Overview
AVIAN is seeking a Staff Accountant II to support core accounting operations and help maintain accurate, timely, and compliant financial records in a government contracting environment. In this role, you will report to the Controller and work closely with the accounting team to support general ledger activity, account reconciliations, job cost accounting, billing, and month-end close while maintaining the integrity of the company’s job cost accounting system. Working with limited supervision on recurring tasks, the Staff Accountant II will take ownership of assigned areas of the general ledger, job cost modules, related billing activities, and play a key role in the month-end close.
This position is based in Lexington Park, Maryland, and may be performed on an onsite, hybrid, or remote basis, subject to business needs and mutual agreement.
Join a Company Where You Can Make a Real Impact – and Own a Piece of the Future
Are you energized by the idea of helping a company grow smarter, serve our customers better, and connect more deeply? Do you thrive in an environment where your ideas matter, your voice is heard, and your work drives real results? If so, we’d love to meet you.
We’re a mid-sized, employee-owned company on a mission to create meaningful value for both our employees and our customers. That means we’re not just looking for someone to fill a seat — we’re looking for someone who wants to build, innovate, and evolve with us.
Our company primarily serves the Navy and other Department of Defense clients, offering a dynamic environment where your expertise will make a difference.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
General Accounting & Month-End Close
- Prepare and post journal entries, including payroll, accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, and lease accounting entries.
- Perform monthly bank reconciliations and balance sheet account reconciliations (prepaids, fixed assets, deposits, payroll liabilities, stockholder loans, etc.).
- Support the month-end and year-end close process, ensuring all transactions are recorded accurately and timely.
- Maintain and reconcile the general ledger, ensuring subsidiary ledgers tie to control accounts.
- Assist in maintaining and updating accounting policies, procedures, and desktop guides to support a strong internal control environment and audit readiness.
- Cross-train and provide coverage across key accounting team processes to support continuity of operations.
Job Cost Accounting & Government Contract Compliance
- Accurately classify and record costs as direct or indirect in accordance with FAR Part 31 and applicable Cost Accounting Standards (CAS).
- Identify and properly segregate unallowable costs in the books and records per FAR 31.205 and CAS 405.
- Support the preparation of indirect rate calculations (fringe, overhead, G&A) and monitor actual rates against budgeted/provisional rates.
- Assist with the preparation and submission of Incurred Cost Submissions (ICS) and other regulatory filings.
- Maintain project/contract-level cost detail within the accounting system to support accurate job costing and billing.
Audit Support & Compliance
- Prepare supporting documentation and schedules for internal and external audits, including DCAA audits and financial statement audits.
- Assist with responses to audit inquiries and maintain organized workpapers and evidence binders.
- Support internal control activities, including adherence to approval thresholds, segregation of duties, and timely completion of reconciliations.
Reporting & Analysis
- Prepare monthly financial packages, including Receivables/Payables Aging and Job Cost Reports with indirect rates applied.
- Assist with budget vs. actual analysis and variance reporting.
- Support ad hoc financial analysis and special projects as directed by management.
- Participate in process and system improvement initiatives (e.g., streamlining close activities, enhancing reporting, or supporting Costpoint configuration/testing) to improve accuracy, timeliness, and data integrity.
Qualifications
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 1–3 years of accounting experience.
- Experience with Deltek Costpoint job cost accounting systems.
- Working knowledge of GAAP.
- Strong understanding of debits/credits, accrual accounting, and the month-end close process.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (formulas, pivot tables, VLOOKUPs) and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify and resolve discrepancies.
- Sound judgment when reviewing transactions and reconciliations, with a willingness to raise issues and propose solutions
- Ability to work collaboratively with program managers, contracts, and operations staff to resolve coding, cost classification, and billing issues.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Team-oriented with a willingness to learn and take on increasing responsibility.
Preferred
- Government contracting industry experience.
- Familiarity with FAR cost principles and DCAA compliance requirements.
- Experience preparing or supporting incurred cost submissions, indirect rate calculations, or DCAA audit responses.
- Familiarity with government contract types, including T&M, FFP, and cost-reimbursable contracts.
- CPA candidacy or progress toward CPA licensure.
Salary range: $76,000 - $93,000 (The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.)
About being a part of Team AVIAN
As an employee-owner, you’ll be a catalyst for progress — helping us find new opportunities with current or new customers, company efficiencies, streamline processes, and bring people and ideas together in smarter ways. Whether it’s helping us optimize workflows, enhancing the employee experience, or delivering more impactful solutions to our customers, your inputs will have reach and relevance across the organization.
Taking care of each other is a cornerstone of our AVIAN philosophy. Being part of the AVIAN team means being part of a team that takes pride in being expansive in our community because our impact doesn’t stop in the workplace. We actively engage in community initiatives, empowering our employees to make a meaningful difference.
You’ll Succeed Here If You...
- See opportunities where others see routine
- Are curious, collaborative, and passionate about making things better
- Enjoy connecting dots across teams, tools, and tasks
- Believe in doing the right thing the right way — even when no one’s watching
- Play an active role in our growth, using your ideas and initiative to shape how we work, serve, and succeed together
- Embrace a “one team” mindset knowing we are stronger together through trust, transparency and teamwork.
- Understand the power of ownership — and are excited to be part of an employee-owned culture
Why Join Us?
- Employee Ownership: We’re not just building a company — we’re building a legacy. As an employee-owner, you’ll share in our success and have a direct stake in our future.
- Real Growth: We’re expanding, evolving, and exploring new ways to serve. Your contributions will shape our direction and help us grow stronger.
- Purpose-Driven Work: Every improvement you help make is one that adds value — not just for us, but for the people and missions we support.
- Culture of Collaboration: We’re big enough to take on meaningful challenges, but small enough that everyone still knows your name.
- Comprehensive Benefits Package: Designed to support your health, financial security, and overall well-being, our health and wellness benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with telemedicine services and a TRICARE supplement for veterans.
- Flexible Leave Benefits: we prioritize a balanced, supportive environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally and offer flexible and paid time off, 11 paid holidays, paid sick leave, maternity and bonding leave, and military training leave.
AVIAN is a service-based organization. As an equal opportunity employer, our policy of business is to seek the most qualified candidate for each talent opportunity without regard to race, creed, color, sex, age, religious belief, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sexual preference, physical or mental handicap, lawful political affiliation or veteran’s status.
