Program Controller

The Program Controller serves as the financial steward for the recruitment marketing program, ensuring fiscal accountability, contractual compliance, and transparency across all program expenditures. This role provides oversight of labor costs, subcontractor expenses, Other Direct Costs (ODCs), paid media budgets, travel, and funding allocations to ensure all spending remains aligned with approved budgets and contract requirements.

What You Will Do

The Program Controller tracks expenditures, monitors funding utilization, maintains financial compliance, and ensures all program costs are accurately managed and reported. This role delivers proactive financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting to support informed decision-making, prevent budget overruns, and maintain full accountability for program funds.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The successful candidate will have experience in financial control, budget management, contract finance, or program accounting, and will be able to work on-site in the Washington, DC metropolitan area up to five days per week, with telework permitted when authorized by the Government.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret Clearance
• Minimum of five years (5) years of experience in financial control, budget management, contract finance, or program accounting
• Ability to work on-site in the Washington, DC metropolitan area up to five days per week, with telework permitted when authorized by the Government
• Experience managing budgets and financial reporting within government, federal contracting, or large enterprise service environments
• Strong knowledge of budget forecasting, cost tracking, invoice validation, and financial reconciliation processes
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and financial reporting tools
• Experience supporting subcontractor management, ODC tracking, or procurement-related financial activities
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work within structured approval and compliance frameworks
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple assignments and deadlines simultaneously
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational, planning, and project coordination skills
• Experience collaborating with remote teams, field personnel, vendors, and multiple stakeholders
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines in fast-paced environments
• Ability to manage multiple high-priority initiatives within fast-paced and deadline-driven environments

Benefits

• Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision plan
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Life Insurance
• AD&D Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• 3 weeks of annual PTO
• 11 days of Holiday PTO
• Performance Awards
• Referral Bonus Plan (of up to $5,000/year)
• Education Reimbursement/Training (of up to $2,500/year)