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Do you want to make a difference? 
Cognosante employees are passionate about improving people’s lives. With an innovative mindset and an unwavering commitment to those we serve, we partner with healthcare, civilian and defense agencies to deliver exceptional public services and programs. Our multi-faceted technology and customer experience (CX) solutions achieve program outcomes, solve critical challenges and create meaningful change. Whether we are helping Veterans access healthcare faster, ensuring that members of the military complete their missions safely, or helping people obtain health insurance, our work touches millions of people. Are you ready to make a difference?

Come Join Our Team 
Cognosante is seeking to fill a Senior Federal Financial Systems Generalist role in support of the Joint Program Management Office  (JPMO)for the Department of Homeland Security. The financial systems modernization (FSM) Joint Program Management Office (JPMO) was established to manage, from a portfolio perspective, all FSM programs across DHS. The FMS JPMO is responsible for governance and successful execution, maintenance scheduling, and risk management for all DHS FSM programs and projects. FSM JPMO functions include information technology (IT) management, business transformation, portfolio management, acquisition and program management, and financial management
 
What is the position? 

Provide ongoing support for client operations; modernization; innovation; implementation and adoption of system and business best practices; compliance changes; and process improvements.
 
What will I get to do?  

Serve as a subject matter expert in federal financial management, providing consultative advice and guidance to our Client and their Customers.

Support delivery operations and system upgrades.
Support End-Users: Provide quality client support by answering questions, identifying possible solutions to issues, documenting resolutions, and communicating guidance to end users.
Perform In-Depth Analysis: Use your federal financial expertise to better understanding the business needs of our client, troubleshoot challenging solutions that include software issues, data issues, maintenance, and system configuration.
Gather requirements (business, functional and technical) using collaborative, face-to-face workshops with the customers, stakeholders and the development team.
Perform business process reviews by reviewing current to-be processes and mapping them to future state processes.
Participate in client stakeholder meetings.
Develop and update system designs and training documentation.
Support testing activities including developing test cases and executing testing.
Proactively bringing issues and problems to the attention of our management and the team; generating, proposing and implementing innovative solutions to solve them.
Drive adoption of the designed processes and solution use with stakeholders.

Expert in Federal Financial systems Reporting.
 
What qualifications do I need? 
8+ years of relevant experience supporting federal financial management (e.g. establishing financial processes and procedures, implementing accounting and financial policies, and short and long term financial planning).
Federal case accounting expertise.
Financial and accounting software implementation experience as systems integrator or user of the system (e.g. assessing change impact, configuration, workflows, data reconciliation).
Customer/Client Management.
Mentorship/coaching of team members, peer review, and assist with learning client business processes.
Experience and comfort facilitating meetings, training sessions, and group presentations.
String analytical problem-solving skills.
Critical/Analytical Thinking.
Communication (Oral/Written).
 
What additional characteristics will help me thrive?  

Experience with Oracle EBS system.

Experience with SAP PSM-FG.

Experience with Federal Audits.
Experience with business process reengineering.
Experience with Software testing.

Financial with financial and system reporting.

Experience with MILScripts and MILBills.

What We Offer  

Our mission is to provide comprehensive and competitive pay, benefits, services, and programs to eligible employees and their dependents that:  

• Ensure optimal health and productivity of our employees   

• Support employee retention and attraction  

• Provide work/life balance to ensure our employees succeed inside and outside of the office  

Compensation

$91,242.70 - $150,555.93

The pay range for this job is determined by various factors, including but not necessarily limited to location, responsibilities