Financial Management Governance & Enterprise Program Management Senior Consultant

Kearney is seeking a Financial Management Governance & Enterprise Program Management Senior Consultant to support enterprise-wide financial management transformation, governance operations, and strategic initiative integration across federal clients. This role is responsible for strengthening financial management governance structures, enabling enterprise planning and prioritization, coordinating cross-functional initiatives, and delivering decision-quality analysis and executive communications.

The Senior Consultant will partner with financial executives, governance bodies, PMOs/EPMOs, and operational stakeholders to embed governance discipline, integrate enterprise workstreams, mature decision processes, and drive measurable outcomes across the financial management ecosystem.

Overview and Responsibilities

• Support governance bodies, steering committees, and executive forums that oversee enterprise financial management strategy, priorities, and transformation activities.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute governance processes including agenda development, decision materials, briefing packages, recommendations, and follow-up actions.
• Integrate multiple financial management initiatives and workstreams into a cohesive enterprise view that maintains visibility into milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and decisions.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis to assess program performance, identify implications, develop insights, and support decision-making.
• Develop executive-ready briefings, dashboards, talking points, reports, and strategic communications that clearly articulate complex issues, tradeoffs, and recommended actions.
• Collaborate with financial leadership, program managers, technology teams, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment across initiatives and maintain governance discipline.
• Monitor progress, risk posture, interdependencies, and stakeholder commitments; recommend actions that maintain momentum and address barriers to execution.
• Facilitate governance forums, working groups, workshops, and discussions with executives and subject matter experts to resolve ambiguity and advance priorities.
• Support enterprise financial management transformation efforts, including modernization planning, process improvement, policy alignment, and change management.
• Provide structured program management support including milestone tracking, status reporting, risk/issue management, and cross-functional coordination.
• Develop decision-oriented products that synthesize complex information into concise, actionable recommendations for senior leaders.
• Mentor and guide junior staff through structured reviews, coaching, knowledge sharing, and professional development.
• Support business development activities including proposals, client presentations, solution design, and identification of new opportunities within financial management and enterprise governance domains.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
• Minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible experience in financial management, governance, PMO/EPMO support, management consulting, business transformation, strategic planning, enterprise program management, or related domains.
• Demonstrated experience supporting executive-level governance bodies, steering committees, or enterprise decision-making forums.
• Experience developing executive written products that translate complex or ambiguous information into clear, decision-oriented insights.
• Federal financial management experience, especially involving governance bodies, transformation initiatives, or modernization efforts.
• Experience supporting PMO/EPMO environments or enterprise transformation programs.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with the ability to explain implications, tradeoffs, and recommended actions.
• Proven ability to manage enterprise initiatives, coordinate cross-functional workstreams, and maintain structured visibility into milestones, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Exceptional oral communication and facilitation skills, including experience engaging senior leaders and subject matter experts in high-stakes discussions.
• Strong organizational discipline and ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic, complex environment.
• Ability to work onsite at client locations within the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Security Clearance (US Citizenship Required).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, economics, public administration, information systems, or a related field.
• Experience with federal budgeting, accounting, internal controls, financial systems, or enterprise planning.
• Familiarity with frameworks such as OMB A-123, federal financial management regulations, and related oversight structures.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, CGFM, CPA, CDFM, Lean Six Sigma, or similar credentials.
• Experience developing executive-level decision materials for senior leadership, CFO councils, steering committees, or enterprise governance forums.

Overview

Exclusively focused on the Government, Kearney & Company provides financial services, including auditing, consulting, and technology services. Our commitment to our employees and clients as well as to dedication and trust, critical values to our Firm, have led to Kearney’s recognition as one of the leading accounting firms in the country. Based on our employees’ feedback, we are also consistently rated a Best Place to Work. Employment at Kearney means a flexible, collaborative, and open-minded work environment. We hope it is your “first easy decision.” Learn more at www.kearneyco.com/careers.

The expected salary range for this position is between $103,000 and $180,000. This range is representative of base pay only and does not include straight time pay for hours worked over 40 per week, company contributions towards paid benefits, and/or bonuses.  Actual compensation (meeting or exceeding the range) will be determined based on specific experience, education, work location, clearance level, and other factors permitted by law.  This position is eligible for bonuses (when applicable).

We also offer a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan and 529 Education Savings Plan
• Flexible Spending & Health Savings Account
• Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity Insurances
• Legal Insurance and Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program, fitness and wellness benefits, and other firm benefits.
• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick time

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