Guidehouse

Finance & Accounting Consulting

ConsultantFederalAuditReadinessandInternalControlDefense&SecurityCampus2026

McLean, Virginia, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Consultant - Federal Audit Readiness and Internal Control - Defense & Security - Campus 2026 at Guidehouse. Skills: Federal Audit Readiness, Internal Control, Financial Management, Financial statement audits, Audit readiness support, Internal control assessments. Evaluating/testing business process internal controls. performing financial statement audits”

What You'll Achieve.

optimize all elements of their financial management structure by transforming business processes, enhancing the efficiency of operations, improving transparency and performance management, promoting change management, and complying with Federal laws and regulations.; produce high-impact work products, reports, and other deliverables; produce high quality deliverables in a timely manner

Industry & Context.

Finance & Accounting Consulting
Problems you'll solve

view problems; apply a variety of analytical solutions

Eligibility Requirements

Ability to Obtain Secret, US Citizenship is required for security clearance, Travel Required: Up to 10%

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Ability to Obtain Secret, US Citizenship, Completing a Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, information systems, engineering, business analytics or a related field between fall 2025 and summer 2026 from an accredited college or university

Nice to Have

An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED "SECRET" Federal or DoD security or higher-level clearance, Master’s degree, Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Governmental Financial Manager (CGFM), Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM), Knowledge of and experience with federal financial management activities, including but not limited to federal accounting, financial statement audits, audit readiness, audit remediation, internal control assessment, financial risk management, and other relevant federal information assurance laws, regulations, and guidance., Knowledge of federal laws, regulations, and requirements.

What You'll Do.

Evaluating/testing business process internal controls

performing financial statement audits

providing audit readiness support

Conducting internal control assessments and testing in accordance with OMB Circular A-123 requirements

Supporting management control programs

Conducting entity level controls

and fraud risk assessments

Providing audit support and remediation activities such as reviewing deficiencies communicated by the auditor

tracking and responding to audit requests

developing corrective action plans

and executing remediation with a focus on internal controls over financial reporting and management financial statement assertions

Collaborating with team to produce high-impact work products

and other deliverables

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborating with team to produce high-impact work products, reports, and other deliverables; Ability to work in teams to produce high-impact work products, reports, and other deliverables in a fast-paced environment; participate in client-facing discussions and meetings

Communication Scope

communication skills; participate in client-facing discussions and meetings

Process & Methodology

Willingness to utilize project management best practices within an organization to produce high quality deliverables in a timely manner

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