Description & Requirements

Maximus is seeking a Senior Finance Manager. You will be responsible for overseeing all financial aspects of project management, including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and compliance. This role partners closely with project and division leadership to track performance, identify cost efficiencies, and ensure accurate and timely client invoicing. The Senior Manager will lead a team of finance professionals, provide supervision and guidance, and ensure adherence to company policies. This is remote position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Provide direct financial leadership and support for assessing allocation rates, composition of cost pools and for new allocations.

- Work with Group and project finance teams to develop, administer, and implement policies, process improvements, methodologies, and cost allocations.

- Prepare the annual incurred cost submission in real-time, as each month is closed which includes; confirming the allocations are consistent with the CAS Disclosure Statement, reviewing for unallowable costs, and reconciling the submission to the general ledger.

- Receive audit requests (Incurred Cost, project related, Sarbanes-Oxley, DCAA, etc.) and successfully manage them to completion while pulling applicable support documents (e.g., timesheets, invoices, bank records, etc.)

- Develop cost impacts for proposed changes to cost accounting practices.

- Update the CAS Disclosure Statements for clarifications and changes.

- Establish and assures adherence to schedules, work plans, project performance requirements, and deadlines.

- Regularly interact with senior management or executive levels on matters concerning government compliance.

- Establish operational objectives as well as work plans and delegates assignments to indirect subordinates.

- Responsible for creating and maintaining very complex MS Excel spreadsheets including; modeling, formulas, pivot tables, etc.

- Provide training as needed to other teams within the organizations related to government compliance.

- Other duties as assigned.

Project Specific Job Duties:

- Performs all project finance functions in accordance with company policy and manuals

- Coordinates with Project Management to develop operational productivity analysis and tracking of metrics to identify where cost efficiencies can be achieved

- Develops and manages project status reporting for Project Management, using CostPoint and Cognos reports as well as Excel

- Reviews contract modifications, maintains financial contract files and prepares reports, documentation, n and presentations as appropriate

- Prepares and/or reviews Project financial forecasts with Project Management and Division finance and works closely to track performance and provides timely variance and Risk and Opportunity Analysis

- Prepares client invoices in conformance with MAXIMUS policy and client requirements to ensure projects are billed accurately and timely

- Manages Direct Sales Outstanding by expediting collections and keeping unbilled as low as possible

- Performs monthly reconciliation on accrued expenses to ensure completeness of project reporting as well as adherence to GAAP

- Prepares and/or monitors vendor & expense report transaction processing to ensure expenses are coded correctly

- Reviews time charges and practices to ensure project staff and shared resources are reporting time accurately and against appropriate projects

- Provide monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting for financial and business planning

- Prepares routine and ad-hoc financial reports and analyses using MAXIMUS proprietary tools, Enterprise solutions and Excel

- Provides ongoing supervision to assigned staff

- Responsible for identifying and resolving issues, problems and concerns

- Interacts with different levels of external and internal customers

Minimum Requirements

- Bachelor's degree.

- 7-10 years experience.

Project-Specific Education and Requirements:

- Bachelor's Degree in accounting or finance from an accredited college or university or equivalent degree. Additional years of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of degree. Master's Degree preferred

- At least 7 to 10 years of experience in project accounting, financial control/management, or a similar discipline

- At least 3 years of managerial experience

- Proficient in Microsoft Office (strong Word and Excel skills)

- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, ability to perform quantitative and qualitative analyses of existing business processes

- Ability to coach, develop, and mentor team members

- Ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented work environment

- Ability to work under standards-based performance measures

EEO Statement

Active military service members, their spouses, and veteran candidates often embody the core competencies Maximus deems essential, and bring a resiliency and dependability that greatly enhances our workforce. We recognize your unique skills and experiences, and want to provide you with a career path that allows you to continue making a difference for our country. We're proud of our connections to organizations dedicated to serving veterans and their families. If you are transitioning from military to civilian life, have prior service, are a retired veteran or a member of the National Guard or Reserves, or a spouse of an active military service member, we have challenging and rewarding career opportunities available for you. A committed and diverse workforce is our most important resource. Maximus is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Maximus provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disabled status.

Pay Transparency

Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.

Minimum Salary

$

100, 000.00

Maximum Salary

$

135, 000.00