Senior Federal Accounting Consultant (5824)
At a glance
Senior Accounting role at smxtech. United States · $123,900–$206,400 base.
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What you'll do
- Capture the federal customer’s accounting workflows and explain them to the project team
- Show how federal accounting rules affect business processes and system needs
- Translate financial reporting needs into requirements and functional designs for technical reporting work
- Build design visuals, then prepare and run test plans and cases
- Train users on packaged or custom financial and budgeting applications
What you bring
- At least eight years working in federal finance or accounting
- You bring hands-on federal accounting knowledge plus implementation work across ERP platforms
- You have analyzed business processes and designed financial budgeting or reporting solutions
- You know federal accounting rules, systems integration and reporting, and can obtain Public Trust clearance
Who this fits
This role suits a senior federal accounting specialist who can connect accounting policy to system design and implementation. You’ll work with a project team and customer, and the position requires existing Public Trust clearance or the ability to obtain it. SMX does not provide immigration sponsorship for this role.
From the employer
We are seeking a Senior Federal Accounting Consultant for the implementation of BAS for a Federal customer. Candidates should have familiarity and experience with the Federal financials and accounting processes and experience with system implementations.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Document and communicate accounting processes of our federal customer with the project team.
- Communicate Federal Accounting Policies and their impacts to business processes and system requirements with the project team.
- Document federal financial & accounting reporting requirements.
- Create business requirements documents and functional design documents to support technical development of reporting solutions.
- Create mockups and visual aides to communicate functional designs internally and to customers.
- Develop test plans, test scenarios/cases, and manage testing execution.
- Design and execute training for packaged and custom developed financial and/or budgeting applications.
Required qualifications
- 8+ years' experience in federal financial and accounting related activities.
- Knowledge of accounting regulations and procedures.
- Knowledge of systems integration and reporting.
- Expertise in civilian federal financial and accounting processes who also possesses strong implementation/systems integration experience across multiple ERP systems (Momentum, SAP, Oracle) coupled with knowledge of project management best practices.
- Experience with one or more ERP systems used in the federal government like SAP, Oracle or Momentum.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience in business process analysis and functional design of financial budgeting & reporting solutions.
- Experience with Hyperion/Oracle Planning, OneStream, Anaplan, Adaptive Planning, SAP SAC, etc., OR custom-built budgeting solution for a federal customer.
- Public Trust clearance or ability to obtain Public Trust.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with SAP BusinessObjects or any other BI tool like Tableau, PowerBI, or MicroStrategy is a plus.
The SMX salary determination process takes into account a number of factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories, relevant prior work experience, specific skills, education and certifications. At SMX, one of our Core Values is to Invest in Our People so we offer a competitive mix of compensation, learning & development opportunities, and benefits. Some key components of our robust benefits include health insurance, paid leave, and retirement.
The proposed salary for this position is:$123,900—$206,400 USD
At SMX®, we are a team of technical and domain experts dedicated to enabling your mission. From priority national security initiatives for the DoD to highly assured and compliant solutions for healthcare, we understand that digital transformation is key to your future success.
We share your vision for the future and strive to accelerate your impact on the world. We bring both cutting edge technology and an expansive view of what’s possible to every engagement. Our delivery model and unique approaches harness our deep technical and domain knowledge, providing forward-looking insights and practical solutions to power secure mission acceleration.
SMX is an Equal Opportunity employer including disabilities and veterans.
Selected applicant may be subject to a background investigation and/or education verification.
SMX does not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-2, E-3, L-1 and O-1, or any EADs or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).