contract compliance.\nResearch technical accounting issues and assist with implementing new accounting standards and policies.\nIdentify and implement process improvements that strengthen internal controls, improve accounting efficiencies, and enhance financial reporting.\nLeverage AI-enabled solutions and ERP capabilities to improve accounting workflows, automation, and operational efficiency.\nParticipate in ERP enhancements, finance transformation initiatives, and acquisition-related accounting projects.\nProvide day-to-day leadership, guidance, and mentorship to accounting staff while remaining actively engaged in operational accounting activities.\nQualifications\nBachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. An additional 10 years of directly related accounting experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.\nUS Citizenship required\n5-8 years of progressive accounting experience, including experience within the government contracting industry.\nExperience reviewing work, mentoring staff, or providing day-to-day leadership within an accounting organization.\nStrong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, general ledger accounting, financial reporting, and month-end close processes.\nWorking knowledge of FAR, CAS, DCAA compliance, indirect rate structures, and government contract accounting.\n2+ years of experience with Deltek Costpoint or a comparable project-based ERP system.\nExperience preparing journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, financial analyses, and supporting audit activities.\nAdvanced Microsoft Excel skills.\nStrong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills with the ability to collaborate across multiple business functions.\nDesired Qualifications\nPublic accounting experience supporting government contractors.\nExperience supporting organizations with $100M+ in annual revenue or complex multi-entity organizations.\nExperience with intercompany accounting, consolidations, and payroll accounting.\nExperience supporting mergers, acquisitions, purchase accounting, or post-acquisition financial integrations.\nExperience with ERP implementations, finance transformation initiatives, or accounting process automation.\nUnderstanding of fringe, overhead, and G&A rate structures.\nExperience with Cognos, Power BI, or other business intelligence and reporting tools.\nExperience implementing AI-enabled accounting solutions and workflow automation.\nCPA certification or active progress toward obtaining a CPA.\nCore Competencies\nDemonstrates integrity, accountability, and sound professional judgment.\nStrong analytical and critical-thinking skills with the ability to identify root causes and implement practical solutions.\nExcellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.\nEffective communicator who collaborates successfully with both finance and non-finance stakeholders.\nAdaptable and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.\nHands-on leadership style with a continuous improvement mindset and a commitment to building scalable accounting processes.\nSalary Range\nUSD $110,000.00 - USD $135,000.00 /Yr.The Markon pay range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.Overview\nEager to join a team where your skills are valued, your growth is nurtured, and your impact is profound? Look no further than Markon, a premier consulting firm deeply dedicated to advancing our nation's most critical missions.\nAt Markon, we don't just offer jobs - we offer opportunities for personal and professional transformation. Empowering our employees to lead, innovate, and excel, we foster an environment where new ideas are not just welcomed but celebrated. As a perennial Washington Post Top Workplace, we prioritize the well-being and success of our team members, ensuring they can bring their best selves to work.\nHeadquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, Markon has garnered national recognition for our unwavering dedication to excellence in serving the intelligence community, as well as federal civilian and defense agencies. Our growing reach extends across 17 states, 116 countries, and 5 continents, where our team of dynamic professionals collaborates to deliver unparalleled program and project management services.\nMarkon values people and the tremendous impact each individual can make - which is why we’re consistently recognized as one of the best places to work in federal government consulting. Here, you can help solve the nation’s most important challenges, surrounded by colleagues who help you grow, advance, and succeed. We are deeply dedicated to what matters - bringing out the best in each other to advance our clients’ missions.Join us and make a meaningful impact.\nMarkon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled.\nBenefits Offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Training and Tuition Assistance, Paid Time Off, and Holidays","description_format":"text","description_chars":8073,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity","Life insurance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-01T21:39:16Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":99,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.991,"p_room":1,"age_days":5,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:1","urgency","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-07T05:47:15Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":135000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/markon-solutions-accounting-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/markon-solutions-accounting-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-08T00:25:24Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":555,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4445,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-09T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3863685},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3863685"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fmarkon-solutions-accounting-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fmarkon-solutions-accounting-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fmarkon-solutions-accounting-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/markon-solutions-accounting-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fmarkon-solutions-accounting-manager"}]}