Senior Consultant, Government Contracting Advisory Services
About The Position
The Senior Consultant will provide advisory support to government contractors across the government contracting life cycle. The role involves interpreting FAR, DFARS, and CAS requirements; developing and assessing compliance-based business systems; evaluating policies, procedures, and business processes; supporting risk assessments, compliance reviews, audits, and analysis of government allegations of noncompliance; and conducting financial, cost, budget, and contract analyses. The consultant is expected to establish credibility as a trusted advisor to clients. The Government Contracting Advisory Services team combines public accounting experience with business consulting expertise across multiple industries. The team helps clients interpret regulatory requirements, manage compliance risk, maintain ongoing contract compliance, prepare for audits, assess business systems, conduct gap assessments and compliance reviews, and perform regulatory research and related advisory work.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
- At least 3 years of relevant government contracting experience.
- Working knowledge of FAR, DFARS Business Systems, and CAS.
- Experience supporting risk assessments and executing compliance reviews, including unallowable cost reviews, cost proposal reviews, and reviews of audit finding responses.
- Knowledge of indirect rates and cost estimates.
- Experience supporting the design, maintenance, and/or testing of controls related to DFARS business systems.
- Knowledge of forecast and budget modeling, including balance sheets, income statements, and headcount.
- Demonstrated knowledge of accounting and audit practices, procedures, and reporting standards.
- Flexibility to travel up to 25% or more.
- U.S. citizenship is required because of unique security requirements for the client portfolio.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Accounting, MBA, CPA, or CIA.
- Proficiency with Deltek Costpoint, COGNOS, IBM TM1 (IBM Planning Analytics), Hyperion Smartview/ESS, PeopleSoft, JAMIS, or Unanet.
Responsibilities
- Interpret regulations related to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS).
- Develop compliance-based business systems.
- Assess and update policies and procedures documentation.
- Evaluate business processes and recommend improvement initiatives.
- Assist in analyzing government allegations of noncompliance.
- Assist in preparing audit finding responses and analyzing cost and financial data.
- Calculate and/or review indirect rates.
- Prepare and review incurred cost submissions.
- Perform budget and cash flow analysis.
- Prepare and analyze estimates at completion (EACs).
- Perform contract and project setup and closeout procedures and evaluate them for issues.
- Establish credibility as a trusted advisor.
Benefits
- May be eligible for bonuses and financial incentives based on individual and company performance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
