Contract Compliance Senior Advisor at Cigna in St. Louis, Missouri

Job Description:

As a Federal Government Contractor, it is integral to the overall success of our performance to remain in compliance with various Government contracts and regulations. To assist the Organization in maintaining compliance with these contracts, we are looking for an energetic and self-motivated Compliance professional with experience in Federal Government Contracting. The right candidate will serve as a subject matter expert who coordinates and facilitates compliance activities across several contracts while working with a cross-functional team including Account Management, Legal, and Operations. The position will be required to:

• Ensure the organization has robust processes and procedures or SOPs related to compliance with all contractual elements for multiple federal government contracts, including accurate reporting to the client.


• Perform compliance audits to validate compliance with SOPs and contractual requirements.


• Perform compliance reviews of applicable subcontracts to ensure their compliance with subcontract requirements.


• Oversight of contract compliance activities for Federal contract implementations.


• Development of contract matrixes for all contracts within the team's oversight


• Ongoing compliance review activities
  
  
  • Review high-risk areas with leadership
  
  
  • Development of risk calculations and prioritizations
  
  
  • Perform audits of prioritized areas with business partners
  
  
  • Provide report to leadership on compliance audits
  
  
  
  


• Collaborate with other functional areas, such as Legal or Contracts Administration, while supporting Federal Contracts to determine compliance status and assisting with process improvements when needed.


• When compliance concerns arise, coordinate with business partners to resolve the open issue.


• Ownership of Compliance Governance activities including facilitating Governance Committee meetings


• Perform annual updates to training specific to Federal Contracting and verify assignment lists.

• Serve as the Service Contract Act (SCA) Administrator, coordinating with other areas for scoping and reporting requirements.


• Manage ongoing listing of team Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) including assisting business owners as they write new SOPs and regularly validating existing SOPs to keep them current.


• Compliance oversight for implementation of Federal contracts to determine if solutions meet contractual requirements.

• Represent Compliance on proposals for new business, reviewing Request for Proposals (RFP) for compliance concerns, including reviewing FAR/DFARs clauses for potential gaps and technical proposals for compliance with RFP requirements.


• Ensure all contracts under the Federal Division are mapped and reviewed for compliance and ownership.


• Understand Government Regulations such as:
  
  
  • Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
  
  
  • DoD Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARS) and
  
  
  • Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)
  
  
  
  


• Perform additional duties as Compliance needs and responsibilities change.

The experiences you should have:

• Bachelor's degree preferred. Related degree or experience required.


• Experience with Federal Government Contracting including knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense Supplement.


• Auditing experience preferred.


• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Excel or other PC based database tools.


• Exceptional executive presence in written and verbal communications.


• Strong organizational skills necessary to prioritize and accomplish a large number of tasks within a specified timeframe.


• Solid judgment and analytical skills to analyze, recommend, and improve processes.

Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and willing to adapt to tactical needs in a fast-paced, changing environment

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

About Evernorth Health Services

Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

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