Business Operations Director – Government

AT&T

Business Operations Director overseeing financial processes for government contracts at AT&T. Responsible for strategic leadership in budget management, compliance, and program performance in Columbia, Maryland.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeColumbia • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $108,000 - $245,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provides portfolio-wide business operations and financial leadership across the entire Columbia Program Office (CPO) (multiple contracts).
Leads, mentors, and trains a team responsible for purchasing, invoice processing, customer reporting, and month-end close activities supporting all CPO contracts.
Owns monthly close requirements across the CPO portfolio, including revenue recognition, cost/expense reporting, P&L and balance sheet analysis, variance explanations, and timely submission of deliverables.
Tracks financial performance at the contract/task and CLIN/SLIN/ACRN levels; monitors hours and dollars, burn/run-rate, and funding runout.
Maintains compliant financial controls and audit-ready documentation across all contracts; manages responses to internal and external audit requests.
Develops and maintains annual budgets and monthly/quarterly forecasts across multiple contracts.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or related field.
Fifteen (15) years experience with financial planning, analysis and operations in a government contracting setting with at least five (5) years in a supervisory or managerial role.
Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
Excellent project management/leadership skills.
Excellent desktop skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Access).
Requires a strong knowledge and experience with FAR, CAS and GAAP compliance.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
401(k) plan
Tuition reimbursement program
Paid Time Off and Holidays (at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Caregiver Leave
Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
Adoption Reimbursement
Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
Life and Accidental Death Insurance
Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Extensive employee wellness programs
Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial planningfinancial analysisoperations managementbudgetingforecastingP&L analysisvariance analysisrevenue recognitioncost reportinginvoice processing

Soft Skills

interpersonal communicationproject managementleadershipmentoringtraining