Senior Accountant POST NUMBER: 474239
Title: Senior Accountant
Company: Government Contracting Industry
Compensation: $45-50/hr (DOE)
About the Company
This organization operates within the government contracting space, supporting public-sector clients through specialized services and solutions. The company partners closely with government agencies and prime contractors, emphasizing compliance, financial accuracy, and operational excellence while continuing to grow its contract portfolio.
Job Summary
This role is responsible for overseeing payroll operations, labor distribution, and cost accounting activities, with a strong focus on government contracts. The position works cross-functionally with finance, HR, sales, and program leadership to ensure accurate labor allocation, contract budgeting, regulatory compliance, and audit readiness.
Key Responsibilities
Labor Distribution & Cost Accounting
- Lead payroll-related labor distribution activities, including execution of the monthly labor distribution process using a timekeeping system
- Ensure accurate allocation of employee hours to cost centers, including direct government contracts and indirect cost pools
Government Contract Budgeting & Monitoring
- Collaborate with government sales leadership to develop labor budgets and cost structures for new contract opportunities
- Track contract financial performance in coordination with sales or program management
- Support the Controller with invoicing for government contracts, including time-and-materials and milestone-based billing structures (e.g., CEC, DoD, DOE)
- Assist with the preparation of fringe benefit and overhead rate calculations
- Maintain standard labor rate tables to support future contract proposals in the sales pipeline
Compliance & Audit Support
- Support compliance with government accounting regulations and cost principles
- Proactively identify risks or gaps and recommend solutions to ensure ongoing regulatory alignment
- Assist with audit preparation and responses related to government contracting activities
Payroll & Benefits Administration
- Manage and process full-cycle payroll through a Professional Employer Organization (PEO)
- Review, audit, and maintain PTO and sick leave accruals, collaborating with the PEO to ensure compliance with California labor regulations
- Partner with HR leadership to support employee onboarding and offboarding, ensuring payroll-related requirements are completed accurately and timely
Qualifications
- Prior experience within the government contracting industry
- Hands-on experience with payroll processing, timekeeping systems, and labor compliance
- 5–10 years of relevant professional experience in accounting, payroll, or government contract finance
Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
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Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.