Senior Contractor Program Manager​/CFO Strategic Advisor, Maritime Administration; MARAD

Senior Contractor Program Manager / CFO Strategic Advisor, Maritime Administration (MARAD)

Washington, United States | Posted on 09/15/2026

Senior Contractor Program Manager / CFO Strategic Advisor, Maritime Administration(MARAD), CFO Budget & Financial Support Services, Washington, DC

Summary:

• Job Title:
  
  Senior Contractor Program Manager / CFO Strategic Advisor, MARAD CFO Budget & Financial Support Services (Key Personnel)
• Openings: 1
• Security Clearance:
  Public Trust eligibility required.
  
  Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust determination; work maybegin upon interim suitability approval.
• Work Type:
  Hybrid at MARAD Headquarters, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, onsite a minimum of two to three days perweek, with additional onsite time during peak periods such as fiscal year-endcloseout (Government-furnished laptop, VPN, and system access)
• Job Type: Full-time, dedicated assignment
• Benefits:
  Our client provides full benefits.
• Program Name: MARAD CFO Budget & Financial Support Services; one-year base period plus four one-year option periods through
  
  September 2031
• Agency name: U.S. Department of Transportation (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Administration (MARAD), Office of the Associate Administrator for Budget and Programs / Chief Financial Officer
• Start Date:
  
  Anticipated on or about 30 September 2026,upon task order award (position is contingent on award)

Biz First is assisting our client with recruiting a skilled and experienced Senior Contractor Program Manager /CFO Strategic Advisor. This Key Personnel position supports the following program: MARAD CFO Budget & Financial Support Services, which provides financial reporting, reconciliation, budget execution, grant, reimbursable agreement and revolving fund, payroll, and business analytics support toMARAD's Office of the Associate Administrator for Budget and Programs / Chief Financial Officer.

The position is hybrid, based at MARAD Headquarters in Washington, DC, and is contingent on task order award, with an anticipated start on 30 September 2026.

Our client is a boutique consulting firm that employs consultants and professionals with unique skillsets to support the federal government with strategic execution, financial process enablement, IT systems, and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software implementation.

What will you do

Serve as the single accountable leader and primary point of contact for MARAD's CFO, Deputy CFO, and Contracting Officer's Representative, and as a strategic advisor to the CFO,who is a member of the Senior Executive Service. Reporting to our client's Principal,you will lead the full contractor team across financial reporting,reconciliations, budget execution, grants, reimbursable agreements and revolving funds, payroll analysis, and business analytics.

You will also directthe 30-day phase-in from the incumbent contractor, own quality control, and deliver regular status reporting. The office needs immediate operational stability and, alongside it, modernized dashboards and reporting. This rolesuits a senior federal financial management leader who has advised agency CFOsor SES leaders directly and has led multidisciplinary financial management teams on performance-based or firm-fixed-price federal contracts.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the contractor's single accountable leader and primary point of contact for the MARAD CFO, Deputy CFO, and Contracting Officer's Representative (COR).
• Advise CFO leadership on budget execution, fund stewardship, financial reporting, and executive decision support, while keeping final approvals, funds certification, and policy decisions with Government officials.
• Lead an integrated program management office across seven task areas: financial reporting support; reconciliation and account analysis; budget execution support; grant programs budget and financial analysis; reimbursable work and interagency agreements, including the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund and Working Capital Fund; payroll and compensation analysis; and business analytics and decision support.
• Direct the 30-day phase-in from the incumbent contractor so the team is ready on Day 1, including knowledge transfer of SOPs,templates, and open-item inventories.
• Own quality control against the Government's Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) and ensure recurring monthly deliverables meet acceptance standards.
• Lead, develop, and schedule a multidisciplinary team of Leads and analysts, and manage coverage and surge staffing during fiscal year-end closeout, quarterly financial statement…