Guidehouse
Finance & Accounting Consulting
ConsultantFederalAuditReadinessandInternalControlDefense&SecurityCampus2026
“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.
view problems; apply a variety of analytical solutions
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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