Careers

The Associate Regional Vice President (AVP), will report directly to the Regional Vice President (RVP) of Security, Technology and Consulting (STC). The AVP will assist the RVP with managing regional operations, P&L, manage personnel and technical staff, provide sales support to both business development and strategic accounts, and provide leadership support on major projects. The AVP may also manage Directors and Project Managers, who in turn may manage a team.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide leadership and support for global and regional strategic accounts engagements, especially in the areas of 1) Engineering & Project Management, of the Planning, Design, Bid, Construction Management, and Commissioning of Electronic Security Systems and other Low Voltage Systems, and 2) Operational Security, including but not limited to, Workplace Violence, Close Protection, Travel Security, Event Security, Kidnap Preparedness, and Physical Risk Assessments.

• Responsible for Marketing and Business Development, including the identification of opportunities, development of relationships and accounts, development of proposals, participation in presentation, negotiation of fees, and the oversight of opportunities with existing clients, accounts, and internal departments.
• Maintain project profitability, cost control, revenue projections, and employee productivity over regional operations.
• In addition to working with the RVP, collaborative efforts will involve strategic planning with the President of STC, COO, other AVP’s and senior management team.
• Responsible for the hiring, training, supervising, motivating, and mentoring of employees so they may perform their duties at a high level of excellence, professionalism and quality.
• Work with regional STC team members to ensure Guidepost is delivering a high level of product, customer service and client satisfaction.
• STC resource planning throughout the practice in collaboration with other regional offices.
• Management of centralized production organization supporting all STC offices.
• Establish STC procedures and policies that support the business division and conform to corporate policies.
• Oversee management of the office jurisdiction, diverse teams of project managers and all other direct and indirect reporting employees.
• Responsible for overall project deliverables, client relationships, and work product exceeding our client expectations.
• Responsible for the planning and successful implementation of long-term project strategies.

DETAILED WORK ACTIVITIES:

• Maintain technical subject matter expertise and or market understanding within industries supported by STC.

• Support of corporate finance, budget control and P&L management and forecasting processes.
• Proposal and fee estimation creation and review process for new and on-going engagements.
• Principal-level project oversight and interaction with STC client base.
• Able to provide and or support threat and physical security assessments, needs assessments, master planning, capital improvement budgeting, security systems design, technology designs, security department optimization, project management, and security improvement programs.
• Leverage extensive experience in the development and implementation of physical security system standards.

COMPETENCIES:

• Leadership & Navigation

• Business Acumen
• Marketing and Business Development
• Relationship Management; Mentoring
• Communication
• Engineering and Consultation
• Critical Evaluation
• Global & Cultural Awareness
• Ethical Practice

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:
This position manages 1) the office jurisdiction, and 2) employees of the department as assigned and is responsible for the performance management and hiring of the employees within that department.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of fifteen years of combined engineering and consultancy experience.

• Bachelor of Business Administration degree or equal work history experience.
• Software Application Requirements: MS Office Suite 2017 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook), MS Project, SmartSheet, BlueBeam Revu – Current Version.

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
ASIS CPP or PSP, CISSP, Certification desired.

TRAVEL:
Travel out-of-area to other regional offices and overnight travel is expected.

This full-time position requires an individual with project and people management skills, business development acumen, technical subject matter expertise, strategic planning skills, project accounting, and proven written and verbal communication skills. This position will manage and support project development in the region.

JOB DUTIES:

• Pursue new opportunities with regional architects and general contractors for design and project management work.

• Manage large complex projects and clients, managing client and internal deliverables
• Work with senior leadership to communicate plans, initiatives and goals
• Security and low-voltage system project management, design, implementation, and quality control
• Managing special consulting assignments for key clients and directing internal project manager deliverables
• Customer relations, including maintenance of customer satisfaction metrics, responding to customer inquiries, answering phone inquiries and technical end user questions
• Meet client budget, quality control and scheduling requirements for projects
• Track project related issues and work with project team members to follow up on issues and status. Identify barriers to resolving issues and work to develop strategies to overcome barriers; provide follow activities around issues
• Project scheduling & coordination
• Project revenue and financial profitability
• Collaborate with business development team to promote to target market leaders within Security, Engineering and Consulting industry, including architectural firms in the identified markets
• Develop and implement best practices, standards and processes
• Field surveys & meetings

COMPETENCIES:

1. Business Development
2. Project Management
3. Consultation
4. Security and low voltage knowledge
5. Analytical
6. Communication
7. Ethical Practice

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
A bachelor's degree and 6-8 years of project management experience, or 10 years of project management experience, preferably in the A/E/C industry.

