Mark Quirk Email & Phone Number

Silver Spring, Md, Us

Herndon, Va

Supporting an ever-growing organization, this position offers strategic leadership and direction to the enterprise on compliance and other risks, regulatory changes, proposed regulations and industry trends. Oversee a team that is responsible for: preparing the annual incurred cost submission; supporting audits by DCAA or other contract audit agencies; taking all necessary actions related to Cost Accounting Standards; negotiating CAS, incurred cost, forward pricing rate agreements, and business systems issues with DCMA; and, serving as subject matter expert across the enterprise for CAS, FAR, and other contract compliance matters. Work with trade associations, business coalitions and other industry stakeholders to advance priorities and understand trendsMonitor legislative and regulatory opportunities and risks for the company and prepare research and background materials on legislative and regulatory issues to assist management, contracts, and business development teamsWork with Contracts, Pricing, and Procurement on policy revisions, implementation of process changes needed to address changing requirements, and participate with Enterprise Risk Management team to ensure all parties are aware of changing risk environment (IT, Security, HR, operations, etc.) Coordinate with Internal Audit and others on annual mandatory training, as well as other compliance training as needed

Morris Plains, Nj

Reports to the HQ Controller, for a $40B company with 19k employees. Directs a staff of 3 managers.• Leads and directs the government accounting and compliance aspects of the entire business to ensure effective compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and other U.S. Government contract regulatory requirements. • Partners with Honeywell Corporate Leadership and the Strategic Business Groups (SBGs) to successfully execute strategic and business growth initiatives (i.e. Cash Flow).• Current Chair of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) Acquisition Policy Council• Active member of AIA Cost Principles Committee (CPC) and the Financial Executives International Committee on Government Business (FEI CGB). • Teams with Honeywell Government Relations to develop legislative proposals and assisted with the Aerospace Industries Association’s white papers to increase the TINA Threshold to $2M, which will save time and money for Honeywell in the Procurement and Proposal arena.• Proactively advises senior management on potential effects of new government contract accounting regulations, amendments, DCAA policy, and emerging trends• Directed a team to develop the Aerospace Government Internal Control Framework to ensure business system and regulatory compliance with US Government Contracting & financial regulations (i.e. FAR, CAS, DFARS)

Reston, Va

Reported to the Leidos HQ VP of Finance, for a $5B company with 19k employees. Directed a staff of 6, including 2 senior financial analysts. • Developed the Leidos Business Systems Governance Program (Accounting & Billing, Purchasing, Estimating, MMAS, Government Property Management) to ensure compliance with following US Government Contracting & financial regulations:o Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)o Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS)o Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)o Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)• Designed & delivered training programs to ensure that company personnel have the job knowledge to fulfill obligations imposed by Government contract accounting, business system requirements, CAS, and Sarbanes-Oxley• Facilitated changes to practices & policy in order to ensure compliance with current Government Contracting regulations and Sarbanes-Oxley controls, including COSO• Proactively advises senior management on potential effects of new government contract accounting regulations, amendments, DCAA policy, and emerging trends• Leads cross-functional teams to determine if Leidos meets compliance requirements• Active in the design and implementation of the company-wide Enterprise Resource Planning system upgrade (Deltek Cost Point 6.0 to CP 7.1) • Assists Government Compliance with interpretation of regulations and responding to Government audit reports

