Sr Accountant - US Government

EarthDaily Analytics Corp.; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

You will prepare journal entries and reconciliations, support audits, and partner with accounting, finance, sales, and HR to ensure accurate billing and cash flow. Full-time, 9am–5:30pm, Monday through Friday; occasional overtime may be required.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive month-end close processes and reconciliations.
• Prepare month-end journal entries and supporting schedules.
• Maintain GovCon accounting infrastructure and DCAA audit readiness.
• Support quarterly and year-end corporate reporting and tax filings.
• Assist with payments, accounts payable/receivable processes and billing reconciliation.
• Coordinate with Corporate Finance to ensure sufficient funds for tax payments.

Job description

ABOUT EARTHDAILY FEDERAL

EarthDaily Federal is a geospatial intelligence company at the intersection of space, AI, and national security, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of EarthDaily Group. Our products power mission-critical insights for federal agencies and prime contractors across defense, intelligence, environmental monitoring, and disaster response.

OUR CREW

Our global, distributed team represents a variety of business lines and is made up of business development, sales, marketing and support professionals, data scientists, software engineers, project managers and finance, HR, and IT professionals. We are currently looking for an experienced, US-based Senior Accountant to join our crew!

READY TO LAUNCH?

Do you want to join the Finance team of one of the most exciting space companies at the forefront of global change detection/change monitoring? Working as part of the corporate finance team, as EarthDaily Federal scales federal contract revenue and prepares for constellation-driven growth, this role is central to ensuring the accounting function is optimized.

Candidates must have full-time availability during the business hours of 9am-5:30pm Monday through Friday. Occasional overtime may be required.

Strategic Planning, Forecasting & Financial Modeling

• Own and continuously improve the Company’s integrated financial model, including revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, capex, headcount, cash flow, balance sheet, and liquidity planning.
• Lead the consolidated annual budget process, coordinating assumptions, timelines, inputs, and review cycles with all lines of business and departments.
• Manage monthly and quarterly forecasting, including forecast-to-actual bridges, risk and opportunity tracking, and clear commentary on key business drivers.
• Build driver-based forecasts and scenario analyses to support strategic decisions, resource allocation, financing, M&A, hiring, pricing, and investment prioritization.
• Serve as a finance power user and administrator for Workday Adaptive Insights, including model maintenance, planning workflows, reporting, dashboards, data integrity, and user support.
• Partner closely with Accounting to ensure consistency between accounting policies and their application in financial models, forecasts, and budgets
• Review key accounting policies on a quarterly basis and incorporate any changes into planning assumptions and reporting outputs
• Prepare and post month-end journal entries (revenue, cost of sales, accruals, currency revaluations, etc.) and reconcile general ledger accounts
• Maintain GovCon accounting infrastructure: indirect rate structures, cost pools, and DCAA audit readiness
• Execute the month-end close process, ensuring completeness and accuracy of journal entries, reconciliations, and close checklists
• Prepare month-end working papers and reconciliations, including bank and credit card reconciliations, bonus, vacation, prepaids, revenue accruals, deferred and unbilled revenue, professional fees, accrued liabilities, labour reclasses, commissions accruals, intercompany balances, and other GL account reconciliations as required.
• Perform detailed variance analysis of actual results versus budget and forecast, as well as period-over-period comparisons; investigate root causes, document results, and proactively elevate material variances to management
• Prepare AR listings and supporting schedules for the month-end reporting deck as required
• Prepare weekly cashflow file for EarthDaily Federal
• Prepare and maintain monthly Fixed Assets and Intangibles continuity schedules, including depreciation and amortization
• Prepare monthly US GAAP financial statements, including Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements, and support review and consistent implementation of accounting policies

Full-Cycle GL Owenership/Financial Reporting/Month-End

• Prepare and post month-end journal entries (revenue, cost of sales, accruals, currency revaluations, etc.) and reconcile general ledger accounts
• Maintain GovCon accounting infrastructure: indirect rate structures, cost pools, and DCAA audit readiness
• Execute the month-end close process, ensuring completeness and accuracy of journal entries, reconciliations, and close checklists
• Prepare month-end working papers and reconciliations, including bank and credit card reconciliations, bonus, vacation, prepaids, revenue accruals, deferred and unbilled revenue, professional fees, accrued liabilities, labour reclasses, commissions accruals, intercompany balances, and other GL account reconciliations as required.
• Perform detailed variance analysis of actual results versus budget and forecast, as well as period-over-period comparisons; investigate root causes, document results, and proactively elevate material variances to management
• Prepare AR listings and supporting schedules for the month-end reporting deck as required
• Prepare weekly cashflow file for EarthDaily Federal
• Prepare and maintain monthly Fixed Assets and Intangibles continuity schedules, including depreciation and amortization
• Prepare monthly US GAAP financial statements, including Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements, and support review and consistent implementation of accounting policies

Government Contract Accounting (FAR/DFARS/CAS Frameworks)

• Maintain compliance with all US government contracting frameworks and internal controls
• Ensure cost allowability, allocability, and reasonableness for all D&I project charges
• Prepare and reconcile working capital or cost‑type contract financials
• Originate and validate accounting data in government‑unique systems
• Support classified program cost reporting

Accounts Payable/Receivable

• Perform all accounts payable procedures and ensure accuracy of POs, payment runs, and proposed payment listing; maintain familiarity with vendors, overdue payments, etc.
• Prepare coding on corporate credit card statements & expense reports
• Reconcile accounts receivable and accounts payable listings on weekly and ad-hoc basis to ensure reporting is up to date
• Update systems for new deals won, update billing, and prepare revenue, deferred revenue, and unbilled revenue reconciliation
• Prepare customer invoices as required
• Facilitate seamless communication and collaboration between finance, sales, and customer service teams to ensure accurate and timely billing.

Quarterly and Year end Corporate Reporting

• Assist with preparation of financial statement note disclosure and related audit working papers for capital assets, intangible assets and other notes as assigned
• Assist year end audit and quarterly review requests for relevant areas of the GL and/or entities
• Assist with preparation of FS notes in accordance with US GAAP

Tax/Regulatory Filings

• Assist with preparation of corporate tax returns and providing backup to external tax advisors
• Prepare US Sales tax returns & other misc. filings
• Prepare year-end tax note WP & disclosure
• Coordinate with Corporate Finance to ensure sufficient funds in bank accounts for any tax payments

Payroll & Bonus

• Prepare payroll journal, ensuring appropriate accruals are recorded
• Coordinate with Corporate Finance to ensure sufficient funds in bank accounts on payroll & benefit funding dates
• Collaborate with HR on monthly and quarterly accruals, including preparing accrual working papers and journal entries, while ensuring sufficient funds are available for any relevant payments.

Other Support

• Assist with process improvements to accounting processes and ensure coding is according to budget
• Assist in new accounting software implementation
• Support preparation of calculation of labour rates, contract pricing, and cost accounting analysis as required
• Other duties as assigned

PREPARE FOR IMPACT!

Reporting to the Controller of the corporate parent, the Senior Accountant - US Govt. assumes end-to-end ownership of EarthDaily U.S. Defense & Intelligence financial operations. As the sole contributor for this market, the successful candidate will independently manage full-cycle accounting, maintain a GovCon-compliant accounting infrastructure, and execute month-end close with complete accountability. They will lead all FAR/DFARS/CAS compliance, oversee classified program financials, and ensure the company remains audit-ready as contract volume grows. In this