Program Manager-Federal Financial Management Operations

Chevo•Washington, DC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Chevo LLC is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead a Federal financial-management and customer-service operations engagement supporting the Department of Homeland Security. The role has overall leadership and accountability for contract execution, staffing, financial and operational performance, quality management, risk management, schedules, deliverables, and stakeholder coordination. The Program Manager is the primary point of contact for the Government and leads a multidisciplinary team supporting program management, recurring financial operations and reporting, customer billing activities, data analysis, process improvement, training, and change-management support. The position is full-time and hybrid, with onsite client support in Washington, DC, as required. The position is contingent upon contract award. The Program Manager leads day-to-day operations across concurrent projects, tasks, and workstreams; coordinates with Government stakeholders and contractor organizations; and manages staffing, resources, schedules, deliverables, quality, risks, issues, and corrective actions. The role also maintains integrated plans and schedules, oversees recurring program reporting and performance management, and leads financial-management activities such as cost allocation, financial reporting, data analysis, customer billing support, reimbursable agreements, and fiscal-year-end requirements. The Program Manager oversees transition, onboarding, knowledge transfer, and continuity-of-operations activities, while maintaining accurate, audit-ready documentation and ensuring timely issue escalation and resolution.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business administration or a related field.
At least five years of experience providing oversight and executive-level management of project or contract operations involving multiple projects, tasks, and groups of personnel.
At least three years of Federal financial-management experience; these years may be included within the five years of required related experience.
Demonstrated experience leading Federal financial-management programs of similar size, scope, and complexity.
Current professional project-management certification, such as PMP, FAC-P/PM Level II, or another comparable, nationally recognized project-management certification.
Experience managing integrated schedules, risks, deliverables, staffing, quality, and executive-level program reporting.
Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and coordinating across Government and contractor organizations.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing and presenting executive briefings and status reports.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and respond rapidly to changing program needs.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and SharePoint, as well as project-planning tools.
Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and maintain the required DHS background investigation and suitability determination.
A resume detailing relevant experience and qualifications is required for application.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in business administration, finance, accounting, public administration, or a related discipline.
Current or prior favorable DHS suitability determination.
Current or prior DHS or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement experience.
Experience supporting an Office of the Chief Financial Officer or Office of Financial Management.
Experience with Federal fee-funded programs, shared-services environments, customer billing, or activity-based costing.
Experience with Federal financial systems and reporting tools, including FFMS, G-Invoicing, OneStream, Jasper, or comparable platforms.
Experience supporting cost allocation, reimbursable agreements, shared-services billing, financial reporting, and fiscal-year-end activities.
Experience developing Master Integrated Program Plans and Schedules, quality-management plans, risk registers, and executive dashboards.
Experience leading transition and knowledge-transfer activities for a Federal contract.
Knowledge of Federal financial-management requirements, policies, controls, and reporting practices.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary point of contact and single point of accountability for overall contract performance.
Lead day-to-day program and contract operations across multiple concurrent projects, task areas, and workstreams.
Coordinate with senior Government stakeholders, program leadership, contracting and technical personnel, and customer organizations.
Manage staffing, resource allocation, schedules, deliverables, quality, risks, issues, and corrective actions.
Manage task-order staffing and support personnel recruitment, onboarding, development, and retention.
Anticipate workload surges, emerging priorities, regulatory changes, and ad hoc requests, and adjust resources accordingly.
Develop and maintain integrated program and project plans, schedules, communications plans, risk-management plans, and related performance-management products.
Manage recurring weekly, monthly, and executive-level program status reporting.
Monitor performance against schedule, quality, staffing, and contractual requirements.
Lead quality-management planning, deliverable reviews, performance tracking, and continuous-improvement activities.
Lead financial-management and operational activities involving cost allocation, financial reporting, data analysis, customer billing support, reimbursable agreements, and fiscal-year-end requirements.
Oversee transition, onboarding, knowledge transfer, and continuity-of-operations activities.
Escalate and resolve issues affecting cost, schedule, quality, staffing, or customer service in a timely manner.
Maintain clear, accurate, and audit-ready documentation supporting program decisions and contract performance.