Senior Government Accounting & Reconciliation Specialist

CGS Federal; Arbutus (MD); On-site; USD 87,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off and holidays

Job summary

CGS seeks a Senior Accounting Technician to join the Finance team, supporting a federal agency with accounts payable, reimbursement activity, collections, and oversight. The role emphasizes payroll adjustments, government travel processing, and compliance with policies and regulations.

Responsibilities include data analysis across UFMS/JEDI systems, generating financial reports, and providing system support. The position requires US citizenship and ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

Qualifications

• Two-year degree in accounting or four-year degree in a related field (finance, business, banking, or economics) with 30 credit hours in accounting.
• Knowledge of manual and automated accounting systems used by banking, financial and other institutions.
• Experience working with commitments, obligations, and interagency reimbursement agreements.
• Experience working with the quarterly review, accrual and closeout process.
• Ability to provide analysis and technical support for a variety of financial activities.
• Ability to identify and analyze changes in budgetary and/or financial activities.
• Ability to research and analyze financial data.
• Must be a US Citizen upfront.
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.
• UFMS, JEDI, SAFARI, E-2, and Excel proficiency.
• Budgeting Cycle Management.
• Financial Management.
• Accounts payable (A/P) and Accounts receivable (A/R) management and processing.
• Reimbursable agreements analysis and management.
• Obligations processing and committed funds tracking.
• Auditing and accounting services.
• Cash flow analysis.
• Statistical analysis.
• Financial fraud-related research.
• Electronic data acquisition and processing.
• Systems analysis and administration.
• Database user support.
• Reporting.
• Record Management.
• Business legal compliance.
• Special projects.
• Analytical and critical thinking, time management and organization.

Responsibilities

• Verify, analyze, and maintain financial information used by the DOJ Office of the Comptroller.
• Use UFMS, JEDI, SAFARI, E-2, SAFARI, and SAMS.gov to analyze complex data sets.
• Record and retrieve financial data related to reimbursable and billing processes.
• Track expenditures using a financial management system.
• Generate reconciliation reports and reconcile books weekly.
• Prepare financial reports for DOJ and other U.S. Government agencies.
• Support UFMS transaction processing and resolve system errors.
• Draft memorandums and letters to vendors and agencies as needed.
• Manage correspondence, forms, documents, files, and scheduling.
• Assist with special projects and team efforts as assigned.

Skills

Accounting knowledge

Financial analysis

Reimbursable / billing understanding

Auditing

Problem solving

Education

Two-year degree in accounting

Tools

UFMS

JEDI

SAFARI

E-2

Excel

Job description

CGS seeks a Senior Accounting Technician to join the Finance team, supporting a federal agency with accounts payable, reimbursement activity, collections, and oversight. The role emphasizes payroll adjustments, government travel processing, and compliance with policies and regulations.

Responsibilities include data analysis across UFMS/JEDI systems, generating financial reports, and providing system support. The position requires US citizenship and ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.