Federal Funding Compliance, Senior Manager

$179,850 - $389,680/Yr

Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP - Minneapolis, MN

Full-time - Senior

Minneapolis, MN

10,001+ employees

About the position

The Senior Manager position at Baker Tilly's Development & Community Advisory (DCA) team involves leading a team of consultants to support clients with Federal Funding Compliance, particularly in clean energy. The role encompasses a variety of advisory services related to grant and loan compliance, risk assessment, and internal controls, aimed at assisting clients in navigating federal funding as they transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.

Responsibilities

• Lead in the interpretation of CFRs governing compliance needs for clients who have received federal dollars.
• Review client capabilities, policies, and procedures and conduct gap analyses providing direction on next steps to ensure compliant projects and programs.
• Support in policy development for clients where gaps have been identified.
• Supervise quality and pace of the activities and tasks performed by Consultants under your direction.
• Conduct research on regulatory guidance, current industry standards and trends, new legislation and requirements and summarize for public release.
• Manage the collection of client data and information to document clients' business and financial processes, risks and controls.
• Perform root cause analysis, providing data and information that will inform recommendations and solutions.
• Work independently with clients and on team projects and manage deadlines.
• Draft memos and other reports to explain team findings and observations.
• Monitor project progress and risks, ensuring engagement leads are updated on progress and expected outcomes.
• Lead the creation and/or completion of deliverable templates, compiling and analyzing data, development of reports, and review of results developed by Consultants.
• Work with Baker Tilly's digital solutions team to build customized tools for client and market specific needs.
• Work with Baker Tilly's clean energy subject matter experts to bridge technical requirements of projects funded with Federal dollars with overall program compliance requirements and needs.
• Provide mentoring and coaching to Consultants, including governmental accounting and/or internal control concepts and methodologies.
• Identify opportunities to enhance and improve project and engagement deliverables and outcomes.
• Assist in creating client business, financial and risk/internal controls documentation by developing portions of the documentation and supervising the compilation and developments of reports.
• Manage the collection of client financial and operational data for weekly/monthly and ad hoc reporting.
• Manage the execution and delivery of engagement specific tasks as directed.
• Demonstrate the ability to effectively negotiate priorities across multiple groups/teams.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree within business, finance or accounting; MBA/MPA desirable but not required.
• A minimum of 10+ years of internal or external auditing experience, including at least five (5) years serving as a project manager and at least three (3) years in consulting.
• In-depth understanding of US Federal funding compliance requirements and practices.
• Demonstrated management, analytical, organization, interpersonal, project management, communication skills, and highly developed Microsoft Suite skills (Word, Excel).
• Experience building financial models incorporating income statements and cash flows to support business decisions.
• Experience with core financial processes (e.g. monthly close, financial reporting).
• Experience with developing reporting or data analytics.
• Exceptional oral and written communication, collaboration, and time management skills.
• Ability to provide exceptional client service and demonstrate commitment to continuous learning.

Nice-to-haves

• MBA/MPA degree
• Experience with governmental accounting and/or internal control concepts.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $179,850 to $389,680 based on skills and experience.
• Opportunities for upward career trajectory and flexibility in work arrangements.