Principal Management Consultant (Contracts Management) at Chenega Corporation
Washington, DC
About the Job
Overview
Come join a company that strives for Extraordinary People and Exceptional Performance! Eagle One Solutions, Inc., a Chenega Professional Services’ company, is looking for an experienced Principal Management Consultant to provide strategic business advice and full life-cycle contract management support to one of our key Federal agency clients. Our objective to assist the Agency to efficiently achieve its mission objectives through the use of Information Technology. Our client relies heavily on the availability of Information Technology (IT) systems and infrastructure to serve nations around the globe.
This individual shall provide support and guidance to Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs), Project Managers and CIO office management. They will ensure programs align with overall CIO office program and business objectives and have clear quantitative and qualitative outcome measures for success. Seeks to improve the CIO’s ability to deliver a high performing portfolio of IT business services by implementing a cost accounting framework, establishing a program and portfolio review process, and developing business processes and procedures to ensure sustainability. Works closely with CIO Contracting Officers (COs) and Contract Specialists regarding the planning and administration of program requirements.
Our company offers employees the opportunity to join a team where there is a robust employee benefits program, management engagement, quality leadership, an atmosphere of teamwork, recognition for performance, and promotion opportunities. We actively strive to channel our highly engaged employee’s knowledge, critical thinking, innovative solutions for our clients.
Responsibilities
- Manage Federal IT acquisition contracts post-award to ensure project spending is in alignment with forecasts including reviewing project financial plans, advising CORs and project managers on effective project financial management, and supporting the annual Federal budget process.
- Establish a multi-dimensional cost accounting framework capable of capturing, aggregating, and reporting Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and business services cost data in a variety of views to support analysis and decision making by multiple stakeholder communities;
- Provide credible and supportable data that can be reconciled to the Agency’s system of record
- Create a structure that can be practicably sustained
- Enable dynamic reporting capabilities to successfully respond to ad hoc reporting requests
- Execute a standard program review process that improves executive stakeholder visibility into the intersection of cost and service level achievement, enabling improved portfolio management that will result in higher performing business services;
- Assist in the response to various studies and reporting requirements that require collection and analysis of projected and actual contract expenditures, including quarterly submissions of the “Cost of Internal Use Software” reports and “Cost Savings Achieved Through E-Government and Line of Business Initiatives” reports required by OMB Memorandum 06-22;
- Assist CORs in developing, monitoring, or preparing various contractual, budgetary, or financial strategy documents (SOWs, IGCEs, SOOs, monthly status updates, market research, etc.).
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Mathematics, IT, or another relevant discipline.
- Minimum of 8 years’ experience in a similar role supporting a federal agency required.
- Must have demonstrated experience with large project management.
Desired Qualifications:
- PMP preferred.
- Master’s Degree preferred.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge of program control, financial analysis, and contracts management
- Knowledge and understanding of the Federal Budget Life-Cycle and federal IT acqusitions
- Possesses a blend of IT expertise with business skills/financial analysis skills
- Must have demonstrated experience with large project and budget management
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal, collaboration, and organizational skills