Mclean Va

Reported directly to the Exelis HQ CAO, VP of Finance, for a $4B company. Directed a staff of 3 at Headquarters, including two compliance managers . Exelis was 1 of 3 separately spun companies that resulted from the September 2011 ITT Corporation split.•Directed all compliance aspects of the Exelis Home Office, including Disclosure Statements, FAR & CAS requirements, SOX controls, COSO Framework, Forward Pricing ,Indirect Pool Structures, Business Systems, Final Incurred Cost Submissions, and Cost Acctg Policy •Collaborated with Corporate Acctg to ensure timely & accurate closure of the consolidated Financial Statements•Strong accounting (US GAAP) & Internal Controls knowledge, solid analytical skills•Subject matter expert on CAS, FAR, & SOX, including performing research & establishing policies that effectively allowed the company to pursue its financial goals while remaining compliant•Provided proactive direction to 5 Divisions, which included 25 segments and 5 divisional Controllers & Sr Compliance Mgrs •Collaborated with across functional lines (Legal, HR, Treasury, Contracts, Operations) to create & implement efficient, innovative solutions•Primary interface between the company and the DCMA CACO/DACO & DCAA auditors, including providing detailed written responses to audit findings, complex compliance issues, & appeals of potential non-compliances •Successfully negotiated with the USG in Forward Pricing, Rate Agreements, Cost Impact Proposals, Requests for Equitable Adjustments, CAS Compliance Determinations, often resulting in savings of millions of dollars for the company •Responsible for approving, monitoring, & justifying government contract compliance balance sheet reserves positions across the organization •Developed and Implemented the Exelis Government Contract Compliance Council, which conducts monthly meetings with HQ & Divisional Management•HQ Steering Committee member for the design/implementation of a new company-wide ERP system

Mclean, Va

Reported to the Exelis VP of Government Compliance for a $5+ billion dollar company. •Initially Developed and Implemented Exelis Corporate Home Office Government Compliance policies, including policies related to all business systems, labor charging, allowability, TINA,.and government contract billings •Successfully prepared, designed, and presented training programs to assure that company personnel across the organization have the job knowledge to fulfill obligations imposed by government contract accounting and business system requirements•Responsible for all compliance aspects (FAR, CAS, SOX) in the design and implementation of a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system (SAP) at the former ITT Corp. •Process Owner for the accounting and compliance aspect of several strategic restructuring plans (internal & external), which included M&A due diligence support, the elimination/consolidation of segments, realignment of business services, and ensured that any potential cost accounting practice changes were considered, analyzed & properly disclosed to the government, if necessary. •Initially Developed and Implemented Exelis Corporate Home Office Government Compliance policies, including policies related to all business systems, labor charging, allowability, TINA,.and government contract billings •Developed a risk assessment process across the organization to identify risks, and mitigate those risks by managing/leading operational & government compliance audits, in coordination with Internal Audit and Ethics & Compliance•Developed internal Government Compliance audit plans & managed the plan to ensure accurate scope & closure of audit findings/recommendations•Subject matter expert on CAS, FAR, & Sarbanes-Oxley, including performing research & establishing policies that effectively allowed the company to pursue its goals while remaining compliant

Mclean, Va

White Plains, Ny

Reported to the VP of Internal Audit for an $11B company with 40k employees. Planned, led, managed, and executed the comprehensive Internal Audit Plan (including Sarbanes-Oxley audits, risk-based audits, COSO, FCPA, Fraud) with a staff of 6. Coordinated corrective actions in response to management comment letters from external auditing firm.• Reduced reliance on external auditors by reviewing the reliability and integrity of financial information and the processes to identify, measure, classify, and report such information• Reduced potential costs of receiving a qualified opinion on the ITT financial statements and of fraud by determining the adequacy, effectiveness and economy of the internal controls.

Clifton, Nj

Successfully held positions with escalating responsibilities at a $300M division. Planned, organized, directed, and oversaw purchasing and all material scheduling activities of the department. Managed a team of 9 staff employees. Lead Supply Chain negotiator in contract negotiations with customers. Financial analysis of contracts and programs to ensure division was achieving cost performance goals.• Awarded a Silver Ring of Quality Award for developing and enhancing Procurement Cost Estimating for use in bids & proposals, including for large complex multi-million government contracts• Proven track record in defining and building procurement programs as well as in developing, managing and leveraging supplier partnership relationships to reduce costs and improve quality

Greater New York City Area

Audit and financial advisory services to Department of Defense (DoD) and other federal entities responsible for acquisition and contract administration. Audit experience included Incurred Cost Submissions, Forward Pricing Proposals, Postaward Audits, Cost Schedule Control System, MMAS, Accounting Systems, Operations, and more.