Dawn Olson Email & Phone Number

Milton, Wa, Us

● Responsible for leadership and oversight of Government Compliance for a large U.S. Government Contractor.● Manage and develop a team of compliance professionals, ensuring the highest standards of compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Federal Agency Supplemental Regulations, Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), and other relevant regulations. ● Own and implement functional policies and procedures, drive process improvement initiatives, and maintain compliant business systems to retain government approval and company ability to compete on all government contract types. ● Serve as the primary interface with government agencies during audits and reviews including Accounting System, CAS, Requests for Equitable Adjustments/Claims, Incurred Cost Proposal, Disclosure Statement, and Billing audits. ● Regularly collaborate with Contracts, Project Management, Finance, Billing, Legal, and Ethics to successfully and profitably perform hundreds of millions of dollars in government contracts annually.● Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in accounting system integration and migration to Oracle Fusion to implement a government-compliant ERP system.

● Led a Government Compliance team, fostering open communication, setting clear expectations, ensuring accountability, promoting adaptability, and driving continuous improvement.● Designed and maintained efficient financial reporting solutions for government reporting, audits, data analysis, reconciliations, rate monitoring, and internal auditing.● Served as the primary liaison with DCAA and other government agencies successfully completing and negotiating numerous audits, and achieving an "acceptable" accounting system in a recent DCAA Post Award Accounting System Audit.● Developed and maintained a comprehensive suite of Government Compliance policies and procedures, ensuring adherence, monitoring internal controls, and cultivating a positive compliance culture.● Submitted over 10 years of adequate Incurred Cost Proposals, establishing final indirect cost rates with the DCAA, ensuring timely submission of final invoices and contract close-outs.● Collaborated across departments to successfully manage hundreds of millions of dollars in government contracts annually.● Managed the company's Cost Accounting Standards Board Disclosure Statements, submitted changes to the Defense Contract Management Agency, and supported associated reviews.● Oversaw overhead schedules and annual audits for U.S. Government-funded state contracts by external audit firms and State DOT cognizant agencies.● Overhauled Prevailing Wage processes for the Service Contract Act and Davis Bacon Act, leading to substantial process improvements and compliant practices. Successfully closed Department of Labor federal prevailing wage audits.● Provided comprehensive training to Operations and Finance staff on FAR, DFARS, CAS, Prevailing Wages, Defense Base Act Insurance, Federal Travel Regulations, Cybersecurity, and Timekeeping.

● An integral member of the Business Intelligence and Reporting team, actively contributing to projects, including the development and enhancement of Management Dashboards for organization-wide financials and key metrics.● Collaborated with Finance and Operations, playing a crucial role in the design, testing, documentation, and training phases of complex financial reporting and analysis initiatives.

Developed and maintained business planning application for Business Management Group in a manufacturing environmental. Developed forecasting logic for complex cost analysis for multiple cost elements for a rolling 10 year time span. Programs utilized extensive VBA and SQL code, Excel programming and systems integrations.

Consulting project included implementation of financial software including installation, data conversion, training and customer financial reporting (Crystal Reports, FRX and MS Access).

Controller for manufacture's representative responsible for monthly financial reporting, cash flow planning, forecasting and budgeting. Maintained accounting systems and developed and maintained company web site.

Bi Certification - Techniques For Effective Decision Making

Business Intelligence Certifcation - Data Warehousing

Application Developer

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