R&D Finance Consultant

Key Responsibilities Accrual Tracking & Reconciliation: Develop and maintain an accrual tracker to monitor outstanding invoices, prior-month reversals, recurring accruals, and expenses requiring re-accrual. HonorVet Technologies is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned IT staffing firm, ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified, working with federal agencies, state governments, and Fortune 500 enterprise clients across the US.

About Company
HonorVet Technologies is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned IT staffing firm, ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified, working with federal agencies, state governments, and Fortune 500 enterprise clients across the US. What makes us different isn’t a tagline, it’s the way we work. We don’t forward resumes and hope for the best. We take the time to understand where a professional like you is headed and only reach out when we genuinely believe there’s a fit worth exploring.

Position: Finance & Accounting Consultant
Location: Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Duration: 4+ Months Contract with the possibility of extension up to 6 months
Shift: 1st Shift, Standard
Pay Rate: $42.79 – $53.51/hr.
 
Job Description

• Accounting & Finance

Description

• Position Summary We are seeking an experienced Finance & Accounting Consultant to support the R&D FP&A team with month-end close activities, financial data cleanup, and process improvements.
• This individual will partner closely with FP&A, Accounting, Procurement, and R&D stakeholders to improve financial accuracy, transparency, and efficiency while developing sustainable processes and tracking tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Accrual Tracking & Reconciliation: Develop and maintain an accrual tracker to monitor outstanding invoices, prior-month reversals, recurring accruals, and expenses requiring re-accrual.
• Prepaid Expense Management: Review and reconcile prepaid schedules, identify discrepancies, validate amortization periods, and redesign tracking tools for accuracy and visibility. · Purchase
• Order Review & Cleanup: Audit open POs for incorrect cost centers, inaccurate coding, outdated commitments, and other discrepancies; coordinate corrections.
• R&D Financial Data Cleanup: Review historical transactions, open commitments, and allocations to resolve inconsistencies across R&D projects and cost centers.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Work with R&D project owners, Accounting, Procurement, and FP&A to validate obligations, confirm services received, investigate missing invoices, and resolve issues.
• Process Improvement & Standardization: Evaluate close workflows, identify gaps, and design scalable processes for accruals, prepaids, and expense tracking.
• Reporting & Documentation: Create user-friendly trackers, reconciliation tools, and documented procedures with clear ownership and deadlines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field;
• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge of accruals, prepaids, journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Experience with purchase orders, vendor invoices, cost centers, and financial data cleanup.
• Advanced Excel and experience with ERP systems such as Oracle or SAP.
• Ability to independently investigate issues and partner effectively across functions.

Preferred Qualifications

• R&D finance experience; medical device, biotech, or pharmaceutical background; process improvement or ERP transition experience; CPA or public accounting experience.

Expected Deliverables

• Reconciled, easy-to-maintain prepaid expense tracker.
• Structured accrual tracking process with invoice, reversal, and re-accrual visibility.
• Resolution of material PO and cost center discrepancies.
• Improved R&D financial data and open commitment accuracy.
• Documented month-end close procedures and clear ownership.