Contracts & Compliance Senior Manager
BDO USA · Detroit, MI · 1 mo ago
HybridFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the job posting.
Key sections:
- Job Duties: includes many bullet-like paragraphs. We can treat as Responsibilities.
- Education: Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: includes Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree preferred, Experience etc. Also includes License/Certifications, Software, Language, Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities.
- About US: description of company, values, benefits mention ESOP, etc. Could be About the role? Actually "About US" is about company. Could be placed under About the role? The instruction: use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content accordingly.
We have:
- About the role: maybe a brief summary? Not present explicitly. Could use "About US" as about the role? But it's about company. Might be okay to put under About the role? Or we could omit About the role if no specific content. The instruction: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it. So we need to see if there is content for About the role. The posting includes "ABOUT US" which describes the company, not the role. Could treat as About the role? Might be considered not specific to role. Safer to omit About the role if not directly about role. However we could include a short paragraph summarizing role from the job description? But that would be inventing. Better to omit.
- Responsibilities: we have many duties under Job Duties and sub-sections (Contract Vehicles, Teaming Agreements, Proposal Support, Project Compliance, Compliance Maintenance, Additional Responsibilities, Supervisory Responsibilities). We'll put those under Responsibilities as a list (
- ...). Need to preserve all substantive info, not summarize away detail. But we can combine multiple duties into list items; each item can be a sentence or phrase. Must not lose detail.
- Requirements: likely includes Education, Experience, Licenses/Certifications, Software, Language, Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities. The instruction separate Qualifications and Skills sections. We have Qualifications (Education, Experience, Licenses/Certifications) and Skills (Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities). Also maybe Requirements could be a combined section? But we have headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to decide what goes where.
Typically: Requirements could be mandatory items (education, experience). Qualifications could be preferred? But we have both required and preferred. We'll follow: Requirements: mandatory requirements (education, experience, certifications, software proficiency). Qualifications: preferred qualifications (advanced degree, prior experience in professional services firm, etc). Skills: knowledge, skills, abilities (communication, organizational, etc). Benefits: we have info about ESOP, Total Rewards, benefits mention. Pay: none. Schedule: none.
Thus we will include sections: Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits. Possibly also About the role? Not needed.
We must not include Pay or Schedule sections because no specific content.
We must output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown.
We'll structure:
maybe not required; just headings and content.
Use
for each section heading. Under each heading, put
for prose or
- for lists. We need to preserve all substantive info: that is a lot. We'll try to capture each bullet. Let's extract responsibilities: From Job Duties paragraph (first big paragraph) we can break into items: - Leads full lifecycle management of government contracts and grants and supports business compliance with all applicable federal regulations, including FAR, DFARS, and GSA requirements, including administration of the firm’s GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract and OASIS+ and other governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC)/IDIQ vehicles, and state and local regulations in coordination with the organization’s Office of the General Counsel (“OGC”), as appropriate. - Supports contract and grant vehicle evaluation, pursuit strategy and submission requirements; coordinates with OGC for legal review of NDAs, teaming agreements, and subcontracts; provides business-facing review, issue identification, and operational input on proposal requirements and contract terms, escalating legal questions, legal risk determinations, and requests for legal advice to the organization's legal department as needed. - Actively monitors business compliance with established federal, state and local contract and grant certifications and representations. - Serves as a key business-facing resource for identifying and coordinating implementation of contractual and grant obligations, preparing compliant proposal content based on established requirements, coordinating with OGC and government contacts, maintaining the firm’s System for Award Management (SAM.gov) registration and annual representations and certifications, and ensuring all contract and grant deliverables are submitted accurately and on time. - Maintains internal processes to support ongoing compliance, conducts periodic reviews or audits, and monitors regulatory changes to keep contract and grant practices current. - May supervise one or more other personnel in the performance of these duties. - Requires strong attention to detail, solid understanding of government contracting operations, ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment. - Supports multiple affiliated legal entities, each with distinct registrations, contract vehicles, and reporting obligations, and is responsible for ensuring entity-specific accuracy in all certifications, registrations, and reports. Then sub-sections: Contract Vehicles: - Evaluates and recommends contract and grant vehicles, including both competitive and non-competitive opportunities, based on growth strategy, risk and compliance implications - Prepares, and coordinates required contractual and grant documentation and organizational information to support contract and grant vehicle submissions - Monitors business compliance with established ongoing reporting, renewal, and administrative requirements of active contract and grant vehicles Teaming Agreements: - Coordinates preparation, routing, and execution of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), teaming agreements, and subcontracts with prospective and existing partners in coordination with Legal - Provides business input to capture and proposal teams on strategic teaming approaches and terms - Supports implementation of contractual requirements through monitoring, identifying whether agreements align with contract and grant requirements