Senior Financial Consultant
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections when posting has real specific content. The posting includes: About the role? It starts with "Job Family Management Consulting Travel Required Up to 10% Clearance Required Ability to Obtain Public Trust". Then "What You Will Do" which is responsibilities. Then sections like "Financial Management & Analysis", "Client Delivery & Communication", etc. Those could be under Responsibilities. Then "What You Will Need" is requirements/qualifications/skills. Then "What Would Be Nice To Have" is nice-to-have (maybe skills). Then "What We Offer" includes benefits. There's no explicit Pay or Schedule specifics (except hybrid position may require up to 2-5 days on-site; that's schedule info). Also travel required up to 10% (travel). That could be schedule? Not exactly. But schedule: hybrid position may require up to 2-5 days on-site at client's or Guidehouse office. That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section with that detail. Pay: not specified; we should not include Pay section because no specific pay. Benefits: we have benefits list. So include Benefits.
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We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we need to strip the Guidehouse EEO paragraph etc.
We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. So sections: About the role? There's a brief intro: "Job Family Management Consulting Travel Required Up to 10% Clearance Required Ability to Obtain Public Trust". That's maybe about the role. Could be considered "About the role". We'll include that as a short paragraph.
Responsibilities: The "What You Will Do" and sub-sections (Financial Management & Analysis, Client Delivery & Communication, Innovation & Problem Solving, Leadership & Teamwork, Organization Impact & Stakeholder Management). We'll combine into responsibilities with lists.
Requirements/Qualifications/Skills: The "What You Will Need" includes citizenship, public trust, bachelor's degree, years experience, experience with federal financial management, knowledge of regulations, experience developing training, internal control assessments, proficiency in MS Office, ability to evaluate data discrepancies, professional judgment, written communication, strong written/verbal communication, hybrid position, reside within 50 miles of DC metro area. That's a mix of requirements and qualifications. We could split into Requirements (citizenship, clearance, degree, years experience, experience) and Qualifications (knowledge of regulations, proficiency, etc.) and Skills (communication, etc.). But we can combine into one section "Requirements" with lists. However instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe we have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Schedule. That's 5 sections.
We need to include Benefits section with list.
Schedule: hybrid position may require up to 2-5 days on-site at the client's or Guidehouse office. Also travel required up to 10% (maybe include in schedule or responsibilities). We'll put schedule: hybrid work expectation and travel.
We must not include Pay section.
We must not include "What Would Be Nice To Have" as separate section? Could be included under Requirements as "Preferred qualifications". But we could add a "Preferred Qualifications" subsection under Requirements using
. However we must not create extra headings unless we have real content. We could embed nice-to-have as a list under Requirements with a note "Preferred". But we need to follow instruction: Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It suggests we could have Qualifications and Skills separate. But we can keep it simple: Requirements includes both required and preferred. However we might lose nuance. But instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we can combine.
We must preserve all substantive information; we cannot drop nice-to-have details. So we need to include them somewhere. We'll put them under Requirements as a sub-list maybe with a heading? But we cannot add extra headings beyond the allowed list? The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but suggests those are typical. Safer to stick to those headings. We could put nice-to-have under Requirements as a list with a preceding
"Preferred qualifications:" then list.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. So we need to cut the Guidehouse EEO paragraph and all that.
Now craft HTML.
Structure:
About the role
Job Family: Management Consulting. Travel required up to 10%. Ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.
Responsibilities
- Support Federal clients across the full spectrum of financial management, including federal grants, reimbursable agreements, procurement processes, and budget formulation and execution.
- Provide ongoing financial management support to Federal clients in accordance with applicable Federal financial management requirements and guidance.
- Support the quantitative development of business case documentation (e.g., needs analyses and cost/benefit analyses).
- Prepare, review, and reconcile financial documents such as federal financial transaction data, reimbursable agreements, and grant related financial records.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and propose practical recommendations to enhance financial operations and controls.
- Develop clear, well-structured deliverables (presentations, reports, analyses, dashboards) that synthesize complex financial information into actionable insights and recommendations for clients, including visually appealing, high-level summaries of large financial datasets for various levels of stakeholders.
- Facilitate client meetings and working sessions to gather data, understand requirements, and validate findings.
- Communicate with client and internal stakeholders on project status, findings, and next steps, including explaining financial concepts to non-financial audiences and summarizing key takeaways from external and internal stakeholder meetings.
- Provide analysis and insight to managers and leadership to inform decision-making and project direction.
- Perform research and analysis to identify and obtain needed information, including applicable Federal regulations, policies, best practices, and public financial data sources such as USASpending.gov to investigate financial transaction-level discrepancies.
- Address issues and problems that are generally defined and may involve multiple interrelated factors, applying sound judgment within established frameworks and guidance.
- Recommend changes to processes, tools, or documentation to solve problems and improve efficiency or compliance, including documenting current data analysis processes, identifying improvement opportunities, and iterating on data displays or communication methods to advance PMO goals.
