Senior Accountant

Position Summary

Our Deloitte Finance Transformation team practices to help chief financial officers, controllers, and finance teams define and execute their finance and global business services agendas and strategies. You will work with leading-class teams and solutions, helping clients navigate challenging environments, market uncertainty, technology development, and regulatory considerations to unlock value. Your work may span strategy, operations, process design, and technology as we partner with clients to transform finance.

Work You'll Do

As a Project Delivery Specialist within our Finance Transformation - Controllership practice, you will play a critical role in delivering innovative solutions to help our federal client enhance their finance function. You'll collaborate with our federal government client to drive improvements in controllership, financial operations, and reporting processes. In this role, you will:

Support the delivery of finance transformation initiatives focused on optimizing controllership activities, including financial close, reconciliations, and internal/external reporting.

Work with client stakeholders to analyze existing finance processes, identify improvement opportunities, and design future-state solutions aligned with regulatory and operational requirements.

Assist in the implementation of leading practices by leveraging Deloitte's methodologies, tools, and accelerators to support project delivery-ensuring timely, high-quality outcomes for clients.

Gather and document business requirements, map processes, conduct gap analyses, and support change management efforts to enable successful adoption of new controls or technologies.

Contribute to project management activities, such as status reporting, risk tracking, and issue resolution, to ensure project milestones are met and deliverables are executed effectively.

Collaborate across cross-functional Deloitte teams, including finance, technology, and risk, to ensure an integrated and holistic approach to client challenges.

Stay current with emerging trends and regulations that impact government finance operations and controllership, contributing insights to both the team and clients.

Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment, embracing Deloitte values of integrity, service, and continuous development.

The Team

Deloitte's Government & Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes - is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Our Controllership and Treasury Transformation offering modernizes the finance function to support the evolving business objectives of the organization. We work with the CFO, CAO, controller, and treasurer to develop an efficient, high quality, data-driven, tech-enabled controllership and treasury function that empowers our clients to drive more value to their business partners and to their investors

The Project Delivery Talent Model is designed for professionals with specialized skills that align to a current client need. Team members focus on delivering services to clients, without additional expectations related to business development or promotion. Their employment is tied to their role on a project, and they are eligible for a benefits package that is competitive for project delivery-focused professionals.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• CPA licensure.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
• Minimum of 15 years supporting federal loan accounting operations, with deep expertise in the Federal Credit Reform Act (FCRA) and Department of Energy Loan Programs.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $97,900 to $163,100.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

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Benefits

At Deloitte, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits. Learn more about what working at Deloitte can mean for you.

Our people and culture

Our inclusive culture empowers our people to be who they are, contribute their unique perspectives, and make a difference individually and collectively. It enables us to leverage different ideas and perspectives, and bring more creativity and innovation to help solve our clients' most complex challenges. This makes Deloitte one of the most rewarding places to work.

Our purpose

Deloitte's purpose is to make an impact that matters for our people, clients, and communities. At Deloitte, purpose is synonymous with how we work every day. It defines who we are. Our purpose comes through in our work with clients that enables impact and value in their organizations, as well as through our own investments, commitments, and actions across areas that help drive positive outcomes for our communities. Learn more.

Professional development

From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there's always room to learn. We offer opportunities to build new skills, take on leadership opportunities and connect and grow through mentorship. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career.

As used in this posting, "Deloitte" means Deloitte & Touche LLP, a subsidiary of Deloitte LLP. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. Certain services may not be available to attest clients under the rules and regulations of public accounting.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

Requisition code: 316803

Job ID 316803

Client-provided location(s): Washington, DC

Job ID: Deloitte-316803

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-11-04T18:57:14