and internal policies Proposal Support: - Reviews RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs to identify business compliance requirements and potential contractual or grant issues, and coordinates with OGC for legal review - Coordinates and supports development of business responses to contractual sections of proposals, including representations and certifications, terms and conditions, and exception summaries - Analyzes key clauses, including FAR, DFARS, and GSA terms, and provide compliance assessments to internal stakeholders - Serves as liaison between internal teams and government contracting officers during the proposal phase - Partners with OGC and leadership teams to provide business input on terms and support the development of thoughtful and strategic responses to terms and conditions Project Compliance: - Serves as the primary point of contact for government customers (and strategic advisor on more complex matters) on all contract-related matters throughout the contract lifecycle - May lead contract kick-off meetings and ensure the operational team understands compliance obligations - Coordinates operational administration of contract modifications, performance monitoring, reporting requirements, and final closeout - Ensures deliverables and established contractual obligations are tracked and met in a timely, compliant manner Compliance Maintenance: - Develops and maintains internal policies and procedures to support business compliance with established FAR, DFARS, GSA requirements, and other applicable federal, state and local laws - Conducts regular internal audits and compliance reviews to identify and coordinate remediation of gaps in business processes or procedures - Serves as a business facing resource for established federal, state and local compliance requirements, providing training and guidance to internal teams in coordination with OGC, as needed - Monitors regulatory updates for potential operational impact, coordinates with OGC, and supports updates to internal practices to maintain business compliance with established requirements Additional Responsibilities: - Builds strong working relationships across OGC, compliance, finance, P&C, capture, and delivery teams to support business operations and compliance - Develops and reports on key contracts and compliance metrics for senior leadership, identifying trends, risks, and improvement opportunities - Performs additional specialized duties such as GSA contract oversight, SAM.gov registration management, and FOCI program oversight, depending on team and company needs - Leads process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, reduce risk, and support scalability - Participates in strategy development for new market entry, contract and grant expansion, and partnership models from a compliance perspective - Supports pre- and post-award contract and grant strategy and risk mitigation planning - Represents the Contracts and Compliance function in internal and external meetings, audits, and reviews - Supports due diligence efforts for potential acquisitions or partner evaluations - Performs other duties as assigned to support corporate goals and the growth of the Contracts & Compliance function Supervisory Responsibilities: - Provides day-to-day direction, coaching, and oversight to staff involved in contracts, grants, compliance, proposal support, or related operational activities - May supervise, mentor, or serve as career advisor to team members, depending on business need Now Requirements (mandatory): Education: Bachelor’s degree, required. Experience: Seven (7) years or more of relevant contracts, grants and compliance experience with Federal, state and local governments, required. Three (3) years or more of direct administration of a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract or a federal GWAC/IDIQ vehicle (e.g., OASIS+, Alliant, SEWP), including modifications, sales reporting, and option or renewal actions, required. Demonstrated experience owning a SAM.gov entity registration, including annual renewal and completion of FAR 52.204-8 annual representations and certifications, required. Three (3) years or more supporting federal, state and local government proposals, required. Experience applying knowledge of Federal Acquisitions Regulations, Defense Acquisitions Regulations and other applicable contracting rules, requirements and procedures, required. Working knowledge of FAR Part 8.4 (Federal Supply Schedules) and FAR Part 16.5 (task and delivery order contracts), required. Experience managing federal registrations and certifications across multiple affiliated legal entities with distinct UEIs, CAGE codes, and reporting obligations, preferred (so this is preferred, not required). We'll treat as preferred maybe under Qualifications. Prior experience working within a professional services firm, preferred (also Qualifications). License/Certifications: NCMA Certified Federal Contracts Manager (CFCM) or Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM), preferred (Qualifications). Software: Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suites, specifically Excel, PowerPoint and Word, and Copilot, required. Working proficiency with federal contracting systems, including SAM.gov, the FAS Sales Reporting Portal (SRP), eSRS and FSRS, GSA eOffer and eMod, and CPARS, required. Prior experience utilizing online documentation / proposal software, preferred (Qualifications). Knowledge of CRM systems or database systems, preferred (Qualifications). Language: N/A (skip). Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: list many. We'll separate: Requirements (mandatory): Education, Experience (years), specific experience items, software proficiency, working proficiency with systems. Qualifications (preferred): Advanced degree, prior experience in professional services firm, NCMA certification, experience managing federal registrations across multiple entities, prior experience utilizing online documentation/proposal software, knowledge of CRM/database systems. Skills (knowledge, skills, abilities): Solid understanding of Federal Government proposal processes and requirements as well as procurement processes and policies; Solid understanding of state and local contract and grant proposal processes and requirements as well as procurement processes and policies; Demonstrated ability to independently interpret GSA MAS and OASIS+ contract terms, identify scope and pricing compliance issues, and correspond directly with a Contracting Officer or Contract Specialist; Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as interpersonal skills; Ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels of the firm; Ability to work independently within a team environment and with a customer service