Financial Management Senior Consultant

Summary

Join Tria Federal as a Financial Management Senior Consultant! This full-time, remote position (EST hours) requires a minimum of 6 years of experience and a Public Trust clearance. You will perform financial process gap analyses, identify areas for improvement, create risk assessments, develop SOPs, and support internal controls. The role involves managing financial data, reporting to clients, and facilitating client engagements. A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required, along with specific experience and skills. Professional certifications are preferred.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree is required, ideally in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field
• Experience with accounting, budgeting, financial process standardization, process improvement, financial statement reporting, and financial management consulting - Government financial management experience preferred
• Experience supervising team members including reviewing work products to ensure completeness and accuracy
• Expert knowledge of audit remediation or audit readiness efforts including creating, documenting, measuring, enhancing, and improving financial management and accounting operations to ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and policy
• Ability to communicate with the client on work products including corrective action recommendations, financial reporting trends, analytic results and impacts to operation etc
• Understanding of large-scale change management processes/programs in federal agencies, specifically financial system implementations
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and set priorities
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to present information to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Great attention to detail with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Self-directed and eager to tackle new projects and generate innovative ideas
• Willingness to learn and grow with the organization
• Public Trust clearance
• 6-10 years of professional experience
• Bachelor's Degree; ideally in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Perform a gap analysis of the As-Is financial processes to the future state using project tools and document the gaps and risks identified
• Identify processes that are inefficient, non-compliant with financial policy/guidance, and not auditable and document recommendations for process improvement
• Create risk assessments to identify and prioritize financial risks. Recommend and implement risk mitigation strategies
• Review key accounting standards to ensure processes and controls are compliant with policy. Familiarity with accounting standards such as the Treasury’s Financial Manual (TFM), The United States Standardized General Ledger (USSGL) standard, the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) standards, and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Yellow and Green Books
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) within all functional areas of finance (budget formulation, budget execution, financial operations, financial reporting)
• Support the development of financial internal controls (IC) to support process improvement and audit readiness assessments
• Manage and analyze large sets of financial data to produce financial reports, analytics, and trends. Report to the client on key financial trends and impacts to operations
• Support the development of financial quality assurance (QA) measures and oversight reporting on accounting operations
• Facilitate large client engagements to generate standard processes and gain concurrence on process improvement recommendations, financial analytics/metric results, and corrective actions
• Experience facilitating in-person and remote workgroup meetings with successful mediation practices
• Ability to communicate with the client on work products including corrective action recommendations, financial reporting trends, analytic results and impacts to operations etc
• Lead program/project management responsibilities following Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) principles and standards

Preferred Qualifications

• Data cleansing experience related to audit remediation
• Financial system implementation experience (program management, etc.)
• Master's Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field
• Microsoft Platforms
• Certified as a Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM), Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Benefits

• Top-tier benefits package to invest in your physical, mental, and financial health and wellness
• Opportunities to learn new skills, seize new challenges, and advance your career as we grow