Berkeley Research Group

Senior Associate - Government Contracts & Accounting

Berkeley Research Group$85K — $115K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience in accounting and finance, bachelor's degree or equivalent.
  • Valuable professional certifications like CPA, CFE, or CGMA.
  • 2-4 years of work experience in professional or litigation services.
  • Proficiency in MS Excel and familiarity with analytical software (MS Access, MS SQL Server).
  • Willingness to learn and expand software capabilities, including legal document management software.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze financial cost and pricing challenges for Government contracts clients.
  • Develop customized solutions for contractors addressing accounting and contract administration challenges.
  • Engage with clients across diverse sectors including aerospace, defense, and health insurance.
  • Conduct detailed research and analysis, summarizing information from various resources.
  • Create and manage electronic databases and spreadsheets as project requirements dictate.
  • Utilize relevant software tools and analytical methods to devise effective solutions.
  • Ensure quality through self-auditing and auditing of team outputs.

Benefits

  • Collaborative team environment with a focus on meeting client expectations.
  • Opportunities to work with a variety of industries reinforcing diverse experience.
  • Engagement in meaningful and impactful work assisting organizations with compliance and operational effectiveness.
  • Professional development opportunities through exposure to complex contract-related challenges.
Full Job Description
BRG's Government Contract practice professionals apply extensive experience and competence to assisting organizations to adapt to and comply with requirements triggered by successful contract awards. We develop practical yet comprehensive solutions to the issue contractors face, including assistance in bid protests, complex cost and pricing issues, claims/dispute resolution, complex transaction assistance, and litigation support services.

Our multidisciplinary team has a strong foundation in government contract administration and cost accounting, pricing, audits, damages, forensic accounting, and investigations. BRG's Government Contracts experts include CPAs, CMAs, Certified Fraud Examiners, and industry leaders.

BRG's Senior Associates are highly motivated problem solvers with strong analytical abilities and a desire to advance within the organization. Responsibilities include modeling financial and cost accounting data, performing compliance assessments and gap analyses, designing of financial and statistical analyses, analyzing and developing government contract claims, quality control, development of client deliverables, and industry research. The work of a Senior Associate can be either qualitative or quantitative in nature, and projects range from industry and subject-matter research to data collection to the preparation of statistical, financial, and other forms of analysis.

Responsibilities
  • Work directly with Government contracts clients analyzing various financial cost and pricing-related challenges as well as Government contract compliance issues.
  • Assist Government contractors with critical accounting, contract administration, and strategic business questions. Develop customized solutions addressing critical questions while also enhancing client operational effectiveness and profitability.
  • Interact directly with clients in the aerospace & defense, professional services, manufacturing, high technology, cybersecurity, construction & engineering, NGOs and health insurance sectors, among many others.
  • Perform detailed research and analysis, then put the results into action (e.g., gather, review and summarize literature and data from the public domain, specialized industry resources, or client, public and commercial databases).
  • Develop and maintain electronic databases, spreadsheets and other files as dictated by project
  • Demonstrate creativity and efficient use of relevant software tools, analytical methods and computer models to develop solutions.
  • Audit own work products and work products of others to assure quality.
  • Participate in team environment and work hard to meet client deadlines and expectations.
  • Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Participate in group practice meetings and travel as needed.

Basic Qualifications:
  • 2+ years of experience and a bachelor's degree or equivalent in the areas of accounting and finance.
  • Professional certifications considered valuable to this position include CPA, CFE, or CGMA etc.
  • Minimum two to four (2-4) years prior work experience in either professional or litigation services.
  • Proven capability with MS Excel and/or exposure to other analytical software (e.g., MS Access, MS SQL Server). A desire to expand those capabilities along with other applications (e.g., legal document management software) is required.


Salary Range: $85,000 - $115,000 per year.

Job title and compensation to be determined based on qualifications and experience.

Candidate must be able to submit verification of his/her legal right to work in the U.S., without company sponsorship.

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