Federal Funding Compliance Advisory and Program Management, Senior Manager at Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP in Madison, Wisconsin

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Overview



Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world's leading financial centers - New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) provide professional services through an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards. Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business advisory services to their clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms.


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Job Description:





Come join Baker Tilly's Development & Community Advisory (DCA) team as a Senior Manager! You will be a part of our DCA Development Advisory team where you lead a team of consultants and subject matter experts in supporting client Federal Funding Compliance needs, primarily in the subject area of clean energy. You will work alongside and lead teams to provide a variety of grant, loan, and tax compliance advisory services including, but not limited to, pre and post award grant/loan administration, sub-recipient monitoring, effort reporting, export controls and conflicts of interest, as well as enterprise risk assessment and remediation of internal controls around grant accounting processes related to the pre and post award administration of federal awards. Additionally, you will work with organizations to support sponsored program design, cost allowability, compliance issues, business process and organizational design, and internal audit. The candidate for this position will thrive at the intersection of enterprise risk, compliance, and grant management for clients navigating federal funding received as part of their transition away from fossil fuels to clean energy. Clients may include fortune 500 companies, state governments, municipalities, Tribal nations, and large non-profits.


As one of the fastest growing firms in the nation, Baker Tilly has the ability to offer you upward career trajectory, flexibility in how and where you get your work done and meaningful relationships with clients, teammates and leadership who truly care about you and your development.



What you will do:

• Lead in the interpretation of CFRs governing compliance needs for client's 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 of data, development of reports, and review of results developed by Consultants


• Work with Baker Tilly's digital solutions team to build customized tools (web based portals, automated reporting systems, etc.) 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, to include 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

• A Bachelor's degree within business, finance or accounting. MBA/MPA desirable but not a requirement


• A minimum of 10+ plus years of internal or external auditing, 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) required


• 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, demonstrate commitment to continuous learning in order to stay current regarding applicable strategies, see the "big picture" as well as the details, display appropriate ethical knowledge and commitment, and exhibit a sense of urgency and commitment to quality and the timely completion of duties