GCS Manager: Government Contract Compliance & Audit Readiness

EY; Huntsville (AL); Remote; USD 105,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

EY’s Government Contract Services (GCS) team helps clients navigate the lifecycle of U.S. Government contracts, grants, and related programs, providing advisory, compliance, pricing, and cost accounting support.

As a Manager in GCS, you will lead engagements, supervise teams, analyze data, and develop practical recommendations to help clients comply with federal requirements and improve controls and processes across pricing, estimating, billing, procurement and financial reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, law, finance, business or related field.
• 5 to 8 years’ relevant work experience.
• At least one professional designation (CPA, CFE, CFA).
• Experience with U.S. federal regulatory and statutory requirements (FAR, CAS, DFARS, 2 CFR 200, SCLS, DBA/DBRA, IRA).
• Ability to develop technical responses to government award audits and remediation requests.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise GCS engagements across government contracting lifecycle.
• Analyze complex financial data and develop practical client recommendations.
• Assess compliance risks and respond to government audits.
• Strengthen business systems, cost accounting structures, and pricing processes.
• Contribute to proposals, training, and practice development.

Skills

Regulatory knowledge

Communication

Leadership

Negotiation

Client service

Project management

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree (accounting, law, finance, business)

Tools

FAR

CAS

DFARS

2 CFR 200

Deltek Costpoint

Unanet

JAMIS

SAP

Oracle

Job description

EY’s Government Contract Services (GCS) team helps clients navigate the lifecycle of U.S. Government contracts, grants, and related programs, providing advisory, compliance, pricing, and cost accounting support.

As a Manager in GCS, you will lead engagements, supervise teams, analyze data, and develop practical recommendations to help clients comply with federal requirements and improve controls and processes across pricing, estimating, billing, procurement and financial reporting.