Maximus · 1 week ago
Director, Finance & Accounting
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$145K/yr - $160K/yr
10+ years expMaximus is currently seeking a Director, Finance & Accounting who will be responsible for performing and providing financial oversight to the business. The role involves preparing financial budgets, forecasts, and reports, as well as leading a team to develop effective financial strategies and ensure compliance with applicable regulations.
Business Process Automation (BPA)ConsultingEducationGovernmentGovTechHealth CareInformation Technology
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Prepare financial budgeting, forecasting and reporting on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis, while performing variance analysis between forecast and actual
Ensure effectiveness of accuracy and timeliness of forecasting, reporting, accruals, and other financial related processes and systems on a weekly and monthly basis
Provide direct financial leadership and support for assessing service allocation rates, composition of cost pools for new allocations
Work with group and project finance teams to develop, administer, and implement process improvements and methodologies and cost allocation expectations
Lead a team of financial professionals to develop and implement a financial strategy that is effective, consistent and aligns with the organization’s overall financial strategy
Responsible for oversight and maintenance of project financial records and forecasts
Provide strategic pricing leadership to support a new business area
Participate in all internal and external audits
Oversee the monthly and quarterly financial close process for assigned businesses
Coordinates with Project Management to develop operational productivity analysis and tracking of metrics to identify where cost efficiencies can be achieved
Reviews contract modifications, maintain financial contract files and prepares reports, documentation and presentations as appropriate
Ensure client invoices are compliant with MAXIMUS policy and client requirement to ensure projects are billed accurately and timely
Manages Direct Sales Outstanding by expediting collections and keeping unbilled as low as possible
Ensure compliance with applicable policies and procedures as well as US GAAP, FAR, CAS and statutory regulations, acting as a champion of the company policy and procedures
Provide monthly, quarterly and annual forecasting for financial and business planning with Project Management and Division finance and works closely to track performance and provides timely variance and Risk and Opportunity analysis
Prepares routine and ad-hoc financial reports and analysis using MAXIMUS proprietary tools, Enterprise solutions, CostPoint, Cognos Reporting, and Excel
Lead cooperative effort among members of a team
Provides ongoing supervision too assigned staff
Responsible for identifying and resolving issues, problems and concerns
Receives assignments in the form of objectives and determines how to use resources to meet schedules and recommends changes to policies and establishes procedures
Interacts with different levels of external and internal customers
Ensures the confidentiality and security of all corporate information
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in related field required
10-12 years of relevant professional experience required
Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance from an accredited college or university or equivalent experience in lieu of degree
Due to customer requirements, United States Citizenship is required
The ability to obtain or maintain a government issued security clearance is required
10+ years of relevant professional experience required
At least 5 years of experience in project accounting, financial control/management or similar discipline
2-3 years management experience required
Must have DoD financial experience
Must have strategic pricing experience
Ability to coach, develop and mentor team members
Proficient in Microsoft Office (strong Word and Excel skills)
Excellent organizational, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, ability to perform quantitative and qualitative analyses of existing business processes
Ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented work environment
Ability to work under standards-based performance measures
Ability to successfully execute many complex tasks simultaneously
Ability to work as a team member, as well as independently
Ability to be a self-starter
Preferred
Master's Degree preferred
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
A retirement savings plan
Paid holidays
Paid time off
Company
Maximus
Providing government technology services, digitally enabled customer experiences, and clinical health services that change lives.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$7.93M2010-12-09Post Ipo Equity· $7.93M
Leadership Team
Elisabeth Schmidt
Senior Vice President
Michael Mateer
Sr. Vice President, Enterprise Technology
Recent News
2025-11-20
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