RTX

Principal Specialist – Government Accounting

RTX

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $82,000 - $164,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Prepare the Forward Pricing Rate Proposal (FPRP)
  • Prepare the annual Incurred Cost Submission for the establishment of final billing rates
  • Prepare the required CAS disclosure statements
  • Ensure appropriate cost recovery while maintaining compliance with company policies, Cost Accounting Standards, and Federal Acquisition Regulation
  • Maintain government accounting framework, including translating from performance accounting to government cost accounting
  • Interface with Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) as required on topics related to forward pricing rates, billing rates, incurred cost proposals, and related audits
  • Support government accounting aspects of acquisitions, divestitures, internal reorganizations, and other company initiatives
  • Travel up to 5%

Requirements

  • Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience
  • 2+ years experience in Accounting or Finance
  • Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting preferred
  • Experience in government accounting at a defense contractor
  • Extensive experience balancing multiple priorities and producing quality work within a given timeframe
  • Experience supporting both internal and external audits
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel is required, while proficiency with Microsoft Access, SAP and/or Hyperion is preferred
  • Familiarity with relevant Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR) cost principles
  • Prior association / interaction with DCAA and DCMA
  • Excellent analytical skills with the ability to effectively summarize analyses and communicate at various levels.
Benefits
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
  • Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Student Loan Repayment Program
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
  • Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
  • Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Autism Benefit
  • Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
  • Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
  • Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
  • Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
  • Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
Forward Pricing Rate Proposal (FPRP)Incurred Cost SubmissionCost Accounting Standards (CAS)Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)government accountinginternal auditsexternal auditsanalytical skills
Soft skills
balancing multiple prioritiesproducing quality workcommunication skills