- Work as part of a team or independently while taking ownership of assigned tasks and workstreams, proactively brainstorming path-forward options and asking targeted questions when guidance is needed.
- Follow established methodologies, standard operating procedures, and quality standards.
- Assist on large to mid-sized, moderately complex projects or task orders, including coordinating specific activities or deliverables.
- Contribute to achieving project deadlines, quality expectations, and client satisfaction.
- Collaborate effectively with project team members, internal support functions, and client stakeholders to drive progress and resolve issues.
- Share knowledge, lessons learned, and leading practices with the team to strengthen overall capability.
Requirements
Must be a US Citizen due to nature of client engagements.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD "Public Trust" clearance.
Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field.
Three (3) to Five (5) years of consulting experience, preferably supporting Federal clients in financial management–related engagements.
Experience with Federal financial management, such as federal accounting, grants management, reimbursable agreements, procurement processes, or budget formulation and execution.
Experience working with Federal agencies and familiarity with Federal accounting requirements.
Knowledge of Federal financial management regulations and guidance (for example, the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act), Treasury Financial Manual, Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA), OMB Circular A-123, and Federal budget process).
Experience developing and delivering training or knowledge transfer materials for Federal stakeholders.
Experience performing or supporting internal control assessments or related risk and control activities.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and the Google Productivity Suite to create presentations, communications, and to manipulate and analyze large datasets, create and iterate formulas, and use PivotTables.
Ability to evaluate data discrepancies, apply sound judgment against Federal or Departmental guidance, and communicate findings clearly to clients and external stakeholders.
Professional judgment and written communication skills to manage updates, outreach, and technical assistance through a government group inbox.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly present findings and recommendations.
This hybrid position may require up to 2-5 days on-site at the client's or Guidehouse office.
Candidates must reside within 50 miles of DC metro area.
Preferred qualifications (nice-to-have):
- Active relevant certifications (e.g., CGFM, PMP, CFA, CPA or other financial management, audit, or project management credentials) or progress towards one of these certifications.
- Experience with Federal reimbursable agreements and interagency agreements, including formulation, execution, and reconciliation.
- Hands‑on experience with Federal financial systems (e.g., core financial systems, grants management systems, or procurement systems).
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast‑paced consulting environment, manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines.
- General understanding of Power Platform or Google‑equivalent automation logic, with the ability to translate requirements between clients and technical developers.
- Experience providing oversight or coordination support to peer consultants, senior consultants, or joint venture partner staff.
- Proficiency in Google Workspace Suite.
Benefits
- Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
- Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
- Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Basic Life & Supplemental Life
- Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short‑Term & Long‑Term Disability
- Student Loan PayDown
- Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
- Skills Development & Certifications
- Employee Referral Program
- Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
- Emergency Back‑Up Childcare Program
- Mobility Stipend
Schedule
Hybrid role: up to 2‑5 days on‑site at client’s or Guidehouse office; travel required up to 10%.
Check we didn't repeat job title. No Pay section. All content preserved?
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we need to strip the Guidehouse EEO paragraph etc. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. So sections: About the role? There's a brief intro: "Job Family Management Consulting Travel Required Up to 10% Clearance Required Ability to Obtain Public Trust". That's maybe about the role. Could be considered "About the role". We'll include that as a short paragraph. Responsibilities: The "What You Will Do" and sub-sections (Financial Management & Analysis, Client Delivery & Communication, Innovation & Problem Solving, Leadership & Teamwork, Organization Impact & Stakeholder Management). We'll combine into responsibilities with lists. Requirements/Qualifications/Skills: The "What You Will Need" includes citizenship, public trust, bachelor's degree, years experience, experience with federal financial management, knowledge of regulations, experience developing training, internal control assessments, proficiency in MS Office, ability to evaluate data discrepancies, professional judgment, written communication, strong written/verbal communication, hybrid position, reside within 50 miles of DC metro area. That's a mix of requirements and qualifications. We could split into Requirements (citizenship, clearance, degree, years experience, experience) and Qualifications (knowledge of regulations, proficiency, etc.) and Skills (communication, etc.). But we can combine into one section "Requirements" with lists. However instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe we have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Schedule. That's 5 sections. We need to include Benefits section with list. Schedule: hybrid position may require up to 2-5 days on-site at the client's or Guidehouse office. Also travel required up to 10% (maybe include in schedule or responsibilities). We'll put schedule: hybrid work expectation and travel. We must not include Pay section. We must not include "What Would Be Nice To Have" as separate section? Could be included under Requirements as "Preferred qualifications". But we could add a "Preferred Qualifications" subsection under Requirements using
- . However we must not create extra headings unless we have real content. We could embed nice-to-have as a list under Requirements with a note "Preferred". But we need to follow instruction: Use
- Support Federal clients across the full spectrum of financial management, including federal grants, reimbursable agreements, procurement processes, and budget formulation and execution.
- Provide ongoing financial management support to Federal clients in accordance with applicable Federal financial management requirements and guidance.
