Senior Accountant

Qwaltec is in the business of ensuring mission control, ground segment, launch, and spacecraft operations are safe, efficient, and cost effective. We are an established woman-owned small business making a difference with our commitment to mission, our customers, and our team members. Qwaltec provides a great working environment for self-starters looking to learn, innovate, and grow with the company. Our core values of integrity, respect, excellence, teamwork, and agility guide our business practices.

Qwaltec has an immediate opening for a full-time Senior Accountant. The Senior Accountant is responsible for executing core accounting operations and supporting the monthly close process in a government contracting environment. This role requires strong accounting discipline, attention to detail, ownership of deadlines, and the ability to support accurate and timely financial information.

The ideal candidate has hands-on accounting experience, exposure to government contract accounting requirements, and the ability to support close, reconciliations, payroll, contract billing, financial schedules, and compliance activities. This position is well suited for someone who enjoys operational accounting, wants to grow in a GovCon finance environment, and can help strengthen processes as the company scales.

Responsibilities:

· Support execution of the monthly and year-end close processes, including journal entries, reconciliations, schedules, and supporting documentation.

· Prepare and maintain general ledger account reconciliations and assist in ensuring the accuracy and completeness of accounting records.

· Support accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll processing, cash activity, contract billing, and other day-to-day accounting activities.

· Assist with preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports and supporting schedules.

· Support government contract accounting requirements, including cost tracking, contract billing, indirect rate support, and audit documentation.

· Assist with incurred cost submission support, provisional billing rate support, and other government accounting compliance activities.

· Support proposal pricing and cost proposal activities through data gathering, schedules, reconciliations, and financial analysis.

· Assist with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial planning support as needed.

· Maintain organized accounting records, files, documentation, and support for internal reviews and external audits.

· Help improve accounting processes, workflows, documentation, and controls to support efficiency and scalability.

· Collaborate with Finance, Contracts, Operations, Program Management, and Executive Leadership to support accurate and timely financial information.

· Perform other duties as assigned.