Guidehouse

Defense & Security, Financial System Implementation Readiness Consultant

Guidehouse$70K — $95K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 1 year of experience in finance, accounting, or audit
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD Public Trust clearance
  • Prefer candidates with active Public Trust or suitability clearance
  • Familiarity with Federal financial regulations

Responsibilities

  • Assess financial implementations against audit readiness criteria
  • Review to-be process documentation and risk control matrices
  • Identify opportunities to modernize workflows for efficiency
  • Analyze impacts of financial system modernization
  • Review legacy and migrated financial data
  • Collaborate with clients for data validation and issue resolution
  • Support ongoing migration activities as requirements evolve

Benefits

  • Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
  • Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Tuition Reimbursement and Personal Development Opportunities
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Mobility Stipend
  • Community Outreach initiatives
Full Job Description
Job Family:
Finance & Accounting Consulting

Travel Required:
Up to 10%

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.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
  • Assessing financial implementations against audit readiness criteria, including system architecture, business process design, customizations, data quality, interfaces, cutover readiness, and reporting
  • Reviewing to-be process documentation and risk control matrices to identify nonstandard or outdated processes and recommend standardized solutions
  • Identifying opportunities to modernize workflows to strengthen automation, improve efficiency, strengthen internal controls, and enhance audit readiness
  • Analyzing and assessing financial system modernization impacts throughout the lifecycle of the program
  • Analyzing and reviewing legacy and migrated financial, accounting, and reporting data
  • Collaborating with clients, project team members, and stakeholders to support data validation, reconciliation, and issue resolution
  • Supporting ongoing migration activities by adapting analyses and deliverables as requirements and priorities evolve


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) year of experience in finance, accounting, financial management, audit, or another related financial field


What Would Be Nice To Have:
  • Understanding in accounting, audit or audit-support environments
  • Experience working in DHS
  • Active DHS clearance
  • Experience in financial data analysis and reconciliations
  • Familiarity with working with large datasets and source systems
  • Federal financial awareness
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills to document decisions, issues, and report outcomes
  • Strong abilities in tracking action items, closing the loop, and following through without repeated prompting
  • Ability to support stakeholders in a fast-moving, multi-vendor/stakeholder environment


What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:
  • Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
  • Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
  • Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Basic Life & Supplemental Life
  • Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
  • Student Loan PayDown
  • Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
  • Skills Development & Certifications
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
  • Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
  • Mobility Stipend


About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is a management consulting firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. The firm provides consulting services to clients in the public and commercial sectors, with a focus on energy, financial services, healthcare, national security, and aerospace and defense. Guidehouse was founded in 2018 as a spin-off from PwC. The firm has over 7,000 employees and operates in more than 50 locations worldwide.
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8,000 employees
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Founded
2018

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