Audit Remediation Senior Consultant

Kearney & Company is seeking an experienced Audit Remediation Senior Consultant to join our Intelligence Community (IC) practice. The Audit Remediation Senior Consultant will demonstrate proficiency with a wide range of audit, accounting, and financial management concepts and apply them to client situations, as well as identify and effectively communicate matters to the Audit Remediation Lead, Partner, Principals, and teammates. This work will be conducted on site in Springfield, VA.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Supporting our client’s audit response, audit remediation, internal controls, financial processes, and/or accounting in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Statements of Federal Financial Accounting Standards (SFFAS), and/or relevant Department of the Treasury and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) policies
• Executing the day-to-day research, analysis, and communication at the direction of the Team and/or Workstream Lead
• Utilizing data analysis technology to analyze information
• Demonstrating excellent writing and communication skills as significant time is spent drafting/updating communication artifacts (e.g., Standard Operating Procedures, Desktop Guides, whitepapers), as well as training business process owners on process and control changes
• Demonstrating strong customer service skills and the ability to work in occasional high-pressure situations with short deadlines
• Directing and reviewing the work of Analysts
• Communicating status of project-related tasks to Team and/or Workstream Lead

• BA/BS/BBA degree from an accredited college/university in accounting or a related relevant field
• At least 6 years of progressive accounting or financial management experience, preferably in financial statement auditing in the Federal government or similar environment and/or DoD/IC financial management experience
• At least 4 years of performing detailed general ledger analysis and/or performing audit remediation
• Technical competency, knowledge, and professional care commensurate with completion of assignments, and an eagerness to learn and absorb new technical and industry-specific information
• Ability to independently research data and reconciling variances
• Ability to communicate clearly in writing and verbally
• Ability to travel up to 25%
• Minimum Active TS/SCI with the ability to obtain a Polygraph for the IC

• CPA, CISA, CIA, or other relevant-industry certifications, or the required education levels to obtain a relevant certification
• Previous experience in federal/DoD financial statement auditing, commercial financial statement auditing, and/or DoD/IC financial management experience
• Experience with Fund Balance with Treasury (FBWT) reconciliations, Interagency balance reconciliations, and Financial Reporting
• Experience working with DFAS reporting policy and procedures
• Experience working with DoD’s Advanced Analytics (Advana) platform
• Experience working with DoD disbursing operations
• Experience researching and applying FASAB, OMB, and Treasury requirements including OMB Circular A-136, and/or the Treasury Financial Manual
• Proficient skills in MS Excel
• Experience with SharePoint, SQL, ACL Analytics, Python, and/or Access databases

Exclusively focused on the Government, Kearney & Company provides financial services, including auditing, consulting, and technology services. Our commitment to our employees and clients as well as to dedication and trust, critical values to our Firm, have led to Kearney’s recognition as one of the leading accounting firms in the country. Based on our employees’ feedback, we are also consistently rated a Best Place to Work.

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The expected salary range for this position is between $103,000 and $180,000. This range is representative of base pay only and does not include straight time pay for hours worked over 40 per week, company contributions towards paid benefits, and/or bonuses. Actual compensation (meeting or exceeding the range) will be…