Manager, Finance

Day & Zimmermann

. Lead contract finance administration and billing activities, including project and billing/Dassian setup, invoice preparation and submission, supporting documentation, accounts-receivable monitoring, and resolution of billing issues .

Posted 11/12/2026full-timeHawthorne • Nevada • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $87,120 - $130,680 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in U.S. government contract finance administration, including billing, funding controls, and financial reporting. Proficient in leading financial activities such as forecasting, reconciliation, and managing contract modifications while ensuring compliance and effective communication with stakeholders.

Highest-signal resume keywords

U.S. Government Contract Finance AdministrationCostpoint ERP/Project Accounting SystemFinancial Reporting and AnalysisContract Modifications and Change OrdersSupervision and Team Development

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Hard Skills

Financial AdministrationBilling Preparation and SubmissionForecasting and AccrualsIndirect-Cost AllocationCost Proposal DevelopmentVariance AnalysisContract Funding ManagementAccounts Receivable MonitoringExpense Control ActivitiesFinancial Data Analysis

Soft Skills

CommunicationLeadershipCoachingCollaborationProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

CostpointERP SystemsProject Accounting Software

Industry Keywords

FAR ComplianceContract ManagementGovernment ContractsFinancial ControlsProject Controls

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead contract finance administration and billing activities, including project and billing/Dassian setup, invoice preparation and submission, supporting documentation, accounts-receivable monitoring, and resolution of billing issues
Manage contract funding and financial-control activities, including funding requests, limits-of-funds notifications, contract modifications, potential out-of-scope work, REA implications, project controls, and contract-specific reporting
Lead month-end and year-end financial activities, including accruals, labor-clearing reconciliations, indirect-cost allocations, cost reclassifications, balance-sheet review, forecasting, and plan-versus-actual and forecast-versus-actual analysis
Coordinate financial support for government task-order RFPs, change orders, and other contract actions by developing cost inputs, facilitating corporate reviews, and identifying risks
Oversee contract accounts-payable and expense-control activities, including purchase requests, vendor invoice processing, accounting-code accuracy, and credit-card reconciliation and allocation
Supervise and develop the Finance Administrator
Partner with program, operations, contracts, supply chain, and corporate stakeholders to maintain accurate records, compliant contract execution, and sound financial performance

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Contract Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and directly related experience
7+ years progressively responsible experience in finance, accounting, project controls, or contract administration, including responsibility for U.S. government contract financial administration, billing, funding controls, forecasting, close activities, or comparable contract-finance work
Working knowledge of U.S. government contract finance and administration, including FAR-related funding controls, contract modifications, task-order/change-order processes, billing, indirect-cost allocation, revenue recognition, and financial reporting
Proficiency with Costpoint or a comparable ERP/project-accounting system
Ability to analyze contract and financial data, explain variances, identify risks and opportunities, and translate findings into timely actions
Ability to develop and coordinate financial inputs for task-order RFPs, change orders, cost proposals, contract modifications, funding notifications, billing packages, and other government-contract financial submissions
Ability to lead contract close, forecasting, reconciliation, accrual, allocation, and management-reporting activities
Ability to supervise, coach, and prioritize the work of a finance support employee
Ability to communicate financial requirements, risks, and results to program, operations, contracts, supply chain, and corporate stakeholders