GPS SLED Finance Assistant Director

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Assistant Director, GPS SLED Finance

 

Job summary:

 

From strategy to execution, the Government & Public Sector (GPS) practice of Ernst & Young LLP provides a full range of consulting and audit services to help our Federal, State, Local and Education clients implement new ideas to help achieve their mission outcomes. We deliver real change and measurable results through our diverse, high-performing teams, quality work at the highest professional standards, operational know-how from across our global organization, and creative and bold ideas that drive innovation. EY is ready to help our government build a better working world. 

 

This GPS SLED Finance Assistant Director role will manage all aspects of project control for a sub-sector within the GPS practice.

 

Key Responsibilities

 

• Work with GPS Markets/SLED Project Finance leader to establish a world-class project finance organization in support of EY’s growing GPS practice, with alignment to a subsector leader.
• Develop strong working relationship with sub-sector leaders, serving as a strategic and trusted business advisor.
• Play a key role in establishing and maturing the markets/project finance team for the GPS practice
• Participate in hiring, onboarding, training, development and day to day management of Project Finance staff
• Support implementation of EY policies and procedures to ensure client engagements comply with internal requirements
• Participate substantially in development of tools, processes, and procedures to monitor and manage engagement financials and optimize financial management at an account and sub-sector level
• Prepare annual budgets at an engagement level as well as monthly, annual and multi-year business forecasts, inclusive of existing engagement portfolio, new business pipeline and stretch goals and prepare monthly variance analysis
• Scrub financial data in annual budgets and monthly forecasts for accuracy and coordinate training and updates with the project finance team
• Support external project audits with outside independent auditors and regulatory agencies
• Work with GPS Reporting lead to clarify reporting requirements in support of engagement, account and sub-sector financial management
• Play a coordinating role between engagement teams, PMOs, accounting, contracts, subcontracts and project finance team.
• Play a key role in socializing the impact of indirect rate application, and changes to rates, in project financial measurement
• Analyze and advise on the impact of pricing decisions as it relates to sub-sector and account financials
• Ensure seamless support to GPS for borrowed and loaned practitioners
• Support future migration of SLED project financials from SAP to Costpoint
• Support other ad hoc financial reporting and projects as assigned

 

Skills and attributes for success

 

• High degree of proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including advanced Excel skills and experience building and maintaining complex financial models in Excel
• Exposure to planning and engagement financial management tools.
• Intellectually curious with problem solving orientation. Not satisfied with easy or convenient answers
• Proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners and executives. Seen as a trusted and objective advisor
• Experience aligning cross-functional stakeholders with demonstrated aptitude in working effectively within a matrixed team across multiple functional areas
• Player/coach with ability to both lead and execute. Willingness to play “up and down the stack” diving into the details as well as managing Executive level communications
• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management and external auditors

To qualify, candidates must have

 

• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field
• Advanced knowledge of project accounting, including understanding of different contract types (CPFF, T&M, FFP) and indirect rate structures
• A minimum of 8 years of relevant government contractor finance experience in a CAS compliant environment
• A minimum of 4 years of experience in a