Senior Financial Improvement Management Consultant - Public Sector, Defense

Job Summary

BDO is seeking a 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 leaders within the Practice to manage or support 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.

• Executes day-to-day duties for the client, to include leading and/or providing experienced guidance 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; applies 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 supports the documentation, design, and/or implementation of risk assessments, processes, and controls; advises 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; supports client management with compiling financial statement information
  • Conducts accounting standard research and advises 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; advises on system implementation and transformation activities to help…