GuidehouseRemote
Federal Financial Management Modernization Project Lead
United States of America
Full Time
1 day ago
$135,000 - $225,000 USD
No H1B
Key skills
Federal financial managementFinancial reportingAudit requirementsFinancial systems integrationAI-enabled capabilitiesAI governanceMulti-phase transformation initiativesExecutive-level client engagementFederalDoD SECRET security clearanceStakeholder managementCAIMLMLOpsData EngineeringAnalyticsDatabricksLeadershipRisk Management
About this role
Guidehouse is a consulting firm that specializes in finance and accounting. They are seeking a Federal Financial Management Modernization Project Lead to provide strategic leadership for large-scale financial transformation initiatives, shape solution architectures, and drive quality assurance and risk management in the federal financial management domain.
Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic leadership for large‑scale DFAS financial transformation, AI adoption, and modernization efforts
- Shape solution architectures across analytics, AI/ML, data engineering, automation, and financial process improvement
- Direct multi‑team delivery across workstreams involving enterprise data, Treasury reporting, IGT, and controls
- Advise senior DFAS and DoW stakeholders on modernization strategy, AI governance, IL5 readiness, and integration roadmap
- Drive quality assurance, risk management, stakeholder communications, and long‑term client relationship development
- Lead development of scalable, explainable AI and analytics solutions aligned with DFAS mission, compliance, and auditability
- Mentor managers and senior technical leads; develop workforce capability and delivery excellence
Requirements:
- Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD 'SECRET' security clearance; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of clearance prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE 'SECRET' or higher-level clearance are preferred
- Bachelors Degree
- TEN (10) years of experience leading complex federal financial management, analytics, technology, or AI programs
- Demonstrated success leading large teams, managing multi‑phase transformation initiatives, and engaging executive‑level clients; deep expertise in federal financial reporting, audit requirements, and financial systems integration; and the ability to shape AI‑enabled capabilities and guide technical and functional integration efforts
- Experience advising DFAS, DoD, OUSD(C), or CFO Act agencies at the enterprise level; expertise with platforms such as WDP/Advana, Databricks, ERPs, Treasury systems, and enterprise automation tools; experience with AI governance, model oversight, MLOps, data lineage, and IL5/FedRAMP‑High architectures; and relevant professional certifications including CPA, CDFM, CGFM, PMP, SAFe, cloud architect, or AI/analytics credentials