Forensic and Integrity Services - Government Services - Manager

Position: Forensic and Integrity Services - Government Contract Services - Manager

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EY's Government Contract Services (GCS) team helps organizations navigate the entire lifecycle of U.S. Government contracts, grants, federally funded programs, public works projects subject to federal and state labor standards. We advise clients on pricing, cost accounting, regulatory compliance, prevailing wage compliance, audit readiness, business systems, investigations, disputes, M&A diligence and integration, and operational improvements that help them compete effectively while managing compliance risk.

The

opportunity

Our GCS team works with industry-leading clients to develop innovative recommendations to some of the most challenging compliance risks and market opportunities that they face.

Your key responsibilities

As a Manager in GCS, you will lead and support client engagements throughout the government contracting lifecycle. You will manage work streams, supervise team members, analyze complex financial and operational data, and develop practical recommendations for clients operating under U.S. Government contract and grant requirements. You will also help clients assess compliance risks, respond to government audits, strengthen business systems and controls, develop compliant cost accounting structures, and improve processes that support pricing, estimating, billing, procurement, contract administration, and financial reporting.

Skills

and attributes for success

• Managing the key components of a portfolio of GCS projects, including strategy, planning and execution
• Developing long-term relationships across a network of existing and potential clients, understanding their businesses to provide tailored insights
• Assessing current-state processes and controls, identifying gaps, and helping design practical improvements to estimating, pricing, accounting, procurement, billing, contract administration and compliance programs
• Developing your team through timely coaching, review of work product, constructive feedback, and opportunities to build technical and client service skills
• Interpreting and applying applicable statutes and regulations (e.g. FAR, DFARS, CAS, 2 CFR 200, agency supplements), and award-specific requirements to real client situations
• Supporting clients with DCAA, DCMA, OIG, GSA, VA FSS, and other government audit and oversight matters, including audit readiness, audit response, remediation, and documentation support
• Developing and reviewing indirect rate structures, incurred cost submissions, forward pricing rate proposals, CASB Disclosure Statements, cost impacts, and cost accounting practice changes
• Assessing cost accounting, pricing, estimating, billing, procurement, timekeeping, contract administration, prevailing wage, and business system processes
• Leading prevailing wage compliance engagements under SCLS, DBA/DBRA, IRA prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements, and state prevailing wage laws, including wage determination and worker classification analysis, certified payroll and fringe benefit testing, apprenticeship compliance, correction and penalty calculations, compliance monitoring programs, and Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation support
• Contributing to proposals, thought leadership, training, recruiting, and broader GCS practice development
• A strong desire to collaborate and grow with the broader GCS team

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor's degree in accounting, law, finance, business or related field
• 5 to 8 years' relevant work experience
• Possess at least one professional designation, such as CPA, CFE, CFA
• In depth experience with understanding and applying knowledge of U.S. federal regulatory and statutory requirements pertaining to public acquisitions and assistance awards, including most of the following:
  • Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
  • Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)
  • Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)
  • 2 CFR 200
  • Prevailing wage requirements under Service Contract Labor Standards (SCLS), Davis Bacon Act (DBA)/Davis Bacon and Related Act (DBRA), Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and/or state prevailing wage laws
  • Medicare, Medicaid, and/or FSS
  • Knowledge of contract, grant cost accounting practices, pricing, supply chain, or contracts in a government contract and/or grants environment
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