Financial Management Governance & Enterprise Program Management Consultant

Kearney & Company, P.C.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Kearney and Company seeks a Financial Management Governance & Enterprise Program Management Consultant to support enterprise-wide financial management transformation, governance operations, and strategic initiative integration across federal clients.

The role strengthens governance structures, enables enterprise planning, coordinates cross-functional initiatives, and delivers decision-quality analysis and executive communications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
• 6 years of progressively responsible experience, 3 years in financial management, governance, PMO/EPMO support, or related domains.
• Experience supporting executive-level governance bodies, steering committees, or enterprise decision-making forums.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with ability to explain implications, tradeoffs, and recommended actions.

Responsibilities

• Support governance bodies, steering committees, and executive forums that oversee enterprise financial management strategy, priorities, and transformation activities.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute governance processes including agenda development, decision materials, briefing packages, recommendations, and follow-up actions.
• Integrate multiple financial management initiatives and workstreams into a cohesive enterprise view that maintains visibility into milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and decisions.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis to assess program performance, identify implications, develop insights, and support decision-making.
• Develop executive-ready briefings, dashboards, talking points, reports, and strategic communications that clearly articulate complex issues, tradeoffs, and recommended actions.
• Collaborate with financial leadership, program managers, technology teams, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment across initiatives and maintain governance discipline.
• Monitor progress, risk posture, interdependencies, and stakeholder commitments; recommend actions that maintain momentum and address barriers to execution.
• Facilitate governance forums, working groups, workshops, and discussions with executives and subject matter experts to resolve ambiguity and advance priorities.
• Support enterprise financial management transformation efforts, including modernization planning, process improvement, policy alignment, and change management.
• Provide structured program management support including milestone tracking, status reporting, risk/issue management, and cross-functional coordination.
• Develop decision-oriented products that synthesize complex information into concise, actionable recommendations for senior leaders.
• Mentor and guide junior staff through structured reviews, coaching, knowledge sharing, and professional development.
• Support business development activities including proposals, client presentations, solution design, and identification of new opportunities within financial management and enterprise governance domains.

Skills

Analytical skills

Governance experience

PMO/EPMO support

Executive communications

Management consulting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Kearney and Company is seeking a Financial Management Governance & Enterprise Program Management Consultant to support an enterprise-wide financial management transformation, governance operations, and strategic initiative integration across federal clients. This role is responsible for strengthening financial management governance structures, enabling enterprise planning and prioritization, coordinating cross-functional initiatives, and delivering decision-quality analysis and executive communications.

The Consultant will partner with financial executives, governance bodies, PMOs/EPMOs, and operational stakeholders to embed governance discipline, integrate enterprise workstreams, mature decision processes, and drive measurable outcomes across the financial management ecosystem.

Overview and Responsibilities

• Support governance bodies, steering committees, and executive forums that oversee enterprise financial management strategy, priorities, and transformation activities.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute governance processes including agenda development, decision materials, briefing packages, recommendations, and follow-up actions.
• Integrate multiple financial management initiatives and workstreams into a cohesive enterprise view that maintains visibility into milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and decisions.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis to assess program performance, identify implications, develop insights, and support decision‑making.
• Develop executive-ready briefings, dashboards, talking points, reports, and strategic communications that clearly articulate complex issues, tradeoffs, and recommended actions.
• Collaborate with financial leadership, program managers, technology teams, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment across initiatives and maintain governance discipline.
• Monitor progress, risk posture, interdependencies, and stakeholder commitments; recommend actions that maintain momentum and address barriers to execution.
• Facilitate governance forums, working groups, workshops, and discussions with executives and subject matter experts to resolve ambiguity and advance priorities.
• Support enterprise financial management transformation efforts, including modernization planning, process improvement, policy alignment, and change management.
• Provide structured program management support including milestone tracking, status reporting, risk/issue management, and cross-functional coordination.
• Develop decision-oriented products that synthesize complex information into concise, actionable recommendations for senior leaders.
• Mentor and guide junior staff through structured reviews, coaching, knowledge sharing, and professional development.
• Support business development activities including proposals, client presentations, solution design, and identification of new opportunities within financial management and enterprise governance domains.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university
• Minimum of 6 years of progressively responsible experience, 3 years of which are focused experience in financial management, governance, PMO/EPMO support, management consulting, business transformation, strategic planning, enterprise program management, or related domains
• Demonstrated experience supporting executive‑level governance bodies, steering committees, or enterprise decision‑making forums
• Experience developing executive written products that translate complex or ambiguous information into clear, decision-oriented insights
• Strong analytical and critical‑thinking skills with the ability to explain implications, tradeoffs, and recommended actions
• Proven ability to