Description & Requirements
Since 1975, Maximus has operated under its founding mission of Helping Government Serve the People, enabling citizens around the globe to successfully engage with their governments at all levels and across a variety of health and human services programs. Maximus delivers innovative business process management and technology solutions that contribute to improved outcomes for citizens and higher levels of productivity, accuracy, accountability and efficiency of government-sponsored programs. With more than 30,000 employees worldwide, Maximus is a proud partner to government agencies in the United States, Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit https://www.maximus.com.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide direct financial leadership and support for assessing allocation rates, composition of cost pools and for new allocations.
- Work with Group and project finance teams to develop, administer, and implement policies, process improvements, methodologies, and cost allocations.
- Prepare the annual incurred cost submission in real-time, as each month is closed which includes; confirming the allocations are consistent with the CAS Disclosure Statement, reviewing for unallowable costs, and reconciling the submission to the general ledger.
- Receive audit requests (Incurred Cost, project related, Sarbanes-Oxley, DCAA, etc.) and successfully manage them to completion while pulling applicable support documents (e.g., timesheets, invoices, bank records, etc.)
- Develop cost impacts for proposed changes to cost accounting practices.
- Update the CAS Disclosure Statements for clarifications and changes.
- Establish and assures adherence to schedules, work plans, project performance requirements, and deadlines.
- Regularly interact with senior management or executive levels on matters concerning government compliance.
- Establish operational objectives as well as work plans and delegates assignments to indirect subordinates.
- Responsible for creating and maintaining very complex MS Excel spreadsheets including; modeling, formulas, pivot tables, etc.
- Provide training as needed to other teams within the organizations related to government compliance.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor's degree.
- 7-10 years experience.
Preferred Experience and Skills:
- Experience in Government Contracting
- In-depth knowledge of FAR and CAS
- Experience with managing audit requests
- Must have advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Experience in Deltek Costpoint and IBM Cognos
- Ability to work independently with the ability to be a strong collaborator as needed
- Ability to work in an ambiguous environment with little direction at times
- Great attention to detail, organizational skills, and multi-tasking abilities
- Good judgment and decision-making skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to explain and defend a point of view
- Self-starter with the ability take initiative in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to build effective trust-based relationships
- Demonstrates confidence and credibility