Job Description
Director of Accounting & Finance (GovCon Services)
Run a GovCon accounting services practice. Own the P&L. Lead senior clients.
Role: Director of Accounting & Finance (GovCon Services)
Location/Type: U.S. Remote • Quarterly required travel (DC area)
Pay: $200,000–$220,000 base + 25% bonus (target ~$250K OTE; stretch for exceptional talent)
Schedule: Full-time
Role Snapshot
This role leads an outsourced GovCon accounting and finance services practice supporting federal contractors operating under cost-reimbursable, T&M, and FFP contracts. You are accountable for financial performance, delivery quality, compliance outcomes, and team leadership. You serve as the senior escalation point for clients and manage a team of approximately 16 accounting professionals.
This is a senior leadership role for someone who has already operated at the Director or strong Associate Director level within GovCon accounting, advisory, or managed services environments.
What you’ll do
- Own the Accounting & Finance practice P&L, including revenue, margin, and utilization
- Lead, coach, and performance-manage a ~16-person team of GovCon accounting professionals
- Serve as senior escalation point for complex client issues and executive-level client discussions
- Oversee and review DCAA-related work, including business systems audits and compliance remediation
- Review, approve, and defend incurred cost submissions and supporting schedules
- Ensure accurate job cost accounting, indirect rate structures, and allowable cost treatment
- Drive improvements across billing, revenue recognition, and delivery processes
- Partner with firm leadership on growth strategy, capacity planning, and service model evolution
Required experience and background
This role is not appropriate for candidates without deep, hands-on GovCon accounting experience.
Qualified candidates will have resumes that clearly show:
- Senior-level GovCon accounting leadership experience, typically 8+ years in government contracting environments
- Prior work at GovCon-focused firms such as accounting consultancies, managed services providers, or federal contractors with significant cost-reimbursable portfolios
- Hands-on ownership of DCAA business systems audits, not limited to preparation or support roles
- Direct responsibility for reviewing, approving, or defending incurred cost submissions
- Working knowledge of FAR, DFARS, and CAS as applied to real client or contractor environments
- Experience with job cost accounting, indirect rate development, and compliant billing practices
- Leadership experience managing teams of 10+ professionals
- Experience operating in professional services or outsourced accounting models, not purely internal corporate accounting
Strongly preferred signals
These are not required, but are common among top candidates:
- CPA license
- Experience with Unanet, Deltek Costpoint, or similar GovCon accounting systems
- Background at GovCon-focused firms or practices supporting multiple federal contractors simultaneously
- Experience advising clients through audit findings, corrective action plans, or compliance remediation
Schedule and structure
- Full-time, salaried role
- Remote within the United States
- Quarterly required travel to the DC area for leadership and client engagement
- Modern GovCon accounting and finance technology stack
Impact
Your work directly affects client audit outcomes, financial compliance, and the profitability of the accounting services practice. You will shape how GovCon accounting services are delivered, scaled, and improved across a growing client base.
You like ownership. You like accountability. You are comfortable being the final answer.
At Urrly, fairness matters. We use AI to review every application against the same clear requirements for the role. This ensures candidates are evaluated on job-related skills and experience, not personal characteristics or background.
