Jeffrey Shapiro, is a partner in CohnReznick’s Government Contracting Industry practice and began his career in 1999. Jeff provides an extensive range of services for government contractors including attest and audit services, regulatory audit, federal government contractor compliance, indirect cost rate structuring, proposal pricing, and final incurred cost proposal compliance. Through his prior experience as a senior-level contract auditor and Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative for a Federal agency and as a Chief Financial Officer of a small Federal Government IT contractor, Jeff acquired working knowledge of FAR/contract compliance, allocability and allowability issues, disclosure statement requirements, and DCAA audits.
Jeff currently works on behalf of several government agencies to conduct a variety of pre-award and post-award contract audits, to include business systems reviews, incurred cost audits and support for competitive source selection procurements. In addition, he also advises government contractors on creating and enhancing internal controls related to business systems and preparing for incurred cost and other government (DCAA/DCMA) audits.
Jeff recently helped a small federal contracting business triple in size serving as the lead cost volume preparer on a $200M, five- year contract proposal. He also helped a large manufacturing and engineering services firm significantly reduce its costs using a new indirect cost rate model along with one consolidated disclosure statement.
Thought Leadership
14 Apr 21: DCAA issues guidance on coronavirus-related legislation
14 Jan 21: DCAA issues guidance on coronavirus-related legislation
On-demand: The Winning Score: Maximizing Proposal Evaluation Scores to Grow Your Company (webinar)
Education
BS, Business Management and Economics, Cornell University
MBA, International Business, George Mason University
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Capital Business Development Association, Board Member
National Defense Industrial Association, Contract Acquisition Management Subcommittee, Chairman
American Bar Association, Accounting Cost and Pricing Committee