Manager of External Reporting and Technical Accounting

About Nava

Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple and effective. Since 2015, federal, state, and local agencies have trusted Nava to help solve highly scrutinized technology modernization challenges.

As a client services company, we guide agencies constrained by legacy systems to a future with sharp user experiences built on secure, reliable, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure. We bill for our time, offering our expertise and problem-solving approach to help our government partners enhance their digital products and services. People are at the heart of our work, from members of the public who rely on benefit programs to government agency staff.

Through human-centered design and modern engineering best practices, we help our government partners understand user needs and deliver on their missions more effectively. This focus gives everyone at Nava the opportunity to do work that is meaningful, impactful, and deeply connected to public good.

The Manager of External Reporting and Technical Accounting will be a key leader in the Finance organization, responsible for ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and compliance of the firm's external reporting, compliance reporting, financial statements, and regulatory disclosures. This role will be the primary liaison with external auditors and be a close business partner with the contracts and legal teams. This role requires a strong combination of technical U.S. GAAP expertise, attention to detail in financial statement preparation, and an ability to translate complex financial results into clear external internal management and compliance reporting.

This person is an integral member of the company's accounting and finance team and will report to the Company Controller.

They will work as part of a remote-first team to deliver the highest quality internal support and solutions to employees at scale in a fast-growing company. Nava is ~650 people today, and this role will be integral to enabling us to approximately double over the next several years. This role will help us solidify our position as a mid-market government contracting firm with a portfolio spanning the federal, state, and local level.

Critical to this role will be the ability to deliver reporting solutions through a compliant, customer-centric approach that leverages technology and continuously develops this important function. As a proven finance professional and exceptional operator, this person should build trust and confidence in all interactions, elevate their team, serve as a role model for others, radiate their intent, take pride in strong attention to detail and precision, enjoy solving challenging problems creatively alongside internal colleagues and external teammates, setup scalable technology-enabled processes, and understand our industry's dynamics and how best to operate within them.

We are seeking "T-shaped" candidates - people with vertical depth of expertise in planning, analysis, and financial management who are strong horizontal leaders and communicators across organizational boundaries. In particular, we are looking for a leader who is an exceptional operator, and will deeply understand our goals, business, delivery approach, and mission, before bringing their expertise to the table to help us get there.

• External and Compliance Reporting
• Oversee and manage the timely preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial and compliance reports, including federal and state reporting, bank requirements, and other business reporting.
• Develop structured and automated accounting and business processes for external and compliance reporting, including the necessary control and approval framework.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for external auditors on financial reporting and technical accounting matters, managing and meeting audit timelines and information requests for quarterly reviews and the annual audit.

• Independently research, analyze, and interpret complex U.S. GAAP accounting standards for existing operations and new business initiatives.
• Prepare…