Senior Auditor TS​/SCI Poly

Senior Contract Auditor TS/SCI with Poly REQUIRED

Category: Finance

Main location: United States, Virginia, Chantilly

Position : J

Employment Type: Full Time

CGI Federal is seeking candidates for the position of Contract Auditor to work in support of a USG agency in the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA). Successful candidates will work on the agency’s Financial Audit Services team providing both pre-award and post-award financial audit services to the USG agency and other elements of the Intelligence Community. Candidates must be capable of a full range of complex to highly complex audits in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS).

Work will involve gathering and analyzing cost data, preparing audit documentation and reports, providing technical guidance and audit recommendations to the government audit manager on allowable costs, reasonableness of costs and cost allocation incurred on government contracts.

Position is located in Chantilly, VA

• Conduct a full range of routine to highly complex audits in accordance with GAGAS.
• Prepare risk assessment and transaction testing plan draft for government audit manager approval and gather and analyze accounting records and supporting documents necessary to perform transaction testing on post-award audits; perform the full range of post award audits.
• Prepare exhibits and schedules for post-award audits.
• Review permanent files and prior reviews to obtain background information and/or update contractor information.
• Create the audit folder, brief the contracts and document all government audit manager guidance, conversations and meetings with requestor, program office and contractor personnel.
• Summarize results of audit ensuring all work papers have a purpose, scope, conclusion and source indexing and cross-referencing.
• Draft comprehensive audit report for government audit manager approval, attaching exhibits and schedules as necessary which may require minimal government audit manager edits.
• Prepare final audits for government audit manager approval to expedite contract settlement (some audits require audit judgment to advise on closure by means other than GAGAS based audits).
• Employ auditing techniques to include statistical sampling, regression analysis and review of historical cost to formulate recommendation on allowability, allocability and reasonableness per the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), the Cost Accounting Standards and the Contract Terms.
• Review and analyze contractor disclosure statements, post-award audits, termination audits and other historical cost type audits.

• Considerable knowledge and understanding of Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards, Federal Tax Regulations, the USG agency’s regulations, Defense Contract Audit Manual, the USG agency’s contracting manual, Financial Accounting Standard Board Statements and Promulgations.
• Proficient with computer applications and specialized databases.
• Strong organizational skills in order to plan each phase of the audits and to meet deadlines.
• Advanced problem-solving skills to resolve discrepancies in application of costs with contractors.
• Strong analytical and research skills which enable incumbent to evaluate multiple pieces of complex data to form conclusions and recommendations.
• Strong oral communication skills to facilitate discussion of audit issues with the contracting officers, face-to-face entrance/exit conferences with the contractors and various presentations.
• Strong writing skills to prepare audit reports, brief management and request additional information from contractors.
• Excellent interpersonal skills demonstrated by developing relationships and networks within the assigned work area and utilized when soliciting information from and imparting information to the contracting officers.
• Ability to work effectively as a team member understanding the differences in roles and the dynamics of reaching consensus in achieving…