Federal Finance & Budget Transformation Lead

Guidehouse Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a Managing Consultant with federal financial management experience to help health clients optimize budget planning, execution, and fiscal stewardship through data-driven decision support.

You will lead workstreams, mentor teams, and collaborate with senior leaders to design dashboards, reporting tools, and governance frameworks that improve transparency, accountability, and organizational performance within federal programs and contracts.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial management, budget execution, fiscal stewardship, and resource management engagements for federal health clients from project initiation through implementation and closeout.
• Advise senior federal leaders on budget execution strategies, resource allocation decisions, funding priorities, risks, and opportunities to improve mission outcomes.
• Support budget planning and execution activities, including spend plan development, operating plan management, forecasting, variance analysis, funds control, status of funds reporting, and executive decision support.
• Apply knowledge of the federal budget lifecycle to help clients manage resources across programs, contracts, grants, workforce, travel, and operational activities.
• Analyze financial, operational, workforce, acquisition, grants, and program data to identify risks, opportunities, and actionable recommendations for leadership.
• Assess financial management, governance, and resource management processes and develop solutions that improve efficiency, accountability, transparency, and organizational performance.
• Design and implement modernized financial management capabilities, including dashboards, executive reporting, decision-support tools, process automation, governance frameworks, and performance management solutions.
• Facilitate executive meetings, workshops, and stakeholder discussions to gather requirements, build consensus, and support informed decision‑making.
• Support fiscal stewardship, governance, risk management, internal controls, and compliance activities aligned with federal financial management requirements and agency policies.
• Develop process maps, standard operating procedures, governance documentation, implementation plans, and other artifacts that support sustainable operations and continuous improvement.
• Translate complex financial and operational information into executive briefings, presentations, findings, and recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Lead project delivery by managing workstreams, deliverables, risks, schedules, and engagement financials while ensuring high-quality client service.
• Lead and mentor project team members, provide quality review and coaching, and foster a collaborative, high-performing team environment.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with client stakeholders and cross-functional teams across financial management, acquisition, grants, workforce, and program operations.
• Contribute to business development, including proposal support, capture activities, client relationship development, and thought leadership related to federal financial management and organizational transformation.

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a Managing Consultant with federal financial management experience to help health clients optimize budget planning, execution, and fiscal stewardship through data-driven decision support.

You will lead workstreams, mentor teams, and collaborate with senior leaders to design dashboards, reporting tools, and governance frameworks that improve transparency, accountability, and organizational performance within federal programs and contracts.