Financial Compliance Specialist

About the role

Mission: Driven by compassion. Defined by expertise. Strengthened by collaboration. We empower communities to improve disaster outcomes and build lasting resilience.

Vision: In the true spirit of emergency management – ACDC seeks to solve crises, both for the communities and individuals affected by disasters as well as for the clients we serve. Our team brings a whole community approach, compassionate guidance and decades of hands-on experience to best embody our core values: competent, caring, and connected.

The position will be guided by ACDC’s Corporate Values Platform in all activities.

Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the following essential functions:

• Conduct project-level validation of FEMA PA work across Categories A–G, with emphasis on emergency work, permanent work, and management costs (CAT-Z).
• Review PWs, versions, RFIs, and supporting documentation for completeness, eligibility, reasonable cost, and alignment with approved scope.
• Evaluate applicant procurement and contracting files against 2 CFR 200 and FEMA PA procurement policy; document deficiencies and required corrective actions.
• Perform or validate insurance reviews, duplication of benefits analysis, and force-account labor/equipment documentation.
• Identify compliance risks (ineligible work, insufficient documentation, scope creep, cost reasonableness issues, time-limit concerns) and recommend risk-managed paths to resolution.
• Support appeals, first/second appeals packages, and response to FEMA/state inquiries with policy citations and organized exhibits.
• Track validation metrics (projects reviewed, findings closed, documentation gaps, closeout readiness) for weekly Project Management reporting.
• Contribute to closeout SOP development and consistent application of quality standards across a multi-disaster portfolio.
• Coordinate professionally with applicants/subrecipients, TEMA staff, FEMA counterparts, and internal project leadership.
• Perform other duties related to the role as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum 3-5 years of accounting and auditing of FEMA public assistance experience.
• Demonstrated practical knowledge of categories A, B, and E.
• Demonstrated experience in at least 2 major disaster recovery efforts.
• Demonstrated experience writing project worksheets (PWs).
• Demonstrated experience using database software to work with project eligibility, scope of work