Director - FP&A - Government Contracting - Private Equity Advisory

Overview

This role supports private equity portfolio companies by serving within an “Office of the CFO” function. The work focuses on enhancing the effectiveness of finance operations, strengthening FP&A capabilities, and improving compliance-aligned reporting—particularly for Government Contracting (GovCon) investments.

As a Director, you will lead a mix of client delivery, business development, team leadership, development of junior team members, and serve as a member of the leadership team.

Responsibilities

• Serve clients within the “Office of the CFO” at private equity portfolio companies by creating diagnostic frameworks and enhancing the effectiveness of the finance function.
• Act as a subject matter expert in the Government Contracting (“GovCon”) industry vertical, working with portfolio company management and sponsors to drive:
  • Financial planning
  • Indirect rate strategy
  • Compliance-aligned reporting across GovCon investments
• Lead the development, calculation, and operationalization of scalable wrap rate processes and planning tools across portfolio companies, ensuring alignment with DCAA requirements and contract pricing strategies. This may include:
  • Building and refining indirect rate structures, provisional billing rates, and rate variance analyses to support accurate job costing and profitability tracking
  • Developing and optimizing planning and reporting tools tailored to cost-plus, T&M, and FFP contracts
  • Supporting bid/proposal pricing, including rate build-ups, should-cost analyses, and competitive positioning for new business capture
• Develop and maintain relationships with portfolio company representatives and private equity sponsors; collaborate with internal teams to scope, clarify, and deliver excellent client service.
• Identify new growth and shared revenue opportunities and collaborate with leadership to expand the FP&A capability offering.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery of FP&A engagements, including scoping, staffing, client communication, and quality control.
• Provide strategic thought leadership and engagement oversight across concurrent initiatives, which may include:
  • Forecasting and budgeting redesign
  • Cash flow and liquidity management
  • Performance reporting and KPI frameworks
  • Interim FP&A support roles
  • Finance function diagnostics
• Develop and enhance repeatable delivery playbooks, templates, tools, and methodologies to scale the practice.
• Identify key industry developments and trends and communicate their potential impact on clients.
• Contribute to firm-approved, AI-enabled solutions for clients in accordance with policies on data protection, intellectual property, and professional standards.
• Stay informed about emerging AI tools and techniques; collaborate with leadership to identify compliant opportunities to improve client solutions and internal processes.
• Lead through coaching by serving as a role model, coach, mentor, and liaison to the leadership team.

Requirements

• 10+ years of senior FP&A and/or consulting experience, including significant exposure to middle-market, private equity-owned businesses and GovCon.
• Experience understanding the requirements of a private equity consulting environment, including the relationship between private equity sponsors and portfolio companies.
• Experience building and mentoring high-performing FP&A teams and setting performance standards.
• Deep GovCon industry experience, ideally in the middle-market; ability to serve as an FP&A generalist on select engagements outside the industry.
• Ability to bridge technical FP&A skills with hands-on knowledge of DCAA/DCMA compliance, cost accounting standards, and government contract economics.
• Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, and operationalizing wrap rates and indirect rate structures for government contractors.
• Strong working knowledge of FAR, DFARS, CAS, and DCAA audit processes; incurred cost submission experience using the ICE model is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of cash flow dynamics, debt structures, covenant reporting, value creation plans, and exit and diligence processes.
• Advanced financial modeling skills with sound judgment to keep models practical and decision-focused.
• Strong verbal and written executive communication skills; ability to simplify complexity and drive decisions.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with a bias toward action; ability to shift between strategic narrative and detailed analysis.
• Knowledge and proficiency in leading and implementing best practices to optimize finance functions.
• Knowledge of technology solutions within the Office of the CFO, including GovCon ERP and EPM platforms such as Deltek Costpoint, Unanet, JAMIS, and OneStream.
• Experience with data analytics tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx, Snowflake, SQL, and Python.
• Comfort with AI, including demonstrated ability to responsibly explore and adopt firm-approved AI tools to improve productivity and innovation.
• Continuous learning mindset, including openness to emerging technologies such as AI and automation in alignment with firm policies and client standards.
• Proven ability to generate leads from a network outside of existing client work.
• Experience mentoring and developing junior team members and helping project teams resolve multifaceted issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• Willingness to travel up to 40% (travel varies based on client preferences).
• Preference for candidates based in the DC Metro area.
• U.S. Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Residency status (Green Card) is strongly preferred due to the nature of client engagements, which may require access to controlled unclassified information (CUI), export-controlled data, or government facilities.

Compensation & Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare options including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible spending accounts
• 401(k) with company matching
• Generous parental and maternity leave policies
• Technology stipends
• Wellness reimbursement programs

Location

• Preference for candidates based in the DC Metro area.
• Up to 40% travel required (varies based on client preferences).