Senior Consultant, Government Contracting Advisory Services

Highspring
  • McLean, Virginia
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

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    The Team - Government Contracting Advisory Services

    Our team is comprised of a powerful mix of seasoned professionals with public accounting experience and business consultants with a deep expertise in government contracting across multiple industries. We take a comprehensive approach to helping clients navigate through the government contracting life cycle by assisting our clients; interpret government contracting regulatory requirements, manage compliance risk, provide advice and assistance to maintain on-going compliance with contract requirements, provide audit support, assist with business system assessments, gap assessments, compliance reviews, perform regulatory research, and other related government contracting activities.

    Your Impact

    Provide advisory support to government contractors in the following areas:

    • Interpreting regulations related to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)
    • Developing compliance-based business systems
      • Assessing and updating policies and procedures documentation
      • Evaluating business processes and recommending improvement initiatives
    • Assisting in the analysis of government allegations of noncompliance
    • Assisting in the preparation of audit finding responses and analysis of cost and financial data
    • Calculating and/or reviewing indirect rates
    • Preparing and reviewing incurred cost submissions
    • Performing budget and cashflow analysis
    • Estimation at completion (EAC) preparation and analysis
    • Performing contract/project setup and closeout procedures and evaluating for issues
    • Establishing credibility as a trusted advisor

    Your Experience

    Minimum Qualifications

    • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
    • 3+ years of relevant government contracting experience
    • Working knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) Business Systems and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)
    • Experience with supporting risk assessments and executing compliance reviews including unallowable costs 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 (Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Headcount)
    • Demonstrated knowledge of accounting/audit practices, procedures, and reporting standards
    • Flexibility to travel up to 25% or more
    • Because of the unique security requirements for this client portfolio, US Citizenship is required.

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Masters in Accounting, MBA, CPA, CIA.
    • Proficiency with Deltek Costpoint, COGNOS, IBM TM1 (IBM Planning Analytics), Hyperion Smartview/ESS, PeopleSoft, JAMIS, Unanet

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationMcLean, Virginia
    Websitehttps://www.highspring.com/about/careers/current-openings/

    Skills

    • Accountingunmatched
    • Accounting Standards and Regulationsunmatched
    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Balance Sheetunmatched
    • Budgetingunmatched
    • Business Administrationunmatched
    • Business Solutionsunmatched
    • Cash Flow Projectionunmatched
    • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)unmatched
    • Consultingunmatched
    • Contract Analysisunmatched
    • Contract Requirementsunmatched
    • Cost Accountingunmatched
    • Cost Analysisunmatched
    • Cost Estimatesunmatched
    • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
    • Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS)unmatched
    • Deltek Costpointunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • Entrepreneurshipunmatched
    • Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)unmatched
    • Financial Analysisunmatched
    • Financial Auditunmatched
    • Forecastingunmatched
    • Governmentunmatched
    • Government Contractsunmatched
    • Government Regulationsunmatched
    • Hyperionunmatched
    • IBM Cognosunmatched
    • IBM Product Familyunmatched
    • Income Statementsunmatched
    • Interpret Regulationsunmatched
    • Maintain Complianceunmatched
    • Peoplesoftunmatched
    • Policy Analysisunmatched
    • Process Improvementunmatched
    • Project Close-Outunmatched
    • Public Accountingunmatched
    • Regulationsunmatched
    • Regulatory Complianceunmatched
    • Regulatory Requirementsunmatched
    • Risk Analysisunmatched
    • Risk Managementunmatched
    • Systems Analysisunmatched
    • Testingunmatched
    • United States Citizenunmatched

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