Senior Accountant

Job Description

DAI works at the cutting edge of international development, combining technical excellence, professional project management, and exceptional customer service to solve our clients’ most complex problems. Since 1970, DAI has worked in 150 developing and transition countries, providing comprehensive development solutions in areas including crisis mitigation and stability operations, democratic governance and public sector management, agriculture and agribusiness, private sector development and financial services, economics and trade, HIV/AIDS, avian influenza control, water and natural resources management, and energy and climate change. Clients include international development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations and philanthropies, and host-country governments. Job Description: • Design and prepare financial reports to meet client needs or to address audit inquiries.
• Analyze and resolve reconciliation issues related to material field advance balances.
• Analyze the status of ended projects and support the process of pre-final and final invoice submission.
• Ad-hoc analysis and recommendation of cost, revenue and billing adjustments as a result of Client funding reviews, questioned costs, payment disputes, third party refunds, project financial closedown.
• Provide financial management guidance and DAI financial systems training to HQ and field project management staff.
• Troubleshoot and correct accounting, reporting and system (Oracle) errors. Identify missing and incomplete documentation and coordinate accordingly with the different stakeholders to ensure correct and timely completion.
• Implement Oracle project setup changes ensuring that external and internal client requirements are met.
• Assist with the analysis of the impact of potential indirect rate adjustments.
• Assist with the monthly analysis of project revenues. Analyze and explain material budget to actual variances in project profitability.


Basic Qualifications: • Advanced degree in Accounting; CPA certification is a plus.
• Five to seven years of accounting experience, including a minimum of two years of government contracting.
• Experience with Oracle accounting package:
– Possess deep experience using Oracle Projects in a Federal government environment
– Two to five years of functional/business experience in Oracle Project setup and maintenance, project tracking and reporting, project closure/rollup, and project accounting.
– Two to five years of end-user experience with Oracle Projects (Projects, Project Costing, and Project Billing) including day-to-day operations and optimization/customizations.
– Understanding of other Oracle E-Business Suite Applications and their integration with the Oracle Projects applications.
– Experience with R12 a plus

• Proficiency in Excel.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully interact and work at all levels within the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, prioritize and complete multiple tasks under tight deadlines.
• Willingness to travel to DAI’s international projects.

Must be eligible to work in the US