Staff Accountant

Octo, an IBM company, is an industry-leading, award-winning provider of technical solutions for the federal government. At Octo, we specialize in providing agile software engineering, user experience design, cloud services, and digital strategy services that address government's most pressing missions. Octo delivers intelligent solutions and rapid results, yielding lower costs and measurable outcomes.

Our team is what makes Octo great. At Octo you'll work beside some of the smartest and most accomplished staff you'll find in your career. Octo offers fantastic benefits and an amazing workplace culture where you will feel valued while you perform mission critical work for our government. Voted one of the region’s best places to work multiple times, Octo is an employer of choice!

You…

As a Staff Accountant at Octo, you will be responsible for assisting the Accounting staff engaged in general or specialized accounting functions such as Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Cost Accounting and the like.

Us…

We were founded as a fresh alternative in the Government Consulting Community and are dedicated to the belief that results are a product of analytical thinking, agile design principles and that solutions are built in collaboration with, not for, our customers. This mantra drives us to succeed and act as true partners in advancing our client’s missions.

Key Duties...

• Reports to Assistant Controller and works with Accounting team to perform project setup, reconciliation support and ad hoc accounting projects as needed.
• Serves as liaison between Accounting, Project Finance, and Contracts for all project setup management and compliance items in the Unanet Financial System.
• Works and collaborates with multiple operational departments including HR, Treasury, Contracts, Finance and Accounting, and contributes to team service center efforts.
• Willing to learn, grow and take on new challenges in an exciting, dynamic, team-oriented and collaborative environment.

Minimum Experience...

• Strong MS Excel capabilities, and proficiency with MS Office Suite.
• Attention to detail, deadline-oriented, reconciliation and analysis capabilities, problem solving skills, process improvement oriented, research capable, time management, data entry management.
• Candidates with government contracting experience will be given preference
• Experience with Unanet Time and Expense preferred
• Experience with Unanet Financial System preferred

Octo is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, race, color, religious creed, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, sexual orientation/gender identity, age, or genetic information. Selected applicant will be subject to a background investigation.

Octo is an IBM subsidiary which has been acquired by IBM and will be integrated into the IBM organization. Octo will be the hiring entity. By proceeding with this application, you understand that Octo will share your personal information with other IBM affiliates involved in your recruitment process, wherever these are located. More Information on how IBM protects your personal information, including the safeguards in case of cross-border data transfer, are available here: https://www.ibm.com/careers/us-en/privacy-policy/”.

Skills/Personal Qualities...

• Customer service oriented; must be detail-oriented
• Excellent time management, scheduling, and organizational skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; build trusted partnership with internal and external customers
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, strong Excel (pivots and logical), PowerPoint and Word
• Ability to work in an extremely fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Flexible and adaptable to changing environment
• Ability to interface with all levels of management
• Ability to work well independently or in a team setting
• Ability to work virtually as needed

Years of Experience: 1-2 years GL Accounting/Finance/AR experience (internships and non-full time experience will be considered)

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or related quantitative field is preferred

Location: Remote

Clearance: U.S. Citizenship