Project Management Senior Consultant

Overview

Kearney & Company is seeking a Project Management Senior Analyst to join its Intelligence Community (IC) practice. This on‑site position is located in Springfield, VA. Kearney provides financial services—including auditing, consulting, and technology services—exclusively for the Government and is recognized as a leading accounting firm and a “Best Place to Work.”

Responsibilities

• Facilitate, document, and maintain project management plans (e.g., work breakdown structures, action officers, dependencies, due dates).
• Monitor formal and informal deliverable schedules, track completion, and perform quality reviews.
• Coordinate team and client meetings at the direction of the PM and team leaders, maintaining accurate records of action items.
• Follow up and communicate progress toward client and team completion of relevant action items.
• Develop and distribute project, client, and team communications related to integrated project management plans.
• Coordinate, facilitate, and report on key audit‑related meetings with IC agency senior leaders, including all presentations, readahead materials, and pre‑briefings.
• Establish and maintain project records on the client’s classified network.
• Create and maintain onboarding and offboarding guides and supplemental tools to facilitate accurate and timely project reporting, as needed.
• Provide in‑person onboarding assistance to new team members at the client site.
• Support team members with initial login and facilitate access to necessary client systems, folders, and tools.
• Track and document all changes involving personnel compliance with training requirements, system access, and GFE issuances, including reassignments, roll‑offs, and replacements.
• Support in‑person team member offboarding, including securing and returning GFE to client security.
• Keep up to date with onboarding and offboarding process changes and communicate updates to the team.
• Manage the schedule and completion of project management deliverables with team leaders and members; coordinate technical and editorial reviews in advance of PM review.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree from an accredited college/university in business management or a related field.
• At least 6 years of project management experience associated with financial management, financial systems, and/or audit remediation projects.
• At least 2 years of Federal financial management experience.
• Technical competency, professional care, and eagerness to learn new technical and industry‑specific information.
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, SharePoint, Project) and other project management software tools.
• Ability to communicate clearly in writing and verbally.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain a Polygraph for the IC.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous DoD or IC financial management experience.
• Experience providing project management support to programs such as:
  • ERM program in accordance with OMB A‑123.
  • Payment Integrity Improvement Act programs.
  • Financial Reporting in accordance with PMB A‑136 and/or general ledger operations.
• Proficiency in Jira and Confluence.
• Active TS/SCI with current Counterintelligence Polygraph.

Pay

The expected salary range for this position is $103,000 – $180,000 (base pay only). Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, education, work location, clearance level, and other lawful factors. This position is eligible for bonuses when applicable.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan and 529 Education Savings Plan
• Flexible Spending & Health Savings Accounts
• Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Legal, and Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program, fitness and wellness benefits, and other firm benefits
• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick time