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About Us
When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.
The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields - each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.
At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!
If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences - then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!
Job Overview
We are seeking a hands-on Government Cost Compliance leader to own our FAR/DFARS/CAS and DCAA-facing compliance program. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in FAR Part 31, incurred cost submissions (ICE/ICS), provisional and final indirect rates, allowability/allocability, and audit readiness. This role partners across Accounting, FP&A, Programs, Contracts, HR, and Supply Chain to ensure our practices are compliant, well-documented, and audit-ready, while advising the business on cost structures, billing, and policy.
Responsibilities
Essential Duties & Job Functions:
Incurred Cost & Rates:
Audit Interface & Closeout:
Allowability & Policy:
Advisory to the Business:
Controls, Reporting, & Training:
Accountable For:
Job Requirements
Mandatory:
Preferred:
Working Conditions:
Physical Requirements:
CGS will provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Chugach Government Solutions or any of its subsidiaries, please email ada@chugachgov.com
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Chugach is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, disability, genetic factors, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.
The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields - each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.
At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!
If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences - then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!
Job Overview
We are seeking a hands-on Government Cost Compliance leader to own our FAR/DFARS/CAS and DCAA-facing compliance program. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in FAR Part 31, incurred cost submissions (ICE/ICS), provisional and final indirect rates, allowability/allocability, and audit readiness. This role partners across Accounting, FP&A, Programs, Contracts, HR, and Supply Chain to ensure our practices are compliant, well-documented, and audit-ready, while advising the business on cost structures, billing, and policy.
Responsibilities
Essential Duties & Job Functions:
Incurred Cost & Rates:
- Lead preparation/review of the ICE model (Schedules A-N); ensure adequate and timely submission of final indirect cost rate proposals under FAR 52.216-7(d).
- Drive Provisional Billing Rates (PBRs), forecast/monitor pools and bases (G&A, OH, fringe, service centers), and support final-rate negotiations with the ACO.
Audit Interface & Closeout:
- Serve as primary interface (when applicable) for DCAA audits (adequacy, ICE, accounting/billing system); manage RFIs, sampling requests, assist with entrance/exit conferences, and CAPs.
- Support contract and subcontract closeouts, ensuring subcontractor cost/indirect rate status is documented and aligned with prime/CO requirements.
Allowability & Policy:
- Interpret and apply FAR 31 (allowable, expressly unallowable, reasonableness) and DFARS cost principles; maintain written cost accounting policies.
- Oversee labor/timekeeping compliance (daily time, approvals, segregation of direct vs. indirect), T&E rules (FTR/JTR alignment), materials/ODCs, and unallowable cost identification/exclusion processes.
Advisory to the Business:
- Advise on pricing/cost strategies for Cost-type, T&M, and FFP efforts; review proposals for allowability, allocability, and consistency with disclosed practices.
- Partner with Contracts/Supply Chain on flowdowns, subcontract allowability, and documentation supporting reasonableness/price analysis.
Controls, Reporting, & Training:
- Build a risk-based testing program (labor charging, pool/base integrity, unallowable screening) and maintain dashboards (ICS timeliness, questioned costs, findings cycle time).
- Develop and deliver training for finance, PMs, approvers, and timekeepers; author FAQs/job aids to embed compliance in day-to-day operations.
Accountable For:
- Clear written guidance on allowability/allocability and consistent application across programs.
- On-time, adequate ICS submissions; minimal questioned costs and timely closure of audit findings.
- Effective collaboration and communication across Finance, Programs, Contracts, HR, and Supply Chain.
- Confidentiality, professional judgment, and high standards of integrity in all audit and government interactions.
Job Requirements
Mandatory:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
- 8+ years US GovCon accounting/compliance experience with direct DCAA audit interface and ICS leadership (or equivalent auditing experience).
- Expert knowledge of FAR Part 31, FAR 52.216-7, and working familiarity with DFARS and CAS concepts.
- Experience with provisional/final indirect rate development and ACO negotiations.
- Strong Excel/ICE development and interpretation skills.
- Excellent written/oral communication; ability to brief executives and coach teams.
Preferred:
- Prior DCAA Senior/Supervisory Auditor or large-contractor compliance leadership experience.
- MS, CPA, CMA, CIA, CPCM, or similar credential.
- Exposure to DFARS business systems (Accounting, Estimating), property, MMAS, and quick-closeout.
- Experience implementing or optimizing timekeeping and T&E controls aligned to FTR/JTR.
Working Conditions:
- This position is hybrid with occasional travel for audits, training, or site support.
- Work is primarily performed in an office environment using standard office equipment.
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to operate a computer and standard office equipment
- Communicate information in verbal and written form
- Perform analytical work with sound judgment
- Sit/stand/walk for extended periods
- Occasionally lift up to 25-50 pounds as needed.
CGS will provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Chugach Government Solutions or any of its subsidiaries, please email ada@chugachgov.com
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Chugach is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, disability, genetic factors, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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