Cost Accounting System Consultant

Posted 21 Days Ago
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Reston, VA
Senior level
Information Technology • Consulting
The Role
The Cost Accounting System Consultant will provide expert guidance on establishing a new cost accounting system, ensuring it meets business and regulatory requirements. The role involves system analysis, requirements gathering, and educating stakeholders on best practices.
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Company Description

pureIntegration is a technology consulting firm with 20+ years of experience servicing Fortune 100 clients headquartered in the DC area. We serve clients in the fastest growing industry of communications, media, and entertainment.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Cost Accounting System Consultant with a proven track record in Cost Accounting System (CAS) system analysis and requirements gathering to support federal compliance efforts. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of multiple CAS systems, and be able to provide broad business insights to ensure that the system meets organizational needs and federal requirements. The candidate should possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, coupled with excellent communication and client-facing abilities.

This position is an on-site role located in Reston, VA. This W-2 Hourly role with be working with an initial scope of 3 months with the possibility of extension. 

Responsibilities:

  • Provide experienced and expert guidance with written recommendations on the business, functional, and technical requirements to stand-up a new CAS system.
  • Assess and advise recommendations on design, development, operations, and support practices, and system needs to support a new system.
  • Ensure the cost accounting system aligns with industry regulations, government compliance standards, and financial reporting requirements.
  • Assess capabilities, specifically in the areas of system audits and compliance reporting, as well as the user experience.
  • Educate finance teams and key stakeholders on cost accounting methodologies, system functionalities, and best practices to maximize system effectiveness and ensure informed decision-making.

Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance or a related field.
  • Years of Experience: 6+ years of experience in federal government contracting working with accounting software and tools. 
  • Proven experience in implementation and/or consulting role with cost accounting systems in a federal contracting environment.
  • Familiarity with leading CAS systems and the software used currently with FED CON vendors, system integrators, and organizations which serve Federal Government agencies.
  • Experience and familiarity with CAS policies, procedures, and internal controls supported by leading systems, as well as the ability to compare, to benchmark, and to assess differences in CAS systems.
  • Experience in mapping source and target cost accounting system data to assess business, functional, and technical requirements for CAS implementation.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office suite for presentation and internal reporting.
  • Ability to interpret complex regulations, standards, and rules.
  • Strong organizational and project management skills.
  • Knowledge of current trends and best practices in federal cost accounting.

Additional Information

pureIntegration is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE), qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to pureIntegration

pureIntegration provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at [email protected] or by mail to: pureIntegration, Human Resources Department, 1801 Robert Fulton Dr, Suite 450, Reston, VA 20191. Please indicate the position you are applying for.

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pureIntegration would love to hear from you - your career journey starts here! 

pureIntegration would love to hear from you - your career journey starts here! 

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The Company
HQ: Reston, VA
96 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2004

What We Do

The epitome of ‘punching above our weight’, pureIntegration is the secret weapon you may never have heard of. Yet.

Consulting, Services and Solutions:
For evolving organizations navigating the changing digital landscape, seeking to improve business operations while attaining deeper member engagement - pureIntegration is your expert, guide, and partner. A consulting services organization – we extend your team with trusted advisors, deeply skilled practitioners, and resourceful architects. pureIntegration solves intractable operational and technology problems with business acumen, deep technical competency and proven solutions which to consistently deliver outcomes-based engagements.

For over 15 years, we have designed and implemented creative solutions that scale and transform our client’s capabilities, deliver measurable impact and measurable results – on time and on budget. From our roots in Telecommunications and Media, our select verticals have expanded to include clients ranging from Fortune 50 enterprises to mid-market companies, spanning Energy and Utilities, Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, and other highly transactional industries.

Your competitive posture requires a brisk pace to ensure relevance and differentiation. We continuously distill best practices across our client portfolio to extend and accelerate winning, cross-industry solutions to augment your sector expertise. Platform agnostic, we are not a reseller motivated to replace existing tools to our own advantage, but to help tackle your IT debt to your benefit. We specialize in bridging the sustainable legacy to the innovative contemporary.

Don’t just survive, thrive. Add power to your team by leveraging ours.

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