Director of Internal Controls and Government Compliance - REMOTE

CORPORATE/FUNCTIONAL PRACTICE

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DESCRIPTION

Michael Baker International is seeking a Director of Internal Controls and Government Compliance to join our team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring compliance with Sarbanes Oxley and Government accounting regulations.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Sarbanes Oxley, Federal Acquisition Regulations and Cost Accounting Standards.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Internal Controls


* Oversee the evaluation and design of internal controls and drive changes to both controls and processes


* Document financial and operational process flows, with a focus on internal controls and SOX compliance


* Lead the execution of management's SOX risk assessment and scoping activities to ensure proper risk identification, process mapping and controls for a sustainable internal control framework.


* Develop and implement policies and procedures relating to internal controls over financial reporting and SOX


* Partner with external auditors to plan and implement an assessment of the control environment.


* Develop processes and policies for reporting findings to Process owners, Finance and Executive Leaders and others charged with governance


* Work with process owners to develop action plans to correct and/or mitigate control deficiencies


* Develop and implement a system to capture and track control deficiencies and remediation status.

Government Compliance


* Ensure overhead related transactions are compliant with Federal Cost Principles, such as Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 31, Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and AASHTO Guidelines


* Ownership and oversight of the annual Indirect Cost Rates including the associated third-party audit and certification process; also owns Incurred Cost Submissions and Disclosure Statements


* Supports Operations on appropriate strategy for pricing proposals based on most recent approved overhead rates


* Primary liaison communicating impact of new overhead rates and their impact to key members and executive leadership within Finance, Operations and Legal including strategic analysis on how to structure transactions around the overhead rate in the most effective way possible


* Maintain and own ongoing effectiveness of the comp...