Kristen Soles joined Watkins Meegan in 1998 and she provides an extensive range of advisory services for government contractors including FAR and CAS compliance, indirect cost rate structures, cost reporting and final incurred cost proposals. She assists with accounting system requirements and she consults on specialized needs such as IR&D and software development costing, SOP 97-2, accounting software implementation and contract closeouts. Kristen is proficient in Deltek GCS Premier and Costpoint accounting packages, QuickBooks, Prophix, OptionEase and Equity Edge stock-based management and reporting software.

Kristen performs a variety of stock-based compensation services for clients in both publicly and privately held companies. Her experience includes a range of services such as providing outside review of equity disclosures, implementation of Equity Edge and OptionEase software, design and documentation of key controls related to equity and stock compensation processes, and consulting on FAS 123R.

She is often outsourced to clients to prepare internal consolidated financial statements, budgets, indirect cost rate submissions and departmental income statements.  Through her prior experience as a management-level contractor for the Department of Defense, Kristen acquired working knowledge of DoD compliance, allocability and allowability issues, disclosure statement requirements, GSA schedules and DCAA audits.