CFO and interim leadership
Senior finance leadership, part time or while you hire.
- Fractional or on-call CFO
- Interim CFO, Controller or finance director
- Owner and board reporting, cash and banking
Government contracts finance
Finance leadership for government contractors.
CFO advisory, interim and backfill leadership, FP&A and pricing for federal contractors, from growing small businesses to large primes. I've run the books, sat through the audits and priced the wins, so you can grow without guessing what an hour of work really costs.
Former Director of Finance at QinetiQ. Finance roles at PAE and Fannie Mae. CFO experience at a federal contractor operating in 60+ countries.
Track record
- $400M+Priced in winning contracts, options and extensions
- $169MLargest single award priced and won (FFP)
- $280MLargest annual P&L managed
- 60+Countries of contract operations supported
When to call
Most clients come to me at one of these moments.
- Your CFO or controller just left. I step in as interim lead so close, billing and payroll stay on schedule while you hire.
- Your first DCAA audit or incurred cost submission is due. I get your rates, schedules and support files ready before the auditor asks.
- You keep losing on price. I rebuild your cost volume and rate structure so you can bid lower without pricing work at a loss.
- You can't tell which contracts make money. I build program P&Ls that show margin by contract, and which work to grow or phase out.
- Your rates no longer fit your business. You've won larger work, changed contract mix or outgrown small business status, and your pools and bases need redesign.
- You're buying, selling or carving out a business. I work through the rate, backlog and contract-profitability questions a GovCon deal raises, alongside your lawyers and accountants.
- Your Costpoint or Unanet setup is working against you. I clean up the chart of accounts, project structure and reports, or lead your side of a system move.
Where I help
Senior government contracts finance experience, brought in when and where you need it.
Pricing and FP&A
Bids worth winning, and numbers that show which work makes money.
- Cost volumes, labor mapping and BOEs
- Price-to-win for FFP, T&M and cost-plus
- Budgets, forecasts and program P&Ls
Rates and compliance
Indirect rates and audit readiness, done before the auditor asks.
- Pool and base design, provisional billing rates
- Forward pricing rate proposals
- Incurred cost submissions, DCAA and DCMA readiness
Systems and transactions
Clean systems and clear answers when the business changes hands.
- Costpoint and Unanet cleanup and migrations
- Reporting and month-end automation
- Due diligence support for GovCon deals
Tell me what's keeping you up at night.
A 30-minute call, no obligation. I'll tell you plainly whether I can help and what it would take.