Jennifer Flickinger

Jennifer Flickinger is a forensic accountant with 30 years of experience. She has been appointed as an expert on government contracting matters.

Jen has been cross-examined in arbitration at the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) and taken part in several pre-hearing negotiations. Her engagements include government contract compliance, litigation, investigations, and external restructurings. She has acted as an expert for disputed projects with values of up to $1 billion and has a strong record of negotiations with the government agencies including the Departments of Defense, State, Labor, and Energy.

Jen designs cost accounting structures for emerging contractors and analyzes existing models for compliance and effectiveness. She prepares cost impacts, disclosure statements, incurred cost proposals, and requests for equitable adjustments). She also supports contractor negotiations related to audit findings by with their responses to the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), and General Services Administration (GSA).

Jen specializes in cost and pricing matters including government audit issues, defective pricing, labor charging and compliance, Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), cost allowability and allocability, Federal Supply Schedule contracts, claims, requests for equitable adjustment (REA), terminations and prime and subcontractor disputes. Her focus is on compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), CAS, the Uniform Guidance as well as FAR supplements (e.g. Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)). She is a recognized expert in prevailing wage compliance, including the Service Contract Act and the Davis Bacon Act.

Jen is a member of the National Defense Industrial Association, the American Bar Association Section of Public Contract Law, and the Professional Service Counsel. She has published articles regarding the Service Contract Act and has undertaken numerous speaking engagements on matters related to accounting, cost and pricing.