Director of Finance and Administration

Salary Range: 150000 to 200000 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

About the role

• Valiantys Federal is hiring a Finance Manager to own the U.S. accounting function end-to-end and serve as the financial backbone of our U.S. government contracting business. This is a hands-on, build and operate role: you will run the close, strengthen the control environment, partner with the business on FP&A, and play a leading role in our finance transformation including a planned G/L migration from Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains to NetSuite.
• Due to the federal nature of the business, this role is restricted to U.S. citizens residing in the United States. You will work inside a matrixed, international organization and you should be comfortable navigating dual reporting structures and multi-entity, cross-border operations.
 
What you’ll own
• Accounting & controls
• Own the U.S. accounting close end-to-end for monthly, quarterly, and annual periods. This will include but is not limited to journal entries, accruals, deferred revenue, intercompany AR/AP, and required adjustments.
• Own the balance sheet: build and maintain monthly balance sheet reconciliations, subledger-to-GL tie-outs, and a clean, auditable trail for every material account.
• Establish and continually strengthen accounting fundamentals, maintain chart of accounts hygiene, close calendar, reconciliation cadence, documentation standards, and internal controls appropriate to our size and risk profile.
• Ensure adherence to GAAP accounting standards along with applicable federal and state regulations.
• Lead the annual external audit, serve as the primary point of contact, prepare PBC schedules, and resolve auditor inquiries.
Finance transformation
• Play a leading role in our finance transformation agenda across people, process, and systems.
• Help scope, plan, and execute a G/L migration from Great Plains to NetSuite including chart of accounts redesign, data migration and validation, cutover, parallel run, and post go-live stabilization.
• Revamp recurring processes (close, recs, intercompany, billing, sales tax) to reduce manual effort and shorten cycle times.
• Identify, document, and operationalize new controls as systems and processes evolve.
FP&A
• Lead month over month variance analysis vs. budget and prior period and be able to explain for non-finance partners.
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• Track and report core KPIs such as gross margin, operating margin, and net profit margin among others at both the U.S. entity and contract levels.
• Partner with the Head of Finance on budgeting, reforecasting, and ad-hoc decision support.
• Build executive-ready reporting that connects accounting results to operating performance.
Cash, AR/AP, and reporting
• Monitor and forecast cash flow, provide disbursement guidance to leadership, ensure timely vendor payments, and escalate aged customer balances (60+ days).
• Produce and review for accuracy monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements (balance sheet, P&L, cash flow, AR/AP aging, etc.)
• Oversee timely completion of AP, AR, and month-end close processes.
• Deliver ad-hoc reporting and analysis as requested by U.S. and global leadership.
Tax & compliance operations
• Manage sales tax and corporate tax compliance.
• Own the Avalara platform: communication with the Avalara team and external CPA, customer and sales item maintenance, exemption certificate management, sales tax region setup, and integration with Great Plains (and, in time, NetSuite)
• Support hosting invoice operations: maintain billing schedules, onboard new customers, process schedule changes (increases, decreases, decommissions), generate monthly invoices, and act as the finance point of contact for customer billing questions.
• Create payment links for customer credit card payments and resolve payment exceptions.
People & cross-functional leadership
• Hire, mentor, and conduct performance reviews for U.S. finance staff; manage workload distribution across the team.
• Act as the finance liaison across the U.S. business confirming sales commission calculations, validating sales invoicing, and answering departmental finance questions.
• Operate effectively in a matrixed environment
Federal compliance & eligibility requirements
• This position supports U.S. government contracts and operates within a security-controlled environment subject to FOCI (Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence) mitigation. The following are non-negotiable:
• Must be a U.S. citizen residing within the United States.
• Ability to operate within a security-controlled environment subject to DCSA, SSA, or classified contracting requirements, including any FOCI-related restrictions on information flow and reporting.
• Familiarity with federal compliance and audit frameworks such as FAR, NIST 800-171, CMMC, DCAA, or related government contracting requirements.
Qualifications
• Active CPA (U.S.) designation in good standing.
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• 7+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, with at least 2–3 years leading or owning a close end-to-end.
• Demonstrated experience operating in a matrixed environment with dual reporting lines (e.g., solid line to a local/business leader and dotted line to a functional finance leader).
• Having supported or worked within an organization with business units in multiple countries, including intercompany accounting, multi-entity consolidation, and cross-border coordination.
• Hands-on experience building accounting fundamentals and controls in a growing or evolving organization including but not limited to balance sheet reconciliations, subledger tie-outs, intercompany, and close discipline.
• Finance transformation experience across people, process, and systems ideally including direct involvement in a G/L migration (Great Plains to NetSuite strongly preferred).
• Comfort with FP&A: building variance analyses, KPI reporting, and executive-ready commentary.
Nice to have
• Prior experience at a federal systems integrator, government contractor, or other FOCI-mitigated entity.
• NetSuite implementation or administration experience.
• Experience with Avalara, sales & use tax automation, and multi-state nexus management.
• Experience supporting managed services / hosting revenue models (recurring billing, deferred revenue).
• Valiantys Federal is an equal-opportunity employer. All hiring decisions for this role are made in accordance with FOCI mitigation requirements and applicable U.S. government contracting regulations.