Associate Director – FP&A, Government Contracting, Private Equity Advisory
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Associate Director delivering government contracting FP&A advisory for CrossCountry’s private equity clients. Leading financial modeling, indirect rate strategy, compliance reporting, and portfolio company support.
Responsibilities:
- Serve clients within the Office of the CFO at private equity portfolio companies
- Serve as a GovCon subject matter expert for portfolio company management and sponsors
- Lead development and operationalization of wrap rate processes and planning tools
- Build indirect rate structures, provisional billing rates, and rate variance analyses
- Develop planning and reporting tools for cost-plus, T&M, and FFP contracts
- Develop bid and proposal pricing support, rate build-ups, should-cost analyses, and competitive positioning
- Lead financial management capabilities, multi-year financial modeling, and annual target-setting
- Translate strategic targets into operating and capital budgets and forecasts
- Prepare financial and operational management reports and KPI reporting
- Assess and enhance analytical resources, tools, models, metrics, and methodologies
- Build models for financial covenants and operating requirements in debt agreements
- Review and assist with treasury and cash flow forecasting, including 13-week cash flow models
- Develop relationships with portfolio company representatives and private equity sponsors
- Collaborate with CrossCountry team members to scope and deliver client services
- Contribute to firm-approved AI-enabled client solutions
- Identify compliant opportunities to use emerging AI tools and techniques
- Participate in business development and market CrossCountry services
- Mentor team members, provide feedback and performance reviews, and help resolve complex project issues
Requirements:
- 9+ years of corporate FP&A and/or consulting experience
- Exposure to middle-market, private equity-owned businesses and significant experience in the GovCon space
- Experience in middle-market consulting environments and understanding of private equity sponsors and portfolio companies
- Deep GovCon industry experience, ideally in the middle-market space
- Experience bridging 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 strongly preferred
- Success building and developing strong client relationships
- Diverse industry experience, potentially including manufacturing, SaaS, healthcare, and business services
- Fluent knowledge of income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows elements and drivers
- Strong understanding of cash flow dynamics, debt structures and covenant reporting, value creation plans, and exit and diligence processes
- Advanced financial modeling skills
- Advanced expertise with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience with data analytics tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx, SQL, and Snowflake
- Knowledge of GovCon ERP and EPM platforms such as Deltek Costpoint, Unanet, JAMIS, and OneStream
- Ability to responsibly explore and adopt firm-approved AI tools
- Openness to learning emerging technologies including AI and automation
- Experience mentoring and developing junior team members
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
- Willingness to travel up to 40%
- Preference for candidates based in the DC Metro area
- U.S. Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Residency (Green Card) strongly preferred
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
- Professional growth support



















