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Introduction

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Your Role and Responsibilities

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.

You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

The Federal Compliance Officer is an advisory role that reports to the Federal Consulting CFO and is a part of the General Manager's Senior Leadership Team. This role coordinates IBM's overall compliance with Federal rules, regulations, and statutory requirements while properly maintaining IBM's internal control structure. The Federal Compliance Officer is the primary interface with the Defense Contract Audit Agency and Defense Contract Management Agency for all compliance matters. As the subject matter expert for FAR, DFARS, and CAS, the successful candidate is expected to keep current as changes occur and to provide interpretation of Government rules and regulations across the Federal Division. This role is responsible for IBM's CAS disclosure statement, ensuring it is current and accurately maintained. The Federal Compliance Office must ensure successful completion of regular Accounting System, Procurement System and Estimating System audits and advise management of any needed remediations.

As business strategies change, the Federal Compliance Officer will need to advise on CAS disclosure changes, review and defend cost impacts with DCMA, identify areas of risks and ensure execution of all CAS related changes in IBM's tools and processes. The ideal candidate will have experience with a variety of costing and rate methodologies and have the ability to advise on best practices. Additionally, the Federal Compliance Officer will need to have the ability to prioritize and delegate tasks while providing proper oversight in a fast paced, dynamic environment.

The Federal Compliance Officer works cross functionally with teams in Delivery, Business Development, Finance, IT, Quote to Cash, Procurement, Pricing, Contracts and Legal to ensure staff has been trained to operate in a Federally compliant environment with a focus on labor claiming, expense reporting, CAS requirements, and truthful cost or pricing data. The role ensures training is available that effectively addresses requirements of applicable laws and regulations. The Federal Compliance Officer interfaces with commercial divisions of IBM to review intercompany transactions, set standards for commercial items within the company, and is responsible for the interna policy related to intercompany transactions. The role also interfaces with IBM Corporate as needed.

*Must sit in an F&O strategic location: Austin, Poughkeepsie, NYC, Armonk, Rochester and Research Triangle Park

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• US Citizenship and US location required

• Bachelors in Accounting/Finance or related field

• Significant years of experience in financial management of Government contracts, Compliance and audit

• Direct experience with the Defense Contract Audit Agency and Defense Contract Management Agency

• SME level knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) and ability to apply knowledge to provide counsel to Senior Leadership

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience with Deltek Costpoint

• Working knowledge of Microsoft office suite of applications (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel)

• Acquisition related experience

About Business UnitThe IBM Finance organization is responsible for driving enterprise performance and transformation. We are the financial stewards of IBM, delivering IBM's financial strategy, developing new business models, and mitigating enterprise risk. Do you have a passion for creating business value? Join our team in accounting, financial planning, pricing, business controls, tax, treasury, business development (acquisitions & divestitures), and global financing.

Your Life @ IBMIn a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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About IBMIBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business. At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

Location StatementIBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to: - Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being - Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs - Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law - Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals - Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year. This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law. US Citizenship Required.

Being You @ IBMIBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.