Procuring Contracting Officer

Sonalysts, Inc., an innovative, employee-owned company, is seeking a full-time Procuring Contracting Officer. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with a diverse set of contract teams, corporate departments and top-notch fellow employee-owners.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Procuring purchases in support of Contracts. Includes obtaining competitive quotes, verifying vendor qualifications, negotiating quotes, awarding orders, and issuing Purchase Orders.
• Procuring corporate purchase requests for hardware, software and service.
• Communicating with Procurement Administrators to obtain status and troubleshooting of open orders.
• Issue final review and approval of received orders and invoices for vendor payments and communication with Accounts Payable.
• Coordination with business functions, such as Contract Officers, Project Leads, Legal, Accounts Payable, Accounting, and Corporate Department Leads.

What’s In It For You?

• Salary ranges between $75,000 to $125,000, dependent on experience, qualifications and other relevant business criteria.
• Becoming an integral part of an innovative employee-owned company which includes:
  • Flexible Time Program enabling an optimal work-life balance by permitting partners to arrange their work around personal appointments, parent-teacher conferences, children’s activities and the like, so long as the partner gets the job done on-time.
  • Paid Time Off
  • 401(k) Plan with company match
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
  • Sales Bonus Program
  • Special Performance and Retention Bonus Program
  • Health and Dental Insurance
  • Dependent Care Assistance Plan
  • Health Care Reimbursement Plan
  • Employee Referral Bonus Program
  • Professional Development through Tuition Reimbursement Program, Online Training Program and Targeted Skills Program
  • Relocation Assistance

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business or 4 years’ accounting or contracts experience
• Must be a U.S. citizen, eligible for a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) SECRET security clearance*

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of various phases of acquisition management
• Knowledge of federal and DoD contracting principles (Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), DoD Directives and Instructions, laws, regulations and procedures)
• Knowledge of government procurement procedures
• Draft, generate, interpret, review, negotiate, and manage contract documents and proposals
• Experience managing subcontracts to ensure compliance to contract terms
• Previous work in accounting, tax, contracting, or contract administration in a Government (or complex commercial) contracting environment
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Strong written communication skills
• Possessing an active U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) SECRET security clearance*

*Obtaining a U.S. Government security clearance involves a comprehensive background check. Candidates are eligible for a clearance if they have demonstrated sound financial management (including good credit) over time, are free of criminal records, have limited foreign contacts or ties, and other factors indicative of a position of trust to protect information sensitive to the U.S. Government.

Sonalysts, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, disability, or other basis protected by law.

This job is not available to residents of New York City because of local law restrictions there.

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