Job Description:
Assent Advisory Group is seeking a Senior Program Consultant II / Contract Manager to support anticipated federal government travel and financial operations work. This position will provide leadership, oversight, and day-to-day management of a team supporting Defense Travel System (DTS) and Centrally Billed Account (CBA) reconciliation, invoice review, transaction research, reporting, quality control, stakeholder coordination, and process improvement.
The ideal candidate will have strong experience managing government travel, financial operations, reconciliation, and contractor support teams. This role requires the ability to lead major work segments, coordinate with government stakeholders, manage deliverables, ensure timely completion of recurring tasks, and support continuous improvement across travel and financial management processes.
This is a remote position within the United States and is contingent upon contract award.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Serve as Contract Manager and primary day-to-day lead for contract execution.
- Manage team performance, work assignments, schedules, deliverables, and recurring reporting requirements.
- Lead support for DTS and CBA reconciliation activities, including invoice monitoring, transaction research, and issue resolution.
- Oversee quality control reviews to ensure work products are accurate, timely, complete, and compliant with applicable requirements.
- Coordinate with government stakeholders, program offices, travel personnel, financial managers, and other support organizations.
- Support analysis of account balances, unmatched transactions, open invoices, rejected transactions, and other reconciliation issues.
- Lead development and maintenance of process documentation, status reports, issue logs, training materials, and corrective action support.
- Identify process gaps, recommend improvements, and support standardization of recurring reconciliation and reporting activities.
- Ensure assigned personnel are properly onboarded, trained, and prepared to perform contract requirements.
- Maintain professional communication with government and contractor leadership
Experience:
- Minimum of eight years of professional experience.
- Minimum of five years of specialized experience in program management, financial management, business analysis, risk analysis, process improvement, or government consulting.
- Minimum of five years of experience supporting Defense Travel System and Centrally Billed Account reconciliation.
- Experience managing teams, deliverables, schedules, and government-facing communications.
- Strong understanding of DTS, CBA reconciliation, government travel processes, transaction research, invoice review, and reporting.
- Experience supporting federal or DoD financial operations preferred.
- Strong analytical, organizational, leadership, and written communication skills.
- Citizenship: Must be a U.S. Citizen.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Public Administration, Management, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Master’s degree preferred.
- Additional years of directly relevant experience may be considered in lieu of advanced education.
Licenses/Certifications:
- PMP, CPA, CDFM, CGFM, CISA, CIA, or Lean Six Sigma certification preferred.
Paid time off, Health and Dental insurance, Retirement benefits, Flexible schedules
