Managing Internal Controls, Audit Remediation, Readiness, and Risk Management Consultant

US101 Guidehouse Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse Inc. in the United States is seeking a finance and accounting consulting professional to support internal control assessments, ICOFR testing, and audit liaison activities for a homeland security-focused government agency.

You will work with senior management to identify risks, document processes, and help implement corrective actions, while contributing to business development and program delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration.
• CPA certification preferred.
• 1+ years of working experience.
• Ability to obtain/public trust clearance.
• Strong understanding of internal controls.
• Experience with ICOFR / OMB Circular A-123 is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Supporting annual internal control planning efforts to determine scope of ICOFR testing.
• Evaluating internal controls over financial reporting (ICOFR) in line with OMB A-123.
• Performing ICOFR and assessments of improper payments in support of PIIA.
• Providing audit liaison support to facilitate financial statement audits.
• Providing a broad range of financial statement audit and risk management support.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Certified Public Accountant

Job description

Job Family: Finance & Accounting Consulting Travel Required: None Clearance Required: Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do:

Our professionals help our clients to identify, evaluate, and solve some of their most complex challenges, assisting them in achieving their strategic goals and objectives to fulfill their mission. We help our clients transform their business processes, improve efficiency of operations, evaluate and improve internal controls, strengthen policies and controls, increase transparency and performance management, and comply with Federal laws and regulations. The nature of our projects can be fluid and requires self-motivated individuals that are willing to develop solutions on their own or in a team of highly skilled professionals. Project team members are provided the opportunity to interact with our clients' senior management, as well as the opportunity to enhance their skills in the area of technical competency, business development, client service, leadership, project management, and people development. This role will support a Government agency within the homeland security enterprise with opportunities to expand your support to other national security-related organizations.

Primary Support Areas

• Supporting annual internal control planning efforts to determine the scope of internal control assessment efforts and testing to be performed based on the risk profile of the organization and specific financial risks that have been identified through financial risk assessments and tracking.
• Evaluating internal controls over financial reporting (ICOFR) and internal controls over operations in line with OMB Circular A-123 for a range of financial and business process areas, to including performing end-to-end walkthroughs of business processes, documenting business processes and controls, testing the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls, and reporting on deficiencies.
• Performing internal controls over operations and assessments of improper payments in support of the Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA).
• Providing audit liaison support services to help facilitate a smooth financial statement audit process.
• Providing a broad range of financial statement audit and audit risk management and remediation support that support the agency's goals to maintain a clean audit opinion and improve internal controls.

Additional/Secondary Support Areas

• Providing financial risk management program support to include maintaining the agency's financial risk register (identifying, evaluating, and tracking financial risks and their mitigation strategies across the enterprise), completing annual fraud risk assessments, and preparation of the annual Statement of Assurance completed by the head of the agency.
• Supporting the development and execution of risk mitigation plans, corrective action plans, and broader remediation strategies designed to address financial risks and internal control or audit deficiencies and strengthen financial processes.
• Assessing the impact of new guidance on financial operations and supporting the implementation of new guidance when applicable.
• Completing Entity Level Control (ELC) assessments and testing, including developing materials to perform the assessment, interviewing and surveying management and other client personnel, and compiling results to show data and assessment conclusions.

Consulting Capabilities

More broadly, this team member will be engaged in a diverse set of project-specific tasks covering a broad set of consulting capabilities, including: Apply a variety of analytical, problem-solving, and reporting skills and techniques Documenting and evaluating business processes and making recommendations for process improvements Producing a variety of communications from informal email interactions with clients to formal memos, issue papers, presentations, executive briefings, and others Conducting research to investigate client problems and work collaboratively with your team to formulate and recommend solutions Assist clients in analyzing projects and programs to identify risks and help develop, apply, and monitor mitigations Support clients in collecting and analyzing data, producing models and visualizations, and draw conclusions from the data to improve decision-making Analyze and help develop and/or improve policies and procedures for a variety of programs and operational needs. In addition to client-facing responsibilities, this role will support important activities that contribute to the growth of our business, strengthen internal Guidehouse operations, and create a positive work environment for all Guidehouse employees.

Activities

• Assisting in business development activities, such as identifying potential client needs and ways Guidehouse can assist, developing proposals and white papers, participating in client and internal account meetings, and more
• Participating in Guidehouse's programs for coaching and mentoring staff
• Assisting in the development of learning and development materials, courses, and presentations to help Guidehouse employees expand and strengthen their skills
• Support Guidehouse programs and initiatives for recruiting top talent to the company

What You Will Need:

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse.
• Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.
• Bachelor's degree ONE (1) or more years of working experience.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• TWO (2) or more years of experience in financial management, accounting, internal controls, audit or another related financial field
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration
• Certification(s) Preferred: Certified Public Accountant