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Financial Controller

Zantech Open
Reston Full-time Mid-level Accounting

At a glance

Mid-level Accounting role at Zantech. Reston · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate $76,175–$135,000 across the United States.

Estimated pay

Zantech has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.

$76,175 – $135,000
What the middle half of mid-level accounting roles in the United States paid, among postings that did state a salary.
Worked out from 1,403 postings that stated pay, median $104,900. Last updated Oct 29, 2026.
RoleAccounting
SeniorityMid-level
LocationReston
EmploymentFull-time
PostedJun 9, 2025
Role brief

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What you'll do

  • Maintain the company’s accounting records, policies and cost-accounting standards
  • Run budgeting and planning, helping teams prepare budgets and review spending requests
  • Price proposals and oversee accounting for government contracts, including incurred-cost planning
  • Lead month-end close, issue financial statements and prepare management reports and cash forecasts
  • Oversee accounting staff, outside audits, tax compliance and the intercompany clearing process

What you bring

  • A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, plus at least ten years across accounting functions
  • Supervisory and mentoring experience, along with work in multiple business operations or public accounting
  • Government contract accounting experience and knowledge of GAAP and DCAA, DCMA, FAR and CAS rules
  • Hands-on experience maintaining compliant job-costing systems, including Deltek Cost Point

Who this fits

This role suits a senior accounting leader who can guide accounting employees while handling budgeting, contract pricing and financial operations. It is based in Reston, Virginia.

From the employer

  • Financial Controller

Are you looking for your next challenge? Are you ready to work with a performance-based small company? At Zantech, we are a dynamic Small Business focused on providing complex, mission focused solutions with a proven track record of outstanding customer performance and high employee satisfaction. We are looking for you; someone who strives to support a strong team and to deliver “Outstanding Performance…. Always!”. If so, we would love to talk with you regarding that next step in your career.

At Zantech, we apply state-of-the-art technology to solve our Federal Clients' most mission-critical challenges. We embrace the opportunity to hire individuals with new talents and fresh perspectives. Zantech offers a competitive compensation, benefits and vacation package as well as providing you with a fast paced and exciting work environment. Come join our team!

This Financial Controller/VP of Finance (for the right candidate) is a key role in our organization and we are looking for the right person to help the company grow, yet remain compliant through planning and overseeing the corporation's day-to-day and future accounting/finance/contract operations. This would include proposal pricing, budgeting, DCAA and incurred cost planning.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

  • Administers and maintains all corporate financial records including books of original entry, supporting schedules and subsidiary ledgers.
  • Establishes and maintains all corporate policies related to accounting matters.
  • Collects and analyzes corporate financial data to provide management with internal reports.
  • Provides for an annual budgeting and planning process to insure long term financial and business strategy.
  • Supports all levels of the corporation in budget preparation through training and by providing relevant information when appropriate.
  • Establishes and maintains cost accounting standards for the corporation to be implemented.
  • Support the proposal efforts through pricing efforts.
  • Provides special reporting and analysis of financial information to management.
  • Establishes procedures for reviewing and approving budgeted expenditure justifications and approvals.
  • Manage month-end close process and produce monthly financial statements and other management reporting as required on a timely basis.
  • Manage the accounting system and make recommendation on enhancements and other processes.
  • Implement accounting policies and procedures to streamline accounting operations that improve overall efficiency.
  • Prepare cash flow forecasts and monitor/ manage cash flow.
  • Develop and maintain financial and operating budgets.
  • Coordinate outside audits with outside independent auditors and regulatory agencies (DCAA).
  • Assure compliance with all federal, state and local corporate, payroll and other applicable tax issues.
  • Oversee intercompany clearing process.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.
  • Provides guidance and direction to accounting employees to assist them in their professional development.
  • Administers the activities of the general accounting, credit, collections and business planning departments.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience) required
  • Minimum of 10 years of all aspects of accounting with strong supervisory and mentoring experience.
  • Prior experience in multiple business operations or public accounting required.
  • Government contract accounting experience and a working knowledge of accounting principles, GAAP, as well as DCAA/DCMA/FAR/CAS regulations.
  • Experience with all types of Federal contracts - FFP, Cost Plus, T&M
  • Hands on experience with setting up and maintaining government-compliant accounting systems for job costing and financial management.
  • Deltek Cost Point and Government Accounting system experience required.
  • Strong knowledge of Excel and other Microsoft applications.
  • Ability to enjoy working with a great team.

Desired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Graduate degree (or equivalent experience)
  • CPA

“Outstanding Performance…Always!”

Our corporate motto represents our commitment to build long-term relationships with both our clients and our employees by providing the highest quality service in everything we do. We strive for excellence for our clients and for each other.



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