Controller

Controller to oversee the company's accounting and financial operations. ESC is a growing small business with approximately 40 employees supporting federal government customers and prime contractors.

This is a working Controller position for someone who is comfortable managing the full accounting function while also performing detailed day-to-day accounting, payroll, billing, financial reporting, cash management, and government-contract accounting.

Costpoint 8.2 Experience Required

Direct, hands-on experience using Deltek Costpoint 8.2 is required. Candidates without direct Costpoint 8.2 experience will not be considered.

The Controller will serve as ESC's primary Costpoint user and business-process owner, working directly in Costpoint 8.2 for accounting, billing, payroll, project setup, reporting, and period-end activities.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting & Financial Operations

• Manage the company's full accounting cycle and maintain the general ledger.
• Manage accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash receipts, vendor invoices, employee expenses, and disbursements.
• Perform bank, credit card, payroll, benefit, and balance-sheet reconciliations.
• Prepare journal entries, accruals, adjusting entries, and supporting schedules.
• Manage monthly and year-end close activities.
• Maintain accurate, organized, and well-supported accounting records.

Government Contract Accounting & Billing

• Prepare and submit invoices for CPFF, T&M, FFP, and other government contract types.
• Reconcile invoices to timesheets, expenses, subcontractor costs, contract requirements, and Costpoint records.
• Establish and maintain projects, organizations, accounts, labor categories, billing formulas, funding, and contract modifications in Costpoint 8.2.
• Monitor contract funding, ceilings, periods of performance, burn rates, and unbilled costs.
• Calculate and monitor direct costs, indirect rates, fringe, overhead, G&A, wrap rates, billing rates, and fee.
• Support provisional billing rates, incurred-cost reporting, and government/customer audits.
• Ensure accounting and billing practices are consistent with applicable FAR cost principles and government-contract requirements.
• Submit invoices through WAWF and customer or prime-contractor billing portals.

Payroll

• Process accurate and timely semi-monthly payroll through Costpoint 8.2.
• Reconcile payroll to employee timesheets and the general ledger.
• Manage payroll taxes, employee deductions, benefits, 401(k), FSA, dependent-care contributions, and related reporting.
• Coordinate multistate payroll withholding and unemployment-tax requirements.
• Work closely with Human Resources on payroll, benefits, and employee-accounting matters.

Financial Planning & Reporting

• Prepare monthly financial statements and management reports.
• Develop and maintain budgets, forecasts, and cash-flow projections.
• Monitor actual indirect rates against budgeted and provisional rates.
• Analyze financial, rate, cash-flow, and operating variances.
• Provide financial information for management planning, banking, insurance, tax, and proposal-pricing activities.
• Support development of labor rates, indirect rates, wrap rates, and other pricing inputs.

Costpoint 8.2 Administration & Process Improvement

• Serve as ESC's primary accounting user and business-process owner for Deltek Costpoint 8.2.
• Maintain Costpoint project structures, account mappings, billing configurations, approval workflows, and recurring processes.
• Work with ESC's Costpoint support provider to troubleshoot issues and implement system improvements.
• Validate system corrections and ensure accounting and billing data remain accurate.
• Develop and maintain accounting procedures, calendars, checklists, and desk instructions.
• Strengthen internal controls and cross-train designated employees on critical accounting, payroll, billing, and banking processes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressively responsible accounting experience.
• Direct, hands-on experience using Deltek Costpoint 8.2.
• Experience personally performing accounting, billing, payroll, project setup, reporting, and period-end processing in Costpoint 8.2.
• Government-contract accounting experience, preferably within a DoD or federal government contracting environment.
• Experience with cost-reimbursement/cost-plus contracts, including CPFF, CPIF and/or CPAF, as well as T&M and FFP contracts.
• Strong understanding of FAR cost principles, allowable and unallowable costs, direct and indirect costs, and government-contract billing requirements.
• Experience with indirect-rate structures, including fringe, overhead, G&A, wrap rates, billing rates, and fee.
• Experience monitoring contract funding, burn rates, and financial performance.
• Experience supporting DCAA, customer, financial-statement, or other audits.
• Hands-on experience with AP, AR, payroll, reconciliations, journal entries, monthly close, and financial reporting.
• Experience with multistate payroll and related tax requirements.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple deadlines.
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to company leadership and non-financial personnel.

• High level of discretion when handling financial, payroll, employee, banking, and company information.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with a Costpoint 8.2 implementation or migration.
• Advanced experience configuring Costpoint projects, organizations, accounts, billing formulas, workflows, and reports.
• Experience with Costpoint Time & Expense.
• Experience with WAWF and prime-contractor invoicing portals.
• Experience preparing provisional billing rates or incurred-cost submissions.
• Experience supporting DCAA accounting-system reviews or audits.
• Experience with subcontractor accounting and contract funding.
• Experience supporting government proposal pricing and cost estimates.
• Experience as the sole or primary accounting professional for a small government contractor.
• CPA, CMA, MBA, or other relevant professional credentials.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a self-sufficient, hands-on accounting professional with strong government-contracting experience who is comfortable being close to the day-to-day work. This person should be equally comfortable processing payroll and invoices, reconciling accounts, working in Costpoint 8.2, analyzing indirect rates, preparing financial reports, supporting government-contract requirements, and advising company leadership.

The position is well suited for someone who takes ownership, values accuracy and organization, communicates well, and enjoys improving processes in a growing small-business environment.

ESC offers a competitive compensation package that includes premium health, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company match, life insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, and more. We also prioritize work-life balance, supporting our team in maintaining a healthy blend of professional and personal well-being.

NO THIRD PARTIES