[Remote] Senior Financial Management Consultant
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Commonwealth Strategic Solutions LLC is seeking a Senior Financial Management Consultant to support large-scale federal modernization programs. The role provides financial planning, budget execution, cost analysis, forecasting, risk management, compliance, and executive-level decision support for government leadership.
Responsibilities
- Provide financial management support across a portfolio of federal programs, contracts, and task orders
- Conduct cost trend analyses to identify spending patterns, financial risks, and emerging execution challenges
- Support development of budget forecasts, funding projections, and resource planning activities
- Analyze funding requirements and assess potential impacts of schedule changes, scope adjustments, and evolving program priorities
- Develop affordability assessments, funding gap analyses, and cost avoidance recommendations to support executive decision-making
- Integrate and reconcile financial information across multiple contracts, vendors, task orders, and funding sources
- Prepare executive-level financial dashboards, reports, briefings, and analytical products for senior government leadership
- Monitor budget execution and obligation performance against approved spend plans and funding profiles
- Identify and track financial risks, funding shortfalls, execution challenges, and budgetary dependencies across the program portfolio
- Maintain financial risk and issue logs, develop mitigation recommendations, and support governance discussions related to budget and resource management
- Support responses to financial data calls from oversight organizations, including Congress, OIG, GAO, OMB, and agency leadership
- Assist with audit preparation efforts, financial reconciliations, documentation reviews, and financial compliance activities
- Support development and maintenance of financial management Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), internal controls, and governance processes
- Assist in preparing OMB A-11, OMB A-123, Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC), and Exhibit 300 supporting materials
- Support funds control reviews, obligation tracking, spending analysis, and budget execution monitoring activities
- Validate financial data integrity across systems, reports, and executive reporting products
Skills
- 8+ years of federal financial management, budget analysis, accounting, program finance, financial consulting, or related experience
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Public Administration, or related discipline
- Experience supporting federal budget formulation, budget execution, financial planning, and financial reporting activities
- Experience performing financial analysis, cost analysis, forecasting, trend analysis, and risk assessments
- Knowledge of federal appropriations, budget execution processes, and financial management regulations
- Experience supporting responses to congressional inquiries, audits, data calls, and financial reviews
- Experience developing executive-level financial briefings, dashboards, reports, and decision-support products
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize large financial datasets into actionable recommendations
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Power BI, PowerPoint, and financial reporting tools
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities in a high-visibility federal program environment
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance or higher
- Ability to obtain and maintain all required government credentials and system access
- MBA, MPA, Master's in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
- Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM), CPA, PMP, DAWIA Business Financial Management, or related certification
- Experience supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, or other Cabinet-level agencies
- Experience supporting large IT modernization, healthcare modernization, or enterprise transformation programs
- Knowledge of OMB A-11, OMB A-123, Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC), and federal financial oversight requirements
- Experience developing financial dashboards and executive reporting solutions using Power BI or similar tools
- Candidates located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area are preferred
Benefits
- Hybrid or remote work arrangement, with periodic on-site support at government facilities as required
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