Systems Accountant

About the role

The incumbent serves as a Systems Accountant performing multiple and varying assignments under the limited direction of a manager or more experienced professional. The incumbent is an individual contributor and/or member of a team and performs some leadership functions for small projects/programs and/or other work activities.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes financial system modules to detect deficiencies, mitigate data integrity risks, and ensure full disclosure of financial transactions.
• Identifies gaps in reporting capabilities and designs modern, data-driven reporting solutions to improve visibility into customer financial statuses.
• Identifies needed changes in reporting requirements, which would provide more meaningful information, and to determine ways and means to make financial accounting practices more effective and efficient for implementation and new releases.
• Leverages modern business analysis methodologies to gather, document, and maintain user functional requirements for financial system capabilities.
• Ensures all systems documentation complies with current federal information processing standards and agency architectures.
• Leads complex business process re-engineering (BPR) initiatives and develops end-to-end financial business scenarios to optimize workflow efficiency.
• Creates comprehensive system test plans and conducts detailed systems functional testing to validate system integrity prior to deployment.
• Creates targeted technical training programs to ensure seamless organizational readiness, successful module deployment, and sustainable maintenance of subsequent financial software releases.
• Responsible for creating financial business scenarios, business-processing re-engineering approach development, training materials, and methodology necessary for the design, implementation and maintenance of assigned modules within the financial system.
• Reviews and approves the technical work of junior systems accountants.
• Acts as an escalation point to resolve or mitigate risks identified during requirements gathering, testing, data conversion, or system implementation.
• Assists leadership in forecasting resource needs and developing strategic technical solutions.
• Initiates, resolves, or escalates any issues or risks identified by lower-level system accountants or participants in the requirements definition, testing, conversion or implementation of financial software modules and subsequent releases of the software.
• Maintains regular contact with internal business lines, major subdivisions, external customers, and federal oversight entities.
• Successfully translates complex technical/accounting system behaviors into clear, policy-aligned explanations for non-technical audiences.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting.
• At least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge.
• Experience with government procurement processes, including the use of Unison PRISM and other acquisition software within the software development lifecycle, covering design, implementation, and ongoing maintenance.
• Experience analyzing and optimizing processes for planning, designing, and implementing new or enhanced information systems to meet the business requirements of customer organizations.
• Experience developing comprehensive project management plans to ensure the successful execution of systems, projects, and enhancements, delivering results on time and within scope.
• Experience using one or more of the following Oracle E-Business Suites (EBS) or Unison Prism modules: General Ledger, Purchasing, Accounts Payables, Fixed Assets, Projects, and/or Accounts Receivables.