<p>My client is a large private equity backed government contractor in search of an accomplished accounting operations/shared services leader to oversee core transactional teams and strengthen performance across payroll, payables, and receivables. This position is suited for someone who combines strong people leadership with a practical approach to improving workflows, reporting, and internal controls. The ideal candidate brings experience supporting government-related customers, navigating integrated finance platforms, and partnering across departments to enhance accuracy, speed, and accountability.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Direct and coach teams responsible for payroll, accounts payable, billing, collections, and cash application, while setting clear goals and reinforcing high standards of execution.</p><p>• Monitor day-to-day performance across accounting operations by establishing meaningful metrics, analyzing trends, and preparing reporting that supports leadership decisions.</p><p>• Safeguard the quality and timeliness of invoicing, payment processing, and receivables activity through disciplined oversight and adherence to established controls.</p><p>• Identify inefficiencies in transaction workflows and implement process enhancements that decrease manual work, shorten turnaround times, and improve consistency.</p><p>• Work closely with sales, order operations, and other business partners to strengthen billing inputs, reduce discrepancies, and limit issues that delay collections.</p><p>• Support the monthly close process by ensuring subledger activity is complete, exceptions are addressed promptly, and operational records are ready for reconciliation.</p><p>• Maintain a strong compliance environment by upholding documentation standards, reinforcing policy alignment, and assisting with audit-related requests.</p><p>• Collaborate with accounting, HR, IT, FP&A, and other stakeholders to improve coordination across interconnected processes and drive broader operational effectiveness.</p><p>• Take on additional projects and operational priorities as business needs evolve.</p>
<p><strong>Accounting Manager | Reston, VA (on-site) | $120-130K+15% bonus target</strong></p><p>Are you a public accounting firm<strong>-trained accounting professional</strong> ready to take the next step into a high-impact leadership role? We are seeking an <strong>Accounting Manager</strong> to join a high-performing corporate accounting team and help drive operational excellence, strong financial reporting, and continuous process improvement. This is an outstanding opportunity for someone who combines a strong technical accounting foundation with leadership ability, business partnership skills, and a passion for building and developing teams. Reporting to the Accounting Director, this role will lead the operational accounting function, oversee close and reporting activities, and play a key role in strengthening controls, improving processes, and supporting audit readiness.</p><p>Why This Role Stands Out</p><ul><li>Excellent fit for professionals with a <strong>Big 4 or large regional public accounting background</strong></li><li>High-visibility role with leadership responsibility and direct exposure to senior accounting leadership</li><li>Opportunity to influence <strong>process improvements</strong>, team development, and accounting operations</li><li>Strong mix of <strong>technical accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, and people leadership</strong></li><li>Join a respected, growth-oriented organization with a strong track record of internal promotion and long-term career development</li></ul><p>Key Responsibilities</p><ul><li>Lead, coach, and develop the operational accounting team, creating an engaging and high-performance environment</li><li>Coordinate and execute the <strong>month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close</strong> processes to ensure timely, accurate, and high-quality financial reporting</li><li>Prepare and analyze management reporting to support business insight and decision-making</li><li>Identify and implement <strong>process improvements</strong> that enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability across accounting operations</li><li>Support the design, implementation, and maintenance of <strong>internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR)</strong></li><li>Help ensure compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and financial reporting standards</li><li>Partner with internal and external auditors and manage audit requests, deliverables, and communications</li><li>Research and evaluate <strong>technical accounting matters</strong> and support sound accounting conclusions</li></ul><p><br></p>
<p>My client, a large construction industry leader is looking for an Accounting Manager to join their growing team. This position offers challenging work, a strong team of some of the best and brightest to partner with, competitive compensation and excellent quality of life and benefits. <strong>If you are a CPA looking to improve your situation email Jim Meade at Robert Half right away or connect with me on LinkedIn.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Review Job Costing to ensure GAAP compliance.</p><p>• Compare actual performance with anticipated results, making necessary financial amendments as required.</p><p>• Compile audit paperwork when needed.</p><p>• Examine periodic job cost reports, spot check cost activities, create budgets and semi-annual forecasts, and discern variances.</p><p>• Communicate with project managers to troubleshoot issues and enhance decision-making process.</p><p>• Manage and direct the operations of the accounting team, serving as a mentor to develop their abilities and foster professional progression.</p><p>• Work alongside project management to gather estimates and distribute prompt monitoring reports to project managers and other corporate leaders.</p><p>• Ensure adherence to GAAP, firm policies, and contractual obligations.</p><p>• Oversee a reliable internal control system.</p>
<p><strong>Director, Finance Integration</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Global, acquisition-driven organization | High-visibility role</strong></p><p>A globally active, private equity-backed business is building out a dedicated finance integration leadership capability and is seeking an accounting & finance professional with dedicated financial integration experience to take ownership of this mission-critical function.</p><p> </p><p>This is a rare opportunity to step into a newly established role with enterprise exposure and immediate impact. The organization is entering an active investment cycle, with meaningful transaction activity ahead and a pipeline of integration work already in motion across international operations. The person in this seat will become the go-to leader for bringing newly added businesses and finance environments into alignment quickly, thoughtfully, and with strong operational discipline.</p><p> </p><p>If your career has been centered specifically on finance integration work tied to acquired companies and system alignment — not as a side responsibility, but as your primary focus — this could be an exceptional next step! We are looking for someone like you!!</p><p> </p><p><strong>What you’ll own</strong></p><ul><li>Drive the finance workstream for acquired business onboarding and post-close alignment initiatives</li><li>Create structure, timelines, governance, and execution plans for integrating accounting, reporting, forecasting, controls, and finance-related workflows</li><li>Lead alignment of finance platforms, data structures, reporting models, and core transactional processes across newly added entities</li><li>Partner closely with senior finance leadership and cross-functional teams to move integration priorities from planning through stabilization</li><li>Build a scalable approach that can be reused as deal volume increases</li><li>Bring clarity to issues, dependencies, decision points, and execution risks in a fast-moving environment</li><li>Help unify finance operations across a growing international footprint</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Why this role stands out</strong></p><ul><li>Newly created position with strong executive visibility</li><li>Direct partnership with top finance leadership</li><li>Backed by sponsors with appetite for strategic growth</li><li>Blend of upcoming deal activity and existing global integration priorities</li><li>Opportunity to put a lasting framework in place rather than simply support one-off projects</li><li>International scope with selective travel tied to planning and project needs</li></ul><p>Please apply immediately to be considered to Tracy Kaszuba on LInkedIn or to Tracy.Kaszuba at RobertHalf. </p><p><br></p>