Program Audit Liaison (Non-Financial)

Pantheon Data • Washington, DC

1d • $118,000 - $130,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Pantheon Data is seeking a Program Audit Liaison to serve as the client's single point of intake for incoming audit and review requests from various government bodies such as the Defense Audit Office, DoD Inspector General, Naval Audit Service, and GAO. This role is crucial for managing the flow of requests, ensuring timely and accurate responses, and maintaining a clear understanding of the status of each audit. The position requires strong judgment to distinguish between requests that can be handled directly and those needing senior leadership attention, as well as analytical skills to review draft responses and identify recurring themes. The work is administrative and analytical, focusing on process management rather than financial auditing.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of ten (10) years of relevant professional experience; or a bachelor's degree in a field related to this work and a minimum of sixteen (16) years of relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating responses to formal external taskers, data calls, audits, inspections, or congressional inquiries within a government or defense organization.
• Demonstrated ability to manage concurrent items on independent timelines without losing track of any of them.
• Experience exercising judgment on audits, including when to escalate, reassign, reject, and submit materials.
• Strong reading comprehension for formal correspondence: the ability to determine precisely what is being asked and what is not.
• Concise written communication suitable for senior military and civilian leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to work across organizational boundaries and to get responses from people who do not report to you.
• Discretion in handling sensitive and controlled unclassified information.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365, including Outlook, Word, Excel, SharePoint, and Teams.
• Ability to work effectively remotely in cross-functional teams.
• Ability to meet deadlines and produce quality work.
• Must maintain a favorable background investigation at the Secret level for the duration of the assignment.
• Must execute a non-disclosure agreement within 15 days of hire.

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience supporting audits or reviews conducted by the DoD Inspector General, the Naval Audit Service, the Government Accountability Office, or a service audit agency.
• Familiarity with the audit lifecycle: entrance conference, fieldwork, notice of findings and recommendations, draft report comment, exist conference, and corrective action tracking.
• Experience developing or tracking corrective action plans and milestones through closure.
• Working knowledge of NAVSEA, the Navy, and the Department of War.
• Experience using ETMS2.
• Experience supporting senior military or civilian executives in a high-tempo environment.
• Background in legislative or congressional analysis, policy implementation and review, or other formal inquiry response work.
• Experience building a tracking or case management process from scratch.
• Active Secret clearance is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the initial point of receipt for audit, review, and data call requests directed to the client organization.
• Analyze incoming requests, identify what is being asked, and determine the offices and action officers who can answer.
• Route requests to the correct point of contact with a clear statement of what is needed and by when.
• Acknowledge receipt to the requesting body and establish the point of contact relationship early.
• Identify requests that overlap with earlier or ongoing responses and connect them, enabling consistent answers from the organization.
• Maintain a single authoritative tracker covering every open request: requesting body, scope, assigned office, interim milestones, due date, and current status.
• Manage multiple independent timelines simultaneously.
• Drive interim milestones rather than due dates, building back from the deadline and checking in against the plan.
• Follow each request through submission, follow-on questions, and formal closure.
• Produce recurring status reporting for senior leadership and be able to answer the status of any open item on request.
• Distinguish requests that can be owned and those that need senior attention, and act on that distinction without being told.
• Elevate early, with a recommendation attached, bringing the issue, the options, and the recommendation on sensitive and high-stake audits.
• Recognize sensitivity in an incoming request, such as scope creep, an unusual data ask, or a line of inquiry with broader implications, and flag it to leadership before the response is built.
• Identify where a request is unclear or overly broad, and work with the requesting body to scope it before the organization spends effort on the wrong answer.
• Review draft responses for completeness, internal consistency, and responsiveness to what was asked.
• Read across requests over time to identify recurring themes, repeat findings, and areas drawing sustained attention.
• Build the intake process, tracker, templates, and operating rhythm that make a reliable process that will allow easy status updates.
• Maintain a retrievable record of prior responses so the organization can answer repeat questions in hours rather than weeks.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and benefits
• SmartBenefits through the Washington Metro Area Transportation Authority
• Tuition assistance may be available for continuing education expenses and certifications related to their position.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior