[Remote] Associate Director, Government Accounting and Rates

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. RTX is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. They are seeking an Associate Director of Government Accounting to lead a team responsible for compliant cost accounting practices and government rates in accordance with U.S. Government regulations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain compliant cost accounting practices for home offices and various Mission Systems and Avionics business units, including CASB Disclosure Statements and the coordination, review, and disclosure of changes with supporting cost impact analyses
• Prepare, submit, and support Forward Pricing Rate Proposals (FPRP) and negotiate Agreements (FPRA)
• Prepare rate-related analyses and disclosures to support TINA compliance
• Prepare, submit, and support incurred cost claims including settlement of final rates
• Ensure appropriate cost recovery while maintaining compliance with company policies, Cost Accounting Standards, and Federal Acquisition Regulation
• Maintain government accounting framework, including translating from performance accounting to government cost accounting
• Interface with Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) as required on topics related to forward pricing rates, billing rates, incurred cost proposals, and related audits
• Support government accounting aspects of acquisitions, divestitures, internal reorganizations, and other company initiatives

Skills

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience
• Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)/Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) experience
• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting
• Experience working in a government business environment in a financial role that includes familiarity with relevant Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR) cost principles
• Knowledge of DCAA/DCMA charters and procedures
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to effectively summarize analyses and communicate at various management levels
• Demonstrated success leading and developing people

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
• Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.
• Flexible work schedules
• Employee Scholar Program
• Paid time off
• Holidays

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