Senior Federal Contracts Compliance Lead

Aleut Federal•Reston, VA

1d•$130,000 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Federal Contracts Compliance Lead is a senior, hands-on individual contributor who performs compliance activities across assigned Aleut Federal entities, federal prime contracts, task orders, and contract vehicles. Working within the framework established by the Federal Contracts Compliance Manager, the Lead independently manages recurring and moderately complex SBA 8(a), entity, limitations-on-subcontracting, performance-of-work, bona fide place-of-business, Business Activity Target, federal reporting, SAM.gov, and GSA or other vehicle requirements. The position also manages an assigned portfolio of federal prime contracts through cradle-to-grave administration and promptly escalates novel, material, cross-entity, or high-risk matters. The Lead implements and maintains compliance controls, obligation registers, calendars, documentation standards, procedures, dashboards, and audit-ready evidence. The role evaluates awards, modifications, clauses, regulatory changes, and organizational actions; reviews submissions and reconciles contract, financial, labor, subcontract, entity, and system data; performs compliance reviews; and coordinates government or SBA reviews, audits, inquiries, findings, and corrective actions. The position maintains entity and SBA 8(a) records, coordinates annual reviews and required updates, monitors Business Activity Targets and subcontracting limitations, and validates subcontractor status and qualifications. It administers federal reporting systems and assigned contract vehicles, coordinates applicable reporting and payments, and supports vehicle proposals, renewals, modifications, and discrepancy resolution. The Lead manages federal prime contracts from solicitation and proposal support through closeout, advising program and growth personnel and monitoring funding, deliverables, notices, options, reporting, and performance milestones. The position may also provide backup or surge support for federal subcontract administration. This is a hybrid position requiring onsite attendance at the Reston, Virginia office Tuesday through Thursday; remote work may be performed Monday and Friday, subject to business needs. Occasional travel may be required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business administration, contracts management, finance, accounting, law, supply chain management, or a related field; significant directly relevant federal contracts and compliance experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Five to eight years of progressively responsible U.S. federal prime contract experience.
At least three years of hands-on cradle-to-grave contract administration experience.
At least two years of direct federal contracts compliance experience.
Demonstrated knowledge of limitations on subcontracting, similarly situated entity requirements, and performance-of-work monitoring.
Experience administering federal GWACs, IDIQs, multiple-award contracts, or GSA contract vehicles.
Ability to independently develop and manage compliance calendars, reporting matrices, reconciliations, standard operating procedures, and audit-ready support documentation.
Advanced knowledge of FAR, DFARS, SBA 8(a), agency, contract, task-order, and federal contract-vehicle requirements.
Ability to convert complex requirements into practical controls, workpapers, procedures, and guidance and to reconcile contract, financial, labor, subcontract, revenue, and portal data.
Sound judgment, attention to detail, and ability to identify, document, resolve, and escalate compliance risk while managing multiple entities, calendars, vehicles, and contract priorities.
Clear written and oral communication with employees, leadership, government personnel, and external parties.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint, and ability to learn and administer federal systems and portals.
Ability to remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods; perform repetitive tasks or motions for prolonged periods; and communicate and exchange information effectively in person and through electronic means.

Nice To Haves

NCMA certification or willingness to obtain an appropriate certification.
Direct experience supporting the SBA 8(a) Business Development Program.
Experience supporting an Alaska Native Corporation-owned, tribally owned, Native Hawaiian Organization-owned, or other entity-owned 8(a) participant.
Knowledge of bona fide place-of-business requirements applicable to 8(a) construction procurements.
Direct experience administering one or more GSA vehicles or systems; ability to interpret and implement unfamiliar vehicle requirements may substitute for experience with a specific vehicle.
Experience coordinating task-order, transactional, sales, invoice, subcontracting, Contract Access Fee, or Industrial Funding Fee reporting.
Federal subcontract administration or management experience.

Responsibilities

Implement and maintain the federal contracts compliance framework across assigned entities, prime contracts, task orders, subcontracts, and contract vehicles.
Maintain a centralized obligations register and master calendar of contract, entity, task-order, and vehicle requirements and deadlines.
Evaluate awards, modifications, clauses, regulatory changes, and organizational actions for new or changed obligations and coordinate ownership and inputs.
Review and validate submissions for completeness, accuracy, consistency, timeliness, and adequate support; reconcile related contract, financial, labor, subcontract, entity, and system data.
Perform compliance reviews, spot checks, and file assessments; document exceptions, recommend and monitor corrective actions, and escalate high-risk or novel matters.
Maintain audit-ready evidence and coordinate responses to government or SBA reviews, customer inquiries, audits, findings, information requests, and corrective-action plans.
Maintain procedures, guides, checklists, templates, workpapers, decision tools, and training materials; monitor changes and communicate required actions.
Develop dashboards and leadership reports covering obligations, submissions, overdue inputs, exceptions, corrective actions, and emerging risks.
Maintain accurate entity profiles and consistent records across SAM.gov, SBA and GSA systems, Costpoint, and contract files.
Coordinate annual 8(a) reviews, continued-eligibility support, business-plan updates, offering and acceptance packages, and required notifications or approvals involving material changes.
Monitor Business Activity Targets; classify and reconcile 8(a) and non-8(a) revenue; forecast performance; and maintain supporting workpapers and evidence.
Identify work subject to limitations on subcontracting, performance-of-work requirements, or similarly situated entity rules; establish measurement methods and monitor actual and forecast compliance.
Validate subcontractor size and socioeconomic status, NAICS codes, similarly situated entity qualifications, assumptions, exclusions, reviews, and approvals.
Manage bona fide place-of-business compliance for applicable 8(a) construction procurements, including location inventories, eligibility reviews, supporting records, SBA determinations, and relevant changes.
Prepare or coordinate applicable subcontracting-plan, first-tier subcontract, executive-compensation, subaward, contractor-manpower, service-contract, and agency-specific reports.
Administer Contracts-owned SAM.gov registrations, representations and certifications, reporting workspaces, portal roles, permissions, and points of contact; resolve validation failures, rejected reports, and government questions.
Administer assigned GSA schedules, GWACs, IDIQs, multiple-award contracts, and other vehicles; maintain compliance matrices, contract files, awarded categories or domains, and vehicle-specific obligations.
Review solicitation refreshes, ordering guides, modifications, and program-office communications; coordinate mass modifications, options, labor-category or pricing updates, and required recertifications or re-representations.
Prepare and reconcile task-order, invoice, transactional, sales, Contract Access Fee, and Industrial Funding Fee reporting and payments; support vehicle proposals, on-ramps, expansions, renewals, and discrepancy resolution.
Manage an assigned portfolio of federal prime contracts from solicitation and proposal support through closeout.
Review solicitations, awards, task orders, modifications, funding actions, and other contract documents; identify risks and prepare compliance matrices, assumptions, notices, certifications, and correspondence.
Advise program and growth personnel on scope, funding, periods of performance, options, deliverables, reporting, changes, and customer communications.
Monitor funding, deliverables, notices, options, reporting requirements, and performance milestones; maintain complete, current, audit-ready contract files.
Support contract closeout, including final deliverables, releases, funding reconciliation, property disposition, and record completion.
Provide backup or surge support for federal subcontract administration in coordination with Procurement and Subcontracts personnel.
Remain stationary for prolonged periods, perform repetitive tasks or motions for prolonged periods, and communicate and exchange information effectively in person and electronically.
Attend the Reston, Virginia office Tuesday through Thursday; remote work may be performed Monday and Friday, subject to business needs. Occasional travel may be required.