Accountant Senior/Specialist

Socket.dev; North Kingstown (RI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Electric Boat Quonset Point seeks an experienced Accountant/Financial Analyst to manage timekeeping, payroll, cost control, and related budgeting and reporting tasks. You will support the QP Facility Vice President and EB Controller, ensuring accurate labor allocation and timely pay.

The role partners with Human Resources, Benefits, Facilities and EB Groton to keep the business running smoothly, requiring strong Excel, PeopleSoft, Oracle and Power BI skills and a collaborative, customer-focused

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3 years of professional experience in accounting/finance.
• Experience with government contractors is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage timekeeping and payroll processes to ensure accurate and timely pay.
• Support cost control initiatives and labor/material cost allocation.
• Prepare budgets, performance reports, and financial analyses.
• Collaborate with HR, Benefits, Facilities and EB Groton counterparts.

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Data analysis

Timekeeping

Payroll policies

Report creation

Excel

PeopleSoft

Oracle

Power BI

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

3 years of professional experience

Tools

PeopleSoft

Oracle

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Overview

This individual will work as part of a team of Accountants and Financial Analysts responsible for timekeeping, payroll and cost control functions at Electric Boat Quonset Point.

The team provides support to the QP Facility Vice President & Staff as well as the EB Controller. Focus is placed on ensuring all QP employees' time is charged appropriately and they are paid in a prompt, accurate fashion. The group also accounts for purchased services requested throughout the facility and ensures both labor and material costs are allocated properly and track to company objectives. The development of controllable overhead budgets, performance reporting against those budgets, and the creation of associated financial analyses and metrics are also major initiatives taken on by D969. The QP Payroll/Accounting team works closely with other organizations such as Human Resources, Benefits, Facilities and counterparts in EB Groton to keep the business running smoothly.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree
• 3 years of professional experience

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree with a concentration/major in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, or similar
• 3 years professional experience working for a US Government Contractor or performing assignments related to timekeeping, payroll, cost accounting and/or financial analysis

Skills

• Ability and willingness to provide excellent customer service
• Ability to thrive in a team environment
• Ability to navigate through data and identify discrepancies/reconcile variances
• Willingness to learn, and ultimately apply, company timekeeping and payroll policies
• Report creation and maintenance
• Efficient working with Microsoft Excel
• Familiarity with software/applications such as PeopleSoft and Oracle
• Adaptability to newer platforms such as Microsoft 365 and Power BI
• Demonstrate first time quality and attention to detail