Senior Accountant Lead

Far West, Inc., a well-established Alaska Native Village Corporation, is seeking a Senior Accountant Lead. The Senior Accountant Lead's primary duties include overseeing the general ledger, financial reporting, and multi‑entity accounting for the corporation, its subsidiaries, and its settlement trust. This role may have supervisory responsibilities as delegated by the CFO. This role partners with the staff accountant who is responsible for billing and payables.

This position reports to the Chief Financial Officer.

• Develop, implement and maintain financial processes, internal controls and guidelines.
• Lead the month‑end and year‑end close processes, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting across multiple entities.
• Manage intercompany transactions, consolidations, and multi‑entity accounting to maintain consistency and accuracy.
• Maximize financial/accounting efficiency through innovative process development and sound accounting practices.

• Oversee the daily accounting operations for AP, AR, intercompany, and credit cards, including oversight of monthly, quarterly, and annual compliance related to these areas.
• Prepare and post monthly journal entries.
• Prepare intercompany journal entries.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial reports, including balance sheets, income statement summaries, cash flow statements, and budgets.
• Process semi‑monthly payroll and benefit payments and prepare related journal entries.
• Prepare monthly reconciliations, including balance sheet accounts, project ledger to general ledger, and other key accounts.
• Assist with month‑end and year‑end closing processes.
• Maintain fixed asset schedule and records depreciation.
• Cross‑train and back‑up for other accounting staff.
• Manage annual financial statement audits and tax preparation.
• Assist with various audits, including insurance and benefit audits.
• Assist in the preparation of budgets and forecasts; participate in the development of reports for executive management.
• Assist with reporting to outside agencies, such as the SBA, and other government agencies.
• Provide ad‑hoc reporting as needed.
• Develop and maintain a financial reporting schedule.
• Assist with business registrations and licensing requirements.
• Design and implement the governance and control structure to manage and maintain standardized processes, procedures.
• Responsible for formulation and maintenance of internal controls and policies.
• Responsible for tax compliance.
• ERP and related systems thought leader, identify opportunities for process and technological system improvements.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or Finance.
• Minimum of four to seven years of progressive professional accounting experience preferred.
• Certified Management Accountant, Certified Public Accountant or Chartered Accountant preferred.
• Knowledge of GAAP with demonstrated experience analyzing business transactions in accordance with GAAP.
• Excellent analytical and forecasting skills; ability to identify and resolve problems timely, skillfully gather and analyze information, and develop alternative solutions as needed.
• Strong experience with multi‑entity and intercompany accounting.
• Experience working collaboratively with executives and peers in the financial reporting environment.
• Experience developing and preparing complex account reconciliations.
• Innovative aptitude for continuous improvement of accounting systems and processes.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite with a proven focus on Excel.
• Experience with Unanet, Deltek Costpoint or similar ERP systems.
• Knowledge of government contract accounting, DCAA, DCMA, and incurred cost reporting.
• Ability to work cooperatively and effectively with corporate and subsidiary management and staff.
• Ability to work in an Alaska Native Corporation multi‑company environment.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Completion of monthly, quarterly, and annual balance sheet reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts.
• Successful completion of external operational and financial audits.
• Document all key…