Director, Gov't Program Compliance and Accounting - Columbia, MD

ROHDE & SCHWARZ GmbH & Co. KG; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

ROHDE & SCHWARZ GmbH & Co. KG in the United States seeks a senior compliance leader to direct the strategy for all government programs, ensuring alignment with FAR/DFARS and agency rules.

You will design and enforce the EVMS framework, lead enterprise-wide policies, and oversee internal/external audits, CAPs, and remediation actions. The role requires building and guiding a team of compliance and accounting professionals, with cross-functional collaboration to mitigate risk and drive continuous

Responsibilities

• Own and direct overarching compliance strategy for all US government programs according to FAR/DFARS and agency-specific regulations
• Design, standardize, and enforce the EVMS Integrated Performance Management Framework across all segments
• Lead development and enforcement of enterprise-wide compliance policies, keeping them current with evolving regulations
• Lead global compliance policies for related party entities, keeping them current
• Own readiness for internal and external audits (CPSR, DCAA), overseeing documentation, controls, and risk mitigation
• Serve as escalation point for compliance issues, partnering with senior leaders to resolve and prevent recurrence
• Direct continuous internal surveillance testing using DECM to uncover data anomalies, breaches or faults
• Oversee CAP drafting, deployment, and closure in response to CARs
• Define competency requirements and curriculum for CAMs, schedulers, and finance analysts
• Build, mentor, and manage a team of compliance and accounting professionals
• Other duties as assigned

Job description

• Own and direct overarching compliance strategy for all US government programs, ensuring full alignment with FAR/DFARS and agency-specific regulations
• Design, standardize, and enforce the corporate EVMS Integrated Performance Management Framework across all business segments
• Lead the development, implementation, and enforcement of enterprise-wide compliance policies and procedures, keeping them current as regulations evolve
• Lead the development, implementation, and enforcement of compliance policies and procedures, keeping them current as regulations evolve for global related party entities
• Own organizational readiness for internal and external audits (CPSR, DCAA, etc.), overseeing documentation, controls, and risk mitigation
• Serve as the primary escalation point for compliance issues, partnering with senior cross-functional leaders to resolve them and prevent recurrence
• Direct continuous internal surveillance testing using DCMA EV Compliance Metrics (DECM) and data-driven analysis to proactively uncover data anomalies, baseline breaches, or calculation faults
• Oversee the drafting, deployment, and formal closure of corporate Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) responding to any external Corrective Action Requests (CARs)
• Define the baseline competency requirements and curriculum for Control Account Managers (CAMs), project schedulers, and finance analysts across the enterprise
• Build, mentor, and manage a team of compliance and accounting professionals
• Other duties as assigned