Federal Financial Statement Solution SME (5804)

Overview

This contractor role supports the design, construction, and validation of a federal financial statement compilation and reconciliation solution aligned to FM QSMO standards. The work focuses on accurate, compliant, audit-ready financial reporting, including mapping USSGL data to financial statement line items and validating statement outputs and footnotes in accordance with applicable federal guidance.

This position is part-time or full-time and allows 100% remote work.

Responsibilities

• Advise on the design and construction of the solution’s data model, dimensions, and hierarchies to support federal financial statement generation.
• Advise on and validate USSGL crosswalks to ensure transactions and attributes map correctly to financial statement line items.
• Validate that the solution produces correct financial statement information in accordance with OMB Circular A-136 for:
  • Balance Sheet
  • Statement of Net Cost
  • Statement of Changes in Net Position
  • Statement of Budgetary Resources
• Help design and validate the approach to financial statement footnotes and disclosures to ensure completeness, accuracy, and compliance with FASAB publications (e.g., SSFAC, SFFAS, interpretations, technical bulletins, technical releases, staff implementation guidance, meeting minutes).
• Advise on the design and validation of reconciliation tools, including GTAS-related reconciliations and trial balance validation logic.
• Ensure alignment with FM QSMO standards and federal financial management requirements.
• Clearly explain proposed functionality and reporting logic using visual aids such as mockups, crosswalk maps, and process flow diagrams (design support will assist with aesthetics).
• Explain federal financial reporting processes and standards to employees with no government experience.
• Conduct business process analysis.
• Work with key stakeholders to prioritize and manage solution roadmap needs.
• Gather requirements and partner with the implementation team to design, build, and validate the financial statement and reconciliation solution (requirements, design, testing, etc.).
• Define and validate business rules behind dimensions, crosswalks, statement outputs, and footnote generation.
• Support software releases by ensuring the application is fully tested and documented.
• Develop test plans, test scenarios/cases, and manage testing execution, including validation that statements and footnotes tie to source data.
• Create documentation as needed (e.g., admin documentation, end-user documentation, crosswalk/dimension design documentation, training guides, online help).

Requirements

• 7+ years of federal financial management experience, ideally including time spent at a federal agency or a federal consulting practice (Big 4 or specialized public sector firm).
• Demonstrated experience in federal financial statement preparation and/or auditing of prepared financial statements.
• Familiarity with the US Federal Unified Shared Service Management framework, particularly the Modernization Playbook, the Federal Integrated Business Framework (FIBF) with associated business use cases and data standards, the GovOps Marketplace, and Quality Service Management Offices (QSMO).
• Hands-on GTAS experience, including trial balance submission; FBwT reconciliation between GTAS and CARS; abnormal balance causes; budget accrual reconciliation; GTAS edits; and GTAS validations.
• Working knowledge of the Treasury Financial Manual (TFM), particularly Volume 2 Chapter 4700 and accompanying appendices, and USSGL supplemental guidance including GTAS edits and validations, financial statement crosswalks, and published posting logic scenarios.
• Strong working knowledge of:
  • OMB Circular A-123 (internal control)
  • OMB Circular A-136 (financial reporting requirements)
  • OMB Circular A-11 (budget)
• Solid understanding of FASAB publications (e.g., SSFAC, SFFAS, interpretations, technical bulletins, technical releases, staff implementation guidance, meeting minutes), including experience designing or validating financial statement footnotes and disclosures.
• Familiarity with FISCAM.
• Excellent organizational and presentation skills.
• Curiosity and desire to learn.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field; additional years of experience in lieu of degree will be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA, CGFM, or CDFM certification.
• Experience building, deploying, or validating a federal financial reporting, consolidation, or reconciliation solution.
• Experience with an off-the-shelf planning/consolidation tool (e.g., SAP BPC, SAC, OneStream, Oracle, Hyperion, Anaplan) or a custom-built solution.
• Experience with an off-the-shelf BI/reporting tool (e.g., SAP SAC, Power BI, Tableau, Qlik).
• Experience designing data models, dimensions, and crosswalks for financial reporting.
• Experience testing applications.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $126,200—$212,100 USD
• Benefits may include health insurance, paid leave, and retirement.
• Salary determination considers factors including geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories, relevant prior work experience, specific skills, and education/certifications.

Location

• 100% remote work

Additional Information

• Selected applicant may be subject to background investigation and/or education verification.
• This position does not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or immigration related support (e.g., H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-2, E-3, L-1, O-1, or other work authorization requiring employer immigration support).