HighPoint professionals focus on helping government agencies and companies implement their most critically strategic initiatives. The role of Senior Business Partner, Accounting contributes to HighPoint by being responsible for a broad range of accounting duties and oversight in a government services contracting environment. This position will report to HighPoint’s Vice President, Accounting & Finance

• Lead month-end and year-end closing activities, including journal entry posting, balance sheet reconciliations, and bank reconciliation; validate proper revenue and expenditure recognition at month-end.
• Serve as a technical expert on the company’s Costpoint accounting system, providing guidance on general ledger configuration and reporting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, project setup, and Deltek Time and Expense.
• Recommend appropriate revenue recognition methods for government contracting professional services projects.
• Maintain general ledger and review of postings.
• Backup responsibility of other accounting functions, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, cash forecasting, and project accounting responsibilities.
• Lead interim and year-end internal financial audit activities and the annual corporate financial controls audit, as well as the external audit closing and reporting at year-end.
• Customer invoice generation, cash receipts processing.
• Provide guidance on and ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and company practices and policies.
• Review the effectiveness of internal system and policy controls, and develop new controls and policies to ensure compliance with GAAP, FAR, and other applicable regulations.
• Ownership of accounting process improvements and automation.
• Mentoring accounting staff without direct supervisory responsibility.