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• CPP, PSP, and/or PMP certifications

• Understanding of a project management life cycle, with an ability to read and understand proposals and develop preliminary project plans (tasks, timeframes, deliverables)
• Strong communicator, both verbally and written, is a key component of this role
• Experience working in Office 365 and Bluebeam software

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:
This position manages employees of the department as assigned and is responsible for the performance management of the assigned employees.

TRAVEL:
Travel out-of-area to other regional offices and overnight travel is expected.

Guidepost is seeking an experienced professional with a sound understanding of technology, electronic discovery and specifically complex data analysis matters to work for its Technology Advisory Services practice based out of the New York or Washington DC office.

They will be responsible for financial and accounting consulting services as it relates to litigation and dispute resolution. A successful candidate will hold a college degree and possess experience or aptitude in all aspects of technology consulting and data analysis, including but not limited to the collection and synthesis of data, project management, spreadsheet and database creation, and SQL programming. Candidates will acquire skills in designing and executing solutions to complex financial problems, as well as analyzing complex data sets from relevant financial, transactional, survey, and other data systems. They will lead teams and be responsible for overall project management and execution.

JOB DUTIES:

• Performing the day to day activities of projects including interaction with client personnel, internal members, and professionals from other firms involved in the engagement.

• Applying accounting, financial, and analytical skills to various client situations and practice disciplines.
• Designing and implementing complex database models to resolve disputes.
• Utilizing forensic and data mining tools to search, recover, sort, and organize large amounts of electronic information in all phases of an investigation or litigation issue.
• Organizing information to facilitate effective data access and analysis.
• Maintaining detailed work-paper records of assumptions, methodologies, and information sources employed during the performance of all analytical tasks.
• Delivering a quality product within established timeframes.
• Preparing drafts of written analyses and reports for third parties on the project scope and/or results of activities.
• Preparing presentations and exhibits for clients and third parties on the project scope and/or results of activities.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience

• Superior quantitative analysis skills
• Client service orientation
• Understanding of the litigation process
• Experience working in consulting environment
• Ability to manage multiple teams / multiple projects
• Ability to define and evaluate scope of projects
• Ability to evaluate processes and make improvements as needed
• Ability to provide oversight to client deliverables
• Quantitative background in one of the following fields: Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, MIS, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Engineering
• 4-7 years professional experience with 1 or more of the following:
  • MS SQL
  • SharePoint
  • SAS
  • Visual Basic
  • C#
  • Litigation Support software
• Superior written and oral communication skills
• Strong problem solving and decision-making skills
• Teamwork
• Planning, Organization, Documentation
• Ability to fully document analysis performed
• Attention to detail
• Ability to adapt, be flexible and work in a dynamic / constantly changing environment

This full-time non-exempt position. The primary responsibility of the Accounting Specialist will be to coordinate and execute all processes related to general accounting transactions. This position will provide the employee the opportunity to gain valuable hands‐on experience and maintain a key position working with the corporate accounting team.

Responsibilities:

• Receive and log subcontractor invoices for entry in project accounting system and process through payables module

• Manage and coordinate the timely preparation, processing of pre‐bills and month-end bills for local and offices support by local DC office
• Set-up new cases and projects in Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains
• Partner with various employees across all offices to ensure accurate and timely issuance of bills to customers to enable prompt payment
• Provide prompt follow‐up to any billing and invoicing inquiries
• Organize and maintain the billing files; other documentation thoroughly and accurately, in accordance with company policy and accepted accounting practice
• Voucher accounts payable invoices
• Follow up and required data entry related to accounts receivable
• Payroll processing for local employees includes documentation and expense review
• Assist corporate accounting team on various special projects when assigned
• Ability to perform under strict deadlines maintaining attention to detail
• Ability to work overtime hours on certain key dates during the monthly close or other times in which the departmental workload is at a high level
• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge and Skills Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; Associates Degree in Business, Accounting, or a related field minimally required.

• Three (3) to five (5) years’ experience in billing functions, preferably in consulting (i.e. Law Firm, Accounting Firm, Architect Firm, Engineering Firm etc.)
• Experience working with Great Plains and Jovaco software with an emphasis on the billing modules a plus
• Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Office with a strong emphasis in Excel and MS Word
• Effective organizational and time management skills with experience working in a fast‐paced and high-volume environment with an emphasis on accuracy and timeliness
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact in a professional manner are required as this position will have a high level of exposure with both company employees and sub-contractors
• Collaborative team player with the desire to assist all members of the accounting and local office team