- Support the quantitative development of business case documentation (e.g., needs analyses and cost/benefit analyses).
- Prepare, review, and reconcile financial documents such as federal financial transaction data, reimbursable agreements, and grant related financial records.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and propose practical recommendations to enhance financial operations and controls.
- Develop clear, well-structured deliverables (presentations, reports, analyses, dashboards) that synthesize complex financial information into actionable insights and recommendations for clients, including visually appealing, high-level summaries of large financial datasets for various levels of stakeholders.
- Facilitate client meetings and working sessions to gather data, understand requirements, and validate findings.
- Communicate with client and internal stakeholders on project status, findings, and next steps, including explaining financial concepts to non-financial audiences and summarizing key takeaways from external and internal stakeholder meetings.
- Provide analysis and insight to managers and leadership to inform decision-making and project direction.
- Perform research and analysis to identify and obtain needed information, including applicable Federal regulations, policies, best practices, and public financial data sources such as USASpending.gov to investigate financial transaction-level discrepancies.
- Address issues and problems that are generally defined and may involve multiple interrelated factors, applying sound judgment within established frameworks and guidance.
- Recommend changes to processes, tools, or documentation to solve problems and improve efficiency or compliance, including documenting current data analysis processes, identifying improvement opportunities, and iterating on data displays or communication methods to advance PMO goals.
- Work as part of a team or independently while taking ownership of assigned tasks and workstreams, proactively brainstorming path-forward options and asking targeted questions when guidance is needed.
- Follow established methodologies, standard operating procedures, and quality standards.
- Assist on large to mid-sized, moderately complex projects or task orders, including coordinating specific activities or deliverables.
- Contribute to achieving project deadlines, quality expectations, and client satisfaction.
- Collaborate effectively with project team members, internal support functions, and client stakeholders to drive progress and resolve issues.
- Share knowledge, lessons learned, and leading practices with the team to strengthen overall capability.
- Active relevant certifications (e.g., CGFM, PMP, CFA, CPA or other financial management, audit, or project management credentials) or progress towards one of these certifications.
- Experience with Federal reimbursable agreements and interagency agreements, including formulation, execution, and reconciliation.
- Hands‑on experience with Federal financial systems (e.g., core financial systems, grants management systems, or procurement systems).
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast‑paced consulting environment, manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines.
- General understanding of Power Platform or Google‑equivalent automation logic, with the ability to translate requirements between clients and technical developers.
- Experience providing oversight or coordination support to peer consultants, senior consultants, or joint venture partner staff.
- Proficiency in Google Workspace Suite.
- Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
- Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
- Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Basic Life & Supplemental Life
- Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short‑Term & Long‑Term Disability
- Student Loan PayDown
- Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
- Skills Development & Certifications
- Employee Referral Program
- Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
- Emergency Back‑Up Childcare Program
- Mobility Stipend
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It suggests we could have Qualifications and Skills separate. But we can keep it simple: Requirements includes both required and preferred. However we might lose nuance. But instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we can combine. We must preserve all substantive information; we cannot drop nice-to-have details. So we need to include them somewhere. We'll put them under Requirements as a sub-list maybe with a heading? But we cannot add extra headings beyond the allowed list? The instruction says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but suggests those are typical. Safer to stick to those headings. We could put nice-to-have under Requirements as a list with a preceding
"Preferred qualifications:" then list. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. So we need to cut the Guidehouse EEO paragraph and all that. Now craft HTML. Structure:
About the role
Job Family: Management Consulting. Travel required up to 10%. Ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.
Responsibilities
Requirements
Must be a US Citizen due to nature of client engagements.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD "Public Trust" clearance.
Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field.
Three (3) to Five (5) years of consulting experience, preferably supporting Federal clients in financial management–related engagements.
Experience with Federal financial management, such as federal accounting, grants management, reimbursable agreements, procurement processes, or budget formulation and execution.
Experience working with Federal agencies and familiarity with Federal accounting requirements.
Knowledge of Federal financial management regulations and guidance (for example, the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act), Treasury Financial Manual, Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA), OMB Circular A-123, and Federal budget process).
Experience developing and delivering training or knowledge transfer materials for Federal stakeholders.
Experience performing or supporting internal control assessments or related risk and control activities.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and the Google Productivity Suite to create presentations, communications, and to manipulate and analyze large datasets, create and iterate formulas, and use PivotTables.
Ability to evaluate data discrepancies, apply sound judgment against Federal or Departmental guidance, and communicate findings clearly to clients and external stakeholders.
Professional judgment and written communication skills to manage updates, outreach, and technical assistance through a government group inbox.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly present findings and recommendations.
This hybrid position may require up to 2-5 days on-site at the client's or Guidehouse office.
Candidates must reside within 50 miles of DC metro area.
Preferred qualifications (nice-to-have):
Benefits
Schedule
Hybrid role: up to 2‑5 days on‑site at client’s or Guidehouse office; travel required up to 10%.
Check we didn't repeat job title. No Pay section. All content preserved?