Accountant, Compliance

SRNL

Aiken, Northern (SC, KY)

Hybrid

USD 70,000 - 100,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Medical/Dental/Vision options

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Retirement plan sometimes offered

Job summary

Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is seeking a Compliance Accountant to focus on internal control over financial reporting and the annual risk assessment process. You will coordinate documentation, test controls, and report results to DOE, working with process owners and management.

Responsibilities include developing test plans, evaluating control effectiveness, supporting remediation actions, and ensuring compliance with environment, safety, health, and quality requirements, while

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a business-related field with 7+ years of relevant experience.
Proficiency in applying accounting principles, policies, and procedures.
Excellent written and oral communication and the ability to work with diverse teams.

Responsibilities

Assist with annual assessment of internal controls and risk assessment.
Coordinate documentation, procedures, policies, and flowcharts to map and test controls.
Identify control gaps and design test plans aligned with DOE guidance.
Support remediation actions and reporting to DOE; interact with process owners.
Ensure compliance with environment, safety, health, and quality requirements.

Skills

Internal controls

Financial reporting

Risk assessment

Data analysis

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a business-related field

Tools

DOE accounting system

BSRA accounting system

Job description

The Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) isseeking to hire a Compliance Accountant who will focus on assessing the effectiveness of the internal control system over financial reporting, including managing the activities involved with the annual process of risk analysis, documentation review, testing of internal controls, and reporting results to the Department of Energy.

Responsibilities

Assist with the annual assessment of internal controls, which includes coordinating and developing applicable documentation, procedures, policies, and flowcharts; developing the standard approach and format to map, test and demonstrate regulatory compliance of internal controls contained within SRNL business processes.
Establish a working relationship with management and process owners, completing a risk assessment on the business processes and providing a recommendation on scope applicability.
Identify internal controls and segregation of duties associated with each process step, designing test plans consistent with DOE Internal Control Evaluation guidance. Validating and testing internal controls against requirements and documentation.
Support process owners in creating self-assessments for core processes, developing control metrics to validate assessment results for operational effectiveness.
Assist with the preparation and submittal of the Annual Assurance letter, supporting control owners in completing remediation corrective action plans and providing innovation solutions for implementation of best business practices.
Liaise with Managers outside of Business Services organization to accomplish internal control requirements.
Aid in the development of corrective action plans as required.
Identify process improvements and efficiency opportunities.
Participate or complete special projects as assigned including process assessments.
Effectively work as a member of a team while maintaining a positive and willing attitude and perform in a customer service-oriented manner.
Ensure compliance with environment, safety, health, and quality program requirements.
Maintain strong commitment to the implementation and perpetuation of values and ethics.

Measures of Effectiveness

Successfully performs assigned responsibilities in an accurate and timely manner.
Successfully completes special projects as assigned.
Maintains knowledge of applicable laws and regulations.
Proficient use BSRA and DOE accounting systems to ensure efficiency and compliance.
Works effectively with others, both internal and external to SRNL.
Effective and efficient resolution of problems and/or issues that arise.
Keeping management informed of any issues that arise which may have an impact on successful and/or compliant operations.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a business-related field and 7+ years’ relevant experience in the areas of Accounting and Compliance. Excellent attention to detail and well-developed written and oral communication skills are required. Strong analytical, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills are essential. Must be a self-starter and take ownership of processes and deliverables. Requires proficiency in applying accounting principles, policies, and procedures. Must have the ability to analyze scenarios and research complicated problems and formulate solutions. Position requires excellent human relations skills that promote effective and positive interactions with a diverse group of others, both internal and external to company. Candidate should have the ability to become familiar with the SRNL accounting system, DOE Order requirements and external business applications to proficiently perform responsible tasks. Excellent computer skills with emphasis in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Share Point, and Adobe Acrobat.

Security Clearance Information
This position will require selected candidate to be able to obtain a DOE Security Clearance.
BSRA is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, criminal records, and employment history, and education verifications. Positions with BSRA require applicants to have the ability to obtain and maintain a DOE L or Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. Factors such as pre-employment background review results, dual citizenship status, and unpaid and/or unfiled taxes may impact your ability to obtain a security clearance. This list of factors is not exhaustive; pre-employment information and security clearance requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

About Us

"We put science to work!"

Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is a multi-program laboratory applying state of the art science and practical, high-value, cost-effective solutions to complex technical problems to protect the nation. Located at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken SC, the laboratory develops and deploys innovative technologies to address some of the nation’s environmental, energy, and national security challenges.

Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BSRA) is constantly assessing trends to provide the best possible benefits to our workforce. We also negotiate cost effective premiums that will meet the needs of our evolving workforce.

Some of the *Benefits offered to employees include:

*Benefits vary based upon employment status

Highly competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision options including HSA options with company provided seed
Short- & Long-Term Disability (company paid)
Life Insurance Non-Contributary 1X salary (company paid)
AD&D Non-contributary 1x salary (company paid)
Savings & Investment plan:
Qualified Non-Elective Company Contribution of 5% each pay period with immediate vesting
Company match 50 cents/dollar up to 8% (5 yrs. vesting in company match)
Contributory Life Insurance up to 5x Salary with $1M Cap
Contributory AD&D (employee, spouse and children)
Paid Time Off
Employee Assistance Plan
SRNL offers a competitive relocation package to ease the transition process. Domestic and international relocation assistance is available for certain positions.

For more information about our benefits, working here, and living here, visit the “About” tab at www.srnl.doe.gov .

BSRA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. BSRA is also committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. Please email us at SRNLRecruiting@srnl.doe.gov with any questions regarding the hiring process or to request an accommodation.

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