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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in preparing and updating cost-allocation plans and indirect-cost rates for government agencies, with a strong understanding of allocation bases and fund structures. Capable of supporting negotiations and providing documentation for audits and proposals.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Cost-Allocation Plan PreparationIndirect-Cost Rate DevelopmentChart Of Accounts Analysis2 CFR Part 200 FamiliarityNegotiated Indirect-Cost Rate Agreement Support
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Hard Skills
Cost-Allocation PlanIndirect-Cost RateChart Of AccountsAllocation Base ExplanationProposal Development
Soft Skills
CollaborationCommunication
Industry Keywords
Federal GuidesLocal PoliciesPublic AgencyAuditor DocumentationCognizant Agency Review
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Support cost-allocation plans, indirect-cost rates, and the narratives that explain them
- Trace which costs are direct, allocated, or unallowable for the agency's funding mix
- Review the agency's chart of accounts and allocation bases against the plan
- Draft or update a central-service or indirect-cost plan the finance office can defend
- Identify the documentation an auditor or cognizant agency would ask to see
- Contribute methods and past-performance narrative to proposals only when naming is authorized
- State the circulars, federal guides, or local policies used, and do not invent a rate
Requirements
What you’ll need- Experience preparing or updating a cost-allocation plan or indirect-cost rate for a government or other public agency
- Ability to explain the allocation base and which departments or funds were included
- At least one plan or rate proposal you can describe by agency, year, and your role
- Comfort reading a chart of accounts and a fund structure
- Comfortable as a 1099 project-based collaborator, with occasional client travel
- A negotiated indirect-cost rate agreement you supported (nice to have)
- Experience with 2 CFR Part 200 or a state cognizant-agency review (nice to have)