Senior Financial Improvement Management Consultant - Public Sector, Defense

Job Summary:

BDO is seeking a senior manager level professional to support project delivery activities for US Defense agencies. The individual in this position will provide financial improvement, transformation, and audit support services to improve the completeness, accuracy, reliability, and timeliness of a federal agency's financial data in support of the overall objective to obtain an unmodified audit opinion. The role will be responsible for partnering with senior leaders within the Practice to lead or manage business development, practice development, and project delivery activities, along with day-to-day client delivery and relationships with clients on Public Sector engagements. This role may also be involved in direct supervision of staff and performance management.

Job Duties:

• Executes day-to-day duties for the client, to include leading and/or providing subject matter expertise and technical acumen to support the client in achieving audit response and remediation objectives in one or more of the following scope areas:
  
  
  
  • Audit facilitation; Audit remediation strategy and implementation support; Audit strategic communications, training, and change management; Risk management and internal controls support; Financial management policy and standardized business practices; Financial system posting logic and annual general ledger updates; Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA) compliance; System implementation and transformation audit support; and/or Capability modernization
  
  
• Provides guidance in management of team operations in compliance with client project requirements; may have supervisory responsibilities in overseeing, leading, or providing guidance on specific scope of work, staff, deliverables, or tasks
• Owns or provides guidance in task areas while coordinating closely with engagement team management and client leadership on strategy, planning, execution, status, and review processes
• Provides the client with professional Federal accounting and auditing solutions and change management support to progress client towards achieving an unmodified audit opinion of its financial statements. Typical activities may include:
  
  
  
  • Supports audit response and liaison efforts to assist the client in responding to audit requests and interacting with the external financial auditor
  • Leads or supports audit walkthroughs on assigned system or business process scope and attend audit site visits to support the client in fielding on site observations and testing
  • Provides financial audit program strategy, integration, and reporting support
  • Leads or supports the development and/or implementation of corrective actions and best practices in support of resolving audit findings; apply fundamental industry knowledge and standards to support improvements and/or implementations
  • Works with various client stakeholder communities to understand system, process, control, and/or data needs to support financial improvement through the solving of complex financial issues
  • Provides training, change management, and communication support to help the dissemination and implementation of various audit readiness, response, remediation, and sustainment topics with client personnel
  • Leads or support the documentation, design, and/or implementation of risk assessments, processes, and controls; advise on supporting documentation, and support controls testing and addressing of identified gaps
  • Assists with accounting and/or financial reporting operations, standardization efforts, analysis, work products, and data calls; support client management with compiling financial statement information
  • Conducts accounting standard research and advise on posting logic for various transactional events
  • Assesses system compliance with FFMIA and system control frameworks and requirements
  • Supports test of design or operating effectiveness reviews for identified system or business process controls
  • Conducts reviews of assets, key supporting documentation, and/or system records
  • Leads or assists transformation efforts from legacy processes to fully integrated and modernized system or process solutions; advise on system implementation and transformation activities to help ensure audit requirements are met
  • Supports the development of written reports, in-progress reviews, metrics, dashboards, and/or status reporting
  • Prepares presentations, briefings, and actively participates in and/or leads client meetings and day-to-day interactions
  • Contributes to the development of deliverables, reporting metrics, and trainings
  • Evaluates work products for technical accuracy, deliverable quality, and overall value to the client
  
  
• Manages priorities and work effectively to initiate correspondence and task completion; support multiple efforts through flexible multi-task coordination
• Communicates and maintains relationships with key client personnel to ensure shared understanding of processes, operations, and functions
• Communicates with team management through effective status reporting and demonstrate ownership and accountability for assigned task areas and work products
• Establishes professional rapport with clients and other organizations
• Leads or supports firm practice and solution initiatives with guidance from Public Sector leadership
• Leads or supports business development to cultivate the growth of existing and new business with guidance from Public Sector leadership, which may have an assigned revenue goal
• Supports opportunity capture and leads proposal or other opportunity requests for information responses, or one or more components of proposals or other opportunity requests for information
• Attends relevant training, seminars, and/or conferences to stay current with technical skills that align with client's needs and changes in the industry and to develop a network of industry relationships
• Builds a market presence to develop a network of key financial decision makers, referral sources, and recruits
• Identifies current market trends and supports business development, training, and/or capability development activities to address needs of the business
• Supports recruiting efforts by identifying and referring potential candidates and participating in interviews, and may serve as a hiring manager for specific opportunities
• Other duties as required

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• May supervise the day-to-day workload of Public Sector direct reports related to client projects, business development, and other activities, including maintaining team productivity and review of work products
• Evaluate the performance of Public Sector direct reports and assist in the development of goals and objectives to enhance professional development
• Deliver periodic performance feedback and complete the annual performance evaluation for Public Sector staff as appropriate
• Serve as a career advisor to Public Sector staff, as assigned

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Education:

• Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Management/Administration, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science, required

Experience:

• Ten (10) or more years of experience with Federal financial management, required
• Four (4) or more years of experience with Federal accounting, required
• Operating Materials & Supplies (OM&S), Inventory & Related Property, or Environmental & Disposal Liabilities (E&DL) experience, preferred:
  
  
  
  • If OM&S or other Inventory & Related Property experience, then direct experience with auditing or supporting financial statement audits and/or SSAE 18 / SOC 1 examination response and remediation, preferred
  • If E&DL experience, then direct experience with developing asset-driven and/or event-driven environmental liability estimates, preferred
  
  
• Experience with financial statement audits or audit readiness support, preferred
• Experience with one or more of the following, preferred:
  
  
  
  • Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) Guidance GAAP
  • USSGL, FASAB,SFFAS, CFO Act
  • FMFIA, FFMIA, ICOFR, GAGAS (Yellow Book)
  • OMB Circulars
  
  
• Experience with DoD financial management policies and procedures, preferred
• Experience with DoD policies, systems, and procedures for personnel, or acquisition, , preferred
• Experience supporting Public Sector practice, solution, and/or business development initiatives, preferred
• Experience managing or leading teams, firm initiatives, and/or federal client project activities, preferred

License(s)/Certification(s):

• Minimum active Secret level security clearance, required
• One of the following active certifications: CPA, CISA, CGFM, CDFM, required

Software:

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, required
• Advanced proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suites (especially Excel, PowerPoint, and Word), preferred
• Experience with SAP based platforms, preferred
• SharePoint or audit response tool experience, preferred

Other Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Ability to support possible project-related travel, as needed
• Knowledge of Inventory & Related Property accounting standards (i.e., SFFAS 3 and 48), SSAE 18, and/or application of audit and internal control requirements within an Inventory & Related Property business process environment
• Knowledge of environmental laws, regulations, and financial requirements, including, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards (SFFAS) 5, 6, and Technical Release 2, and 11
• Ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels within the client organization and in the firm
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to own work product development and demonstrate initiative and accountability for assigned task areas, effectively coordinating with team members and across various organizations
• Able to follow instructions, and ability to effectively direct and supervise staff and provide review and feedback of work
• Capacity to both work independently and collaborate within a team environment and with a customer service focus
• Superior organizational skills required with ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

Illinois Range: $125,000 - $160,000
Maryland Range: $125,000 - $160,000
Washington DC Range: $125,000 - $160,000