Maria Yakover

Maria Yakover serves as a key procurement professional within the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), supporting the agency’s mission to deliver secure, audit-ready financial management systems and automated accounting services across the Department of Defense. She manages a portfolio of acquisitions focused on information technology services, particularly in financial systems modernization, data analytics, and compliance automation. Her work directly enables DFAS’s strategic priorities around audit readiness and digital transformation, ensuring that contracted solutions align with federal financial standards and cybersecurity requirements. Yakover typically handles complex IT service contracts under FAR Part 12 and Part 36, emphasizing performance-based outcomes and cloud-enabled platforms. Her primary contractor relationships include Soderberg Company Inc., Ecology Mir Group LLC, Bloomberg Industry Group, Inc., and Roche Diagnostics Corporation, reflecting a mix of specialized financial systems integrators, regulatory compliance analysts, and technical service providers. These partnerships are characterized by recurring engagements in software customization, financial reporting tooling, and data governance support. Yakover consistently collaborates with vendors possessing deep domain expertise in defense accounting workflows and federal financial systems interoperability. Yakover’s contracting patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 81.3% of awards issued without set-asides, indicating a focus on broad market competition for mission-critical capabilities. However, she maintains a consistent 18.8% allocation to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating active support for small business participation in high-impact IT and financial services procurements. Her procurement focus is overwhelmingly centered on NAICS 541519 (Other Computer Related Services), reflecting expertise in systems integration, software development, and IT consulting for financial operations. Secondary emphasis on NAICS 511210 (Software Publishers) and 334210 (Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing) indicates occasional procurement of specialized financial software platforms and secure communication hardware. Her technical domain centers on enterprise financial automation, audit trail systems, and compliance-driven digital infrastructure.