Experience with Defense Business Systems or ERP software/system development projects is required.
At least 8 years of experience specializing in Army financial management processes is required, including at least 4 years operating as a functional expert, consulting, designing, implementing, or contributing to Army SAP-based ERP process or system improvements.
Expertise in one or more of the following areas is required: guidelines, principles, processes, and systems associated with the Army's Program Planning and Budget Execution process, including budget formulation and administration, the Program Objective Memorandum cycle, Program Optimization and Budget Evaluation, and Project Management Resource Tool; Army financial business processes, integration, and reconciliation within GFEBS, including Foreign Military Sales, Foreign National Pay, US Civilian Payroll, Army Joint Reconciliation Process, Accounts Receivable, Reimbursables, and Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests; Army logistics processes such as inventory, warehouse management, supply chain management, and Defense and Security solutions; relevant Army end-to-end business processes and how they work within Army ERP systems, specifically GFEBS, Logistics Modernization Program, and Global Combat Support System-Army; or SAP ECC functional experience implementing best practices and capabilities of one or more modules, including Asset Management, Audit Management, Cost Management, Controlling, Financial Accounting, Funds Management, Sales and Distribution, Special Purpose Ledger (Federal Ledger), and Treasury.
Experience with complex problem-solving strategies is required, including determining the source of a problem and identifying effective solutions through in-depth evaluation of factors.
Demonstrated experience working with cross-functional teams is required.
Strong interpersonal, verbal, presentation, and writing skills are required to interact successfully with colleagues and executive client leadership.
Ability to work independently and deliver high-quality work under time constraints is required.
Responsibilities
Support business process reengineering workshops by translating functional requirements into testable and measurable requirements and/or process models for a system integration contractor.
Rationalize and harmonize divergent end-to-end business processes for General Funds and Working Capital Funds to facilitate convergence.
Support development of key acquisition and contracting documents for EBS-Convergence Solutions, such as Performance Work Statements, Statements of Objectives, Statements of Work, and Technical Management Plans.
Work with the functional requirements team to prioritize and group requirements into work packages supporting a Government capability implementation plan.
Support development of user stories based on Agile development principles and aligned with functional epics, features, and value streams.
Provide feedback to data architecture resources to ensure integrity and consistency between the developed application and enterprise data models.
Work with solution architects, functional and programmatic offices, system integrators, and stakeholders to communicate and advocate for proper understanding of requirements and prototype solutions.
Validate system integrator configuration of the EBS-C solution to help minimize customizations of core SAP products.
Desired Qualifications
A master's degree is desired.
Certifications in agile methods are desired.
Training in S/4 HANA is desired.
S/4 HANA financial implementation experience is desired.
Experience working on complex projects remotely is a plus.
Job Description
Responsibilities:
Support business process reengineering (BPR) workshops to translate functional requirements into testable and measurable requirements and/or process models. which will be provided to a system integration contractor
Rationalizing and harmonizing current General funds and Working Capital funds’ divergent end-to-end business processes to facilitate convergence
Support the development of key acquisition and contracting documents to develop the EBS-Convergence Solutions (e.g., Performance Work Statement, Statement of Objectives, Statement of Work, Technical Management Plan)
Work closely with the functional requirements team to help prioritize and group requirements into work packages to support a Government capability implementation plan
Support the development of user stories based on deep understanding of Agile development principles and in alignment with functional epics, features and value streams
Provide feedback to data architecture resources to ensure integrity and consistency between the developed application and enterprise data models
Work with solution architects, functional and programmatic offices, system integrators, and stakeholders to communicate and advocate for proper understanding of requirements and prototype solutions
Perform validation of system integrator configuration of the EBS-C solution to help minimize customizations of core SAP products
Qualifications
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree
Active Secret Clearance
Experience with agile methods
Experience with Defense Business Systems or ERP software/system development projects
8+ years’ experience specializing in Army financial management processes. At least 4 years operating as a functional expert, consulting, designing, implementing, or contributing to Army SAP based ERP process or system improvements.
Expertise in one or more of the following areas:
Guidelines, principles, processes, and systems associated with the Army’s Program Planning and Budget Execution (PPBE) process, such as the budget formulation and administration, the Program Objective Memorandum (POM) cycle, Program Optimization and Budget Evaluation (PROBE), and Project Management Resource Tool (PMRT)
Army financial business processes, integration and reconciliation within GFEBS; business process to include but not limited to Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Foreign National Pay, US Civilian Payroll, Army Joint Reconciliation Process (JRP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Reimbursables and Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request (MIPRs).
Army Logistics Processes such as inventory, warehouse management, supply chain management, Defense and Security solutions, etc.
Understanding of relevant Army End-to-End (E2E) business processes and knowledge of how those processes work within current Army ERP systems, specifically the General Fund Enterprise Business Systems (GFEBS), Logistics Modernization Program (LMP), Global Combat Support System (GCSS-Army).
SAP ECC functional experience; specifically, implementing best practices and capabilities of one or more of following modules: Asset Management, Audit Management, Cost Management (CM), Controlling (CO), Financial Accounting (FI), Funds Management (FM), Sales and Distribution (SD), Special Purpose Ledger (Federal Ledger), Treasury (TR)
Experience with complex problem-solving strategies. Able to determine the source of a problem and find effective solution(s) through an in-depth evaluation of factors.
Demonstrated experience in working with cross-functional teams; experience with working complex projects remotely is a plus
Strong interpersonal, verbal, presentation and writing skills to successfully interact with colleagues and executive client leadership
Ability to work independently and deliver high quality work under time constraints
Desired Qualifications
Master’s Degree
Certifications in agile methods
Trained in S/4 HANA
S4/HANA Financial implementation experience
Additional Information
This firm is very entrepreneurial and consulting oriented. Work environment is not at all typical of the public accounting grind and we offer a very reasonable work/life balance along with a competitive compensation package including a 401K plan.
O'KeeffeCPA & Associates is committed to the fair treatment of all and to our policy of providing applicants and employees with equal employment opportunities.
O'KeeffeCPA & Associates recruits, hires, trains, and promotes people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other factors protected by applicable law. We welcome applications for employment from qualified disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam era, and other covered veterans.