Full-time position located in Washington, DC Metro Area.
This position will provide financial management consulting services focused on audit readiness, audit support, remediation, financial statement preparation, risk and internal controls assessment, and audit sustainment. This position requires someone who can work independently as well as within a team environment.
- Minimum Qualifications:
- Active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or other relevant field.
- 5+ years of DoD professional services experience.
- 3+ years of Quality Control/Assurance Testing or Federal Accounting Experience.
- Willingness to travel up to 25%.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Management, or Master of Business Administration (MBA); AND/OR one of the following professional certifications: Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM), Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM), and/or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).
- Experience with accounting and auditing standards including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR), Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS).
- Experience with regulations set by the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act, Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA), Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), US Government Accountability Office (GAO), Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), and Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB).
- Familiarity with Army financial management policies, procedures, and systems.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills (e.g. pivot tables, lookups, data manipulation formulas).
- Strong written and verbal communication.
- Specific Responsibilities Include:
- Lead and maintain day-to-day interactions with the client.
- Serve as an audit liaison between the external auditor and the client.
- Coordinate and support external audit site visits and walkthroughs.
- Advise and assist with DoD, Army, federal accounting, and/or environmental guidance compliance and implementation.
- Assist with financial statement and disclosure preparation and reporting.
- Perform audit readiness and sustainment training.
- Provide comprehensive quality control/assurance support.
- Track and reconcile external auditor Provided by Client (PBC) requests, testing samples, follow-up questions, and exceptions.
- Track and reconcile notice of findings and recommendations (NFRs).
- Assist in the development, implementation, and tracking of corrective action plans (CAPs).
- Develop/revise guidance, presentations, briefings, memorandums, and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documentation.
- Support firm practice and business development initiatives.
