Description:
Draper is looking for an experienced Government Accounting & Compliance Analyst to join the Government Compliance Team at Draper. This is a highly visible and impactful role that will be relied upon to ensure Draper’s business systems are compliant with DFARS regulations and internal policies and procedures. In addition, the successful candidate will apply professional expertise to execute the day-to-day aspects of government cost accounting. The candidate will perform various tasks pertaining to cost accounting compliance for government contracts, including regulatory review and interpretation for current and proposed contracts, preparation of annual cost-related submissions and supporting documentation, ongoing monitoring and review of transactional data for allowability and allocability, and providing support, training and guidance to ensure Draper complies with applicable regulations.
The position will interface with a nearly all areas within Draper, including Internal Audit, Contracts / Subcontracts, Procurement, Property, Programs, Engineering, Legal, and Business Winning. The right candidate is a highly motivated, energetic, and experienced individual that is keen on making significant and positive impacts to the company.
- Develop, implement and maintain government accounting and estimating policies and procedures that comply with Federal regulations
- Responsible for supporting estimating system compliance; including:
- Developing, updating, and monitoring training in support of estimating
- Ensuring system adequacy and compliance,
- Developing/updating estimating policies and procedures,
- Maintaining a centralized estimating location for artifacts, guidance, training, etc.,
- Performing data analytics and real-time estimating compliance testing
- Generate regular reports for management highlighting issues, trends, and areas for improvement
- Lead team in researching and interpreting Federal regulations to make determinations of allowability and compliance with regulations
- Provide Government accounting expertise in support of preparation and issuance of Government submissions (i.e., FPRP).
- Serve as the DCMA cost monitor’s point of contact and Support DCMA cost monitoring activities (quarterly rates, planning, RFIs, and reporting)
- Lead external DCMA audits and reviews
- Monitor business systems effectiveness and compliance through audits and reviews
- Provide analysis of results, develop corrective actions in coordination with the Business System owners and key process stakeholders, follow up on corrective action plans and perform audit closeout activities
- Collaborate with the Business System owners, key process stakeholders, group compliance focal points and Internal Audit
- Support proposal pricing for “other than forward pricing” proposals
- Maintain current knowledge on FAR, FAR Supplements, CAS, and DCAA accounting compliance
- Develop, coordinate, maintain, and/or conduct compliance-related training as needed
- Ensure adherence to pertinent regulatory requirements and to departmental/company policies, practices, and procedures
- Support complex financial initiatives/special projects
- Perform all other related duties as assigned
Qualifications
Qualifications :
Required Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree (B.A./B.S.) or equivalent in Accounting, Finance, Business, Law or related discipline
- Experience:
- At least 7 years of experience in a Government Accounting, financial, legal, operations, government accounting, government pricing, government contracts, audit, program / project management
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above
- Work experience with or for the DCAA and/or DCMA
- Skills:
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
- Strong written and oral skills