Contract Compliance Senior Advisor
The Cigna Group
- Saint Louis, MO
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Ensure the organization has robust processes and procedures or SOPs related to compliance with all contractual elements for multiple federal government contracts, including accurate reporting to the client.
- Perform compliance audits to validate compliance with SOPs and contractual requirements.
- Perform compliance reviews of applicable subcontracts to ensure their compliance with subcontract requirements.
- Oversight of contract compliance activities for Federal contract implementations.
- Development of contract matrixes for all contracts within the team’s oversight
- Ongoing compliance review activities
- Review high-risk areas with leadership
- Development of risk calculations and prioritizations
- Perform audits of prioritized areas with business partners
- Provide report to leadership on compliance audits
- Collaborate with other functional areas, such as Legal or Contracts Administration, while supporting Federal Contracts to determine compliance status and assisting with process improvements when needed.
- When compliance concerns arise, coordinate with business partners to resolve the open issue.
- Ownership of Compliance Governance activities including facilitating Governance Committee meetings
- Perform annual updates to training specific to Federal Contracting and verify assignment lists.
- Serve as the Service Contract Act (SCA) Administrator, coordinating with other areas for scoping and reporting requirements.
- Manage ongoing listing of team Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) including assisting business owners as they write new SOPs and regularly validating existing SOPs to keep them current.
- Compliance oversight for implementation of Federal contracts to determine if solutions meet contractual requirements.
- Represent Compliance on proposals for new business, reviewing Request for Proposals (RFP) for compliance concerns, including reviewing FAR/DFARs clauses for potential gaps and technical proposals for compliance with RFP requirements.
- Ensure all contracts under the Federal Division are mapped and reviewed for compliance and ownership.
- Understand Government Regulations such as:
- Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
- DoD Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARS) and
- Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)
- Perform additional duties as Compliance needs and responsibilities change.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred. Related degree or experience required.
- Experience with Federal Government Contracting including knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense Supplement.
- Auditing experience preferred.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office including Excel or other PC based database tools.
- Exceptional executive presence in written and verbal communications.
- Strong organizational skills necessary to prioritize and accomplish a large number of tasks within a specified timeframe.
- Solid judgment and analytical skills to analyze, recommend, and improve processes.