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Small Business Academy Workshop: Government Contracting Accounting, Pricing and Costs

There is accounting and there is government accounting. Accounting in Government contracting has its own unique and specialized rules, regulations, standards, and hurdles. This workshop will educate small business owners with an overview of government contracting accounting. This is the 2nd webinar in the Government Contracting series.

 

Presenting the Small Business Academy Workshop Series.

There is accounting and there is government accounting. Accounting in Government contracting has its own unique and specialized rules, regulations, standards, and hurdles. This workshop will educate small business owners with an overview of government contracting accounting.

  • Government accounting basics
  • Cost definition
  • Job cost accounting
  • Pool structure
  • Wrap rate
  • Certified pricing

Speaker: Cathy Goin, CEO of OPSPro

As the CEO of OPSPro, Cathy is responsible for driving effective operations for her clients to enable top performance, innovation and affordability. Her ability to stay attuned to the fine details in a rapidly growing environment while retaining big picture organizational focus is her strong suit.

Cathy has 25+ years of business management experience for small to large-sized organizations in both government-contracting and commercial spaces; 20+ years of implementing efficient financial management systems and establishing policies and procedures to ensure accuracy and accountability, and 30+ direct reports across all functions and departments to include accounting and finance, budgeting and reporting, strategic planning execution/rollout and evaluation, human resources, information technology, facility security and contract and subcontracts administration.

NOTE: This workshop will be presented via Google Meet…. All registered participants will be emailed the link to join prior to the event.

Registration will close Monday, March 15 at noon to ensure all participants receive link to join in time to test connection/download app if applicable.

No fee. Advance registration is required.

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Event Date March, 17

Event Time 3:00am - 4:00am

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