The Staff Project Accountant will manage all technical aspects of a project set up ensuring timeliness, consistency, and accuracy from project inception to close out; including but not limited to labor reporting, project set up compliance with contract document, billed and unbilled AR reporting and analysis. This position will work closely with multiple teams and requires strong communication skills, analytical analysis skills, as well as an understanding of the federal project accounting process. The Staff Project Accountant will be working in a dynamic environment with career advancement opportunities. **Responsibilities** : + Project set up (intercompany and non-intercompany) + Manage all financial and technical aspects of project set up ensuring timeliness, consistency, and accuracy from project inception to close out; including but not limited to labor reporting, project set up compliance with contract agreements, billed and unbilled AR reporting and analysis. + Reads contracts and understands contract terms related to project setup and accounting. + Review contract and subcontract documents to ensure proper project set up. + Efficiently completes revenue recognition during month end for various revenue recognition types. + Maintain revenue recognition accurately on individual projects. + Establish and maintain revenue and billing formulas + Monitor and maintain contract funding and modification reconciliation + Acts as primary accounting point of contact for project managers to provide project accounting and set up status and metrics + Report financial data and provide updates on billed and unbilled projects + Coordinate across multiple operations/teams to add and support reporting insight + Participate in assembling financial data for internal and external audits. + Ensure all documentation is organized and readily available for auditors. + Coordinating weekly project set up review with various accounting and finance teams. + Prepare project cost, revenue, unbilled/billed reconciliations, and analyses. + Ability to independently gather reasonably retrievable information to organize, and perform basic financial analysis assignments **Qualifications:** + Bachelors in Accounting, Finance or related field required + 1+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience + Understanding of US GAAP + Prior experience in Costpoint, Cognos, Microsoft Office (Excel formulas) + Problem solving and critical thinking abilities + Ability to work in a fast paced, deadline-oriented environment + Ability to work well with others as well as independently with limited supervision. **Compensation Ranges** Compensation ranges for ASM Research positions vary depending on multiple factors; including but not limited to, location, skill set, level of education, certifications, client requirements, contract-specific affordability, government clearance and investigation level, and years of experience. The compensation displayed for this role is a general guideline based on these factors and is unique to each role. Monetary compensation is one component of ASM's overall compensation and benefits package for employees. **EEO Requirements** It is the policy of ASM that an individual's race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation or national origin are not and will not be considered in any personnel or management decisions. We affirm our commitment to these fundamental policies. All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, or age. All decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment. Physical Requirements The physical requirements described in "Knowledge, Skills and Abilities" above are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of this job. (For example, "light office duties' or "lifting up to 50 pounds" or "some travel" required.) Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualifying disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the primary functions. **Disclaimer** The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. 59200-78400 EEO Requirements It is the policy of ASM that an individual's race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, gender identity, veteran status, sexual orientation or national origin are not and will not be considered in any personnel or management decisions. We affirm our commitment to these fundamental policies. All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, veteran status, disability, gender identity, or age. All decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment.