Senior Manager – Government Services, FEMA

EisnerAmper

Senior Manager at EisnerAmper focusing on FEMA disaster recovery programs and business development. Leading large-scale recovery efforts while managing compliance and financial oversight functions.

Posted 6/13/2026full-timeBaton Rouge • Louisiana • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead large, complex state and community-level recovery programs administering FEMA funds, including managing compliance and financial oversight functions such as audit, financial management, and closeout activities.
Evaluate client needs, recommend project approaches, understand engagement scope, manage activities for completing work and overall quality control of client deliverables.
Drive revenue through new and incremental growth of current and prospective clients.
Manage the team through all phases of a program including strategic planning, work planning, mobilization, execution, and completion, consistent with established program delivery processes to meet the scope, schedule, budget, and other contract requirements.
Manage client situations; identifies and interprets federal regulations and use knowledge and experience to determine method of project implementation.
Actively engage in business development activities such as participating at conferences, responding to request for proposals, including the identification and review of funding opportunities, identifying potential teaming partners, and development of proposals.
Advise executive leadership on emerging FEMA policy changes, federal legislation, and disaster recovery trends and translate evolving federal guidance into actionable growth strategies and recovery frameworks.
Develop and maintain relationships with governmental entities implementing disaster recovery programs and other firms providing disaster services.
Lead and participate in proposal writing teams including writing and coordinating submissions.
Develop disaster recovery thought leadership and insights.
Identify recovery-related assistance gaps/needs and provide recommendations to leverage current resources to increase program impact.
Perform supervisory responsibilities of a team including serving as a performance career coach to staff, provide prompt feedback to Directors and Partners regarding staff performance, and complete annual staff evaluations.
May be required to occasionally work extended hours, or travel to/work from different firm offices and/or client locations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy, Public Administration, Public Safety, Emergency Management, Disaster Management, or an approved related field
10+ years of previous experience in disaster recovery, emergency management, and state, local and/or federal level disaster recovery programs is required
5+ years of consulting and/or client support and business development
5+ years in a management or supervisor role
Knowledge of and experience with FEMA disaster programs, including related statutes, regulations, and policies and processes, and compliance and/or financial management functions.

Benefits

Comp & perks

You will have the flexibility to manage your days in support of our commitment to work/life balance
You will join a culture that has received multiple top “Places to Work” awards

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial managementauditcompliance managementdisaster recoveryproject managementproposal writingbusiness developmentstrategic planningprogram delivery processesperformance evaluation

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationteam managementclient relationship managementquality controlproblem-solvingadvisory skillsengagement managementfeedback provisioninsight development