EPM/ERP Functional or Technical Senior Consultant - State, Local, and Higher Education

Position summary

Our Deloitte Finance Transformation team practices to help chief financial officers, controllers, and finance teams define and execute their finance and global business services agendas and strategies. You will work with leading-class teams and solutions, helping clients navigate challenging environments, market uncertainty, technology development, and regulatory considerations to unlock value. Your work may span strategy, operations, process design, and technology as we partner with clients to transform finance.

Work you'll do

As part of our Accounting and Finance Technology practice within the Finance Transformation team, you will serve as a finance-process expert who also configures, supports, and analyzes the financial technology platforms state, local, and higher education clients rely on. You will translate accounting and budgeting requirements into system design, lead implementation and optimization workstreams, and help clients get more value from their ERP, financial reporting, budgeting, and related fintech investments. Example responsibilities include:

• Lead functional workstreams for ERP and financial system implementations, upgrades, and optimizations, including SAP, Workday Financials, Oracle Cloud ERP, PeopleSoft, Banner, Ellucian, and similar platforms used by public and higher education institutions.

• Gather and document business requirements for general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, procurement, grants and sponsