Senior Process Improvement and Modernization Consultant (Business Analysis, Associate)

MIL Corporation; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Professional growth opportunities

Tuition assistance

Job summary

The MIL Corporation seeks a Senior Process Improvement and Modernization Consultant to lead current-state analysis of financial management operations for a Federal Client in Washington, DC. You will facilitate sessions with process owners and leadership and drive modernization of policies, processes, and systems that support them.

This role is hybrid with possible in-person meetings at the client site in Washington, DC. Funding and client requirements affect scheduling and availability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading process improvement, operational excellence, or business transformation work.
• Ability to assess unfamiliar operations and produce a defensible current-state analysis.
• Experience designing and facilitating working sessions with senior leadership.
• Experience working in or supporting a US federal agency.
• Strong written and verbal communication for leadership audiences.
• Ability to work independently and in small consulting teams.
• Focus on quality delivery and incorporating feedback.
• BA/BS required; ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Assess the current state and map end-to-end financial and administrative processes.
• Identify process breakdowns, root causes, and gaps between policy and practice.
• Evaluate processes against statutes, regulations, standards, and leading practices.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings and design working sessions with owners and leadership.
• Develop sequenced recommendations for process, policy, governance, and systems.
• Coordinate with client teams to align people and process goals with program requirements.
• Draft SOPs and policy documentation; guide standardization across the organization.
• Prepare findings reports and executive briefings for modernization priorities.

Skills

Process improvement leadership

Operational excellence

Business transformation

Current-state analysis

Facilitating sessions with leadership

Independent work

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Quality-focused delivery

Public trust / federal environment

Education

BA/BS

Job description

Summary

The MIL Corporation is seeking a Senior Process Improvement and Modernization Consultant (Business Analysis, Senior Analyst) to work on a consulting team providing analysis and recommendations to a Federal Client in Washington, DC. This role leads current-state analysis of financial management operations, facilitates the working sessions where process owners and leadership reach decisions, and drives modernization of the policies, processes, and systems that support them. This position currently requires a hybrid schedule with possible in-person meetings at the client site in Washington, DC. The schedule is subject to change based on client, MIL, and contract requirements. This position is currently unfunded and is being posted in anticipation of a future contract award and funding approval. We are proactively identifying and engaging with qualified candidates. While candidates may be contacted for pre-screening, any hiring decisions will be contingent upon funding availability and final program requirements or client approval.

Responsibilities

• Assess the current state
• Map current-state financial and administrative processes end to end, across organizational and system boundaries
• Identify process breakdowns, handoff delays, rework loops, and duplicated effort, and determine root causes
• Assess the gap between documented policy and actual practice
• Evaluate processes, data, and supporting systems against applicable federal statutes, regulations, standards, and leading practices
• Evaluate the completeness and accuracy of data supporting financial operations
• Facilitate and align stakeholders
• Design and facilitate working sessions with process owners, system owners, and client leadership
• Develop stakeholder maps and sequence engagements so that decisions are made at the appropriate level
• Reconcile conflicting accounts of how a process operates across organizations and systems to establish an accurate baseline
• Serve as the primary point of coordination between client staff, client executives, and the consulting team
• Coordinate with client teams to align people and process goals with program requirements
• Drive modernization
• Develop sequenced, practical recommendations for process, policy, governance, and system improvements
• Partner with client teams through implementation, adoption, and sustainment of approved changes
• Draft and edit standard operating procedures and policy documentation for staff and leadership audiences
• Guide the development and standardization of business process documentation across the organization
• Prepare findings reports and executive briefings that support decisions on modernization priorities

Travel

None anticipated

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading process improvement, operational excellence, or business transformation work
• Demonstrated ability to independently assess an unfamiliar operation and produce a defensible current-state analysis
• Direct experience designing and facilitating working sessions or improvement events with mixed stakeholder groups, including senior leadership
• Experience working in or supporting a US federal agency
• Strong written communication, including standard operating procedures, assessments, and findings prepared for leadership audiences
• Strong verbal communication and the ability to lead discussions with clients and stakeholders
• Ability to work independently and on small, focused consulting teams in a dynamic environment
• Focus on quality delivery and ability to incorporate constructive feedback
• Education BA/BS Clearance Must be able to obtain a Public Trust. Prior federal investigation preferred.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in federal accounting, budgeting, or financial management
• Formal training in a structured improvement methodology (Lean, Six Sigma, or equivalent) with demonstrated application
• Experience in the creation of policies and standard operating procedures

Compensation

The MIL Corporation values your contributions and offers a range of benefits to support your overall well-being. We are pleased to offer a comprehensive range of benefits to our full-time employees which include health, life, disability, and retirement plans, as well as paid time off, opportunities for professional growth and tuition assistance. Additional benefits and incentives may also apply, which will be communicated during the hiring process. For this position, the projected compensation range is $130,000 - $150,000 per year. This estimate represents the typical salary range and is just one part of MIL's complete compensation package. Final salary for this position is determined based on factors such as individual qualifications, education, experience, and contractual limitations. Learn more on the MIL Careers page.

• health, life, disability, and retirement plans
• paid time off
• opportunities for professional growth
• tuition assistance
• Additional benefits and incentives

Why MIL?

• 2021 - 2024, Top Workplaces USA award (Energage)
• 2017 - 2025 Top Workplaces Award, Greater Washington Area (The Washington Post)
• 2018 - 2025 Certified Great Workplace, Great Place to Work
• 2021 - 2025, Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services
• 2021 Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials
• 2018 Fortune, Great Place to Work: Best Place to Work for Diversity
• 2017, 2020 - 2025 Top Workplace Award, South Carolina (Greenville Business Magazine, Columbia Business Monthly, and Charleston Business Magazine)
• 2025 Corporate Partnership Award, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Maryland Chapter
• 2025 Moxie Award, GovCon Category
• 2024 Patriot Award, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), Department of Defense
• 2022 Freedom Award, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), Department of Defense
• 2018, Above & Beyond Award, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), Department of Defense

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.