Staff Accountant

Job Description

Staff Accountant | Camgian

The Tone:
This is a full-time, exempt position at Camgian, located at our headquarters in Starkville, MS. Camgian delivers advanced AI/ML solutions to accelerate decision-making in high-stakes environments, operating in a complex mix of R&D, services, and product-based government contracts. This role provides essential day-to-day accounting and administrative support, directly contributing to closing the books, reporting financial results, billing customers, and ensuring compliance with government audit requirements within a high-growth defense technology environment. It is designed for recent accounting graduates eager to learn government contract accounting from the ground up, with a clear path for growth.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time, exempt
• Location: In-person Starkville, MS

• Team: Finance & Contracts department; reports to the Director of Finance & Contracts.
• Mission: Prepare necessary financial transactions, reconciliations, schedules, and documentation to support monthly closes, customer billing, and government audit compliance.
• Tech Stack: Excel, accounting/ERP system

What You’ll Actually Do
• Accounting Operations: Prepare recurring journal entries, accrual and prepaid schedules, and supporting workpapers for review and approval.
• Reconciliations & AP: Perform monthly bank, credit card, and balance sheet account reconciliations, while also processing accounts payable including invoice coding and payment run preparation.
• Contract Accounting: Enter and maintain contract, project, and task data in the accounting system, and prepare draft customer invoices and vouchers for approval.
• Compliance & Audit Support: Maintain organized, audit-ready documentation for project costs and expenses, and assemble requested materials for financial and government audits.
• Process Improvement: Support data validation, cleanup, and documentation for accounting system enhancements and build recurring reports in Excel.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from an accredited institution. Entry-Level career with a strong understanding of U.S. GAAP fundamentals, including accruals, revenue recognition, and cost allocation.
• Experience: 0–2 years of professional accounting experience, which may include internships, co-ops, or part-time accounting roles.
• Skills: Strong proficiency with Excel (lookups, pivot tables, and formulas), high attention to detail, strong organizational skills, clear written and verbal communication, discretion when handling confidential financial data, and United States Citizenship.
• Bonus: Master of Professional Accountancy, Master of Taxation, or a related master’s degree in accounting; active CPA license or progress toward licensure; coursework or internship exposure to government contracting, auditing, or internal controls; familiarity with FAR/DFARS requirements and DCAA audit expectations; exposure to an accounting or ERP system; interest in automation, reporting, and data analysis tools; strong analytical skills and creative problem-solving ability.