AUDIT SPECIALIST

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!

Chugach Government Solutions is seeking a highly qualified Audit Specialist to support the Cost, Audit, and Support Division (CAS) within the USAID Office of Acquisition and Assistance (OAA). The Audit Specialist will review, coordinate, and resolve audits of U.S.-based for-profit and non-profit organizations, providing recommendations for indirect cost rate negotiations and supporting the development of management decisions. This position is remote-eligible within the United States.

Work Model: Remote

Essential Duties and Job Functions:

• Coordinate and administer incurred cost, 2 CFR 200 Subpart F (formerly OMB A-133), and recipient-contracted audits, ensuring USAID-specific concerns are addressed in audit requests and submission tracking.
• Review and analyze contractor/grantee policies, procedures, activities, and internal controls; make recommendations on complex or sensitive audit issues, including scope definition and audit technique selection.
• Review audit reports for responsiveness; identify findings, questioned costs, and responsible parties for resolution; coordinate with federal audit agencies and non-Federal auditors contracted by USAID.
• Prepare and consolidate audit reports covering significant aspects of financial programs or integrated operations, summarizing and presenting results to management and stakeholders.
• Support the development of management decisions and track closure of audit recommendations.
• Liaise with the NICRA team on the negotiation and monitoring of NICRAs.

Accountable For:

• Knowledge of: Federal auditing standards, accounting principles, FAR, AIDAR, 2 CFR 200, ADS 300 series, and OMB guidance.
• Skilled in: Designing audit plans, evaluating policies and internal controls, analyzing integrated financial systems, and communicating complex audit findings.
• Ability to: Apply auditing techniques; resolve audit issues; present findings persuasively; coordinate with multiple auditors; and integrate results into comprehensive reports.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Public Administration, Economics, or related field.
• Demonstrated experience planning, conducting, and reporting on audits; evaluating policies, procedures, and internal controls; and making recommendations on audit issues.
• Expert knowledge of accounting and auditing theory, principles, concepts, and practices, as well as applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures for federal grants and contracts.
• In-depth familiarity with FAR, AIDAR, 2 CFR 200, ADS 300 series, and OMB guidance.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and audit-related systems.
• Must be able to successfully pass a pre-employment background check and pre-hire drug test.

• Advanced degree (e.g., MBA, MPA, MS in Accounting).
• Prior USAID audit experience.
• Experience with indirect cost rate negotiations and audit resolution.

• Full-time, 40 hours per week. Remote-eligible within the United States. Work involves collaboration with multiple federal audit agencies, USAID staff, and implementing partners under recurring deadlines.

Physical Requirements:

• Primarily sedentary, requiring extended periods of desk and computer work. Must be able to review detailed financial and audit documentation.

Reasonable Accommodation:
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.