[Hiring] Cost Allocation / Indirect Cost Consultant @AlphaX

Role Description

AlphaGov is seeking a Cost Allocation / Indirect Cost Consultant for remote, project-based work with public agencies. There is no guaranteed assignment.

• 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 you used, and do not invent a rate

Qualifications

• 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

Requirements

• A negotiated indirect-cost rate agreement you supported
• Experience with 2 CFR Part 200 or a state cognizant-agency review