Corporate Accounting Lead | Payroll & SOX Excellence

CACI; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

CACI in Reston, VA seeks a Corporate Accounting Lead to manage payroll, compensation, and employee benefits accounting, ensuring timely and accurate journal entries and reconciliations. The role emphasizes strong SOX compliance, internal controls, and collaboration with Payroll, Tax, and Audit teams to support monthly and year-end closes.

The ideal candidate will lead payroll-related processes, analyze account activity, and help drive process improvements while partnering with stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Payroll and Compensation Accounting: Prepare, review, and maintain journal entries related to payroll, compensation, employee benefits, and other assigned corporate accounting activities.
• Payroll Journal Entry Oversight: Oversee, review, and manage payroll journal entries to validate the accuracy of financial data, account coding, supporting documentation, and general ledger postings.
• Account Reconciliations and Analysis: Prepare and review complex account reconciliations, supporting schedules, and financial reports.
• Payroll Tax Reconciliations and Compliance: Prepare and review quarterly Form 941 reconciliations to ensure payroll tax liabilities, wages, and tax withholdings agree with payroll records, general ledger balances, and applicable tax filings.
• General Ledger Management: Analyze general ledger activity to verify the accuracy and completeness of account balances and transactions.
• Financial Reporting Support: Support monthly, quarterly, and year-end close activities by preparing journal entries, reconciliations, schedules, and other required deliverables within established deadlines.
• Internal Controls and SOX Compliance: Perform accounting activities in accordance with company policies, internal control requirements, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) standards.
• Audit Support: Assist with internal and external audits by preparing requested documentation, providing account analyses and reconciliations, responding to auditor inquiries, and helping resolve identified issues in a timely manner.
• Process Documentation: Develop, update, and maintain standard operating procedures, process documentation, and accounting work instructions to promote consistency, accuracy, and knowledge sharing across the team.
• Process Improvement and Automation: Identify opportunities to streamline accounting workflows, reduce manual effort, improve data accuracy, and increase operational efficiency.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with colleagues across Accounting, Payroll, Hu

Job description

CACI in Reston, VA seeks a Corporate Accounting Lead to manage payroll, compensation, and employee benefits accounting, ensuring timely and accurate journal entries and reconciliations. The role emphasizes strong SOX compliance, internal controls, and collaboration with Payroll, Tax, and Audit teams to support monthly and year-end closes.

The ideal candidate will lead payroll-related processes, analyze account activity, and help drive process improvements while partnering with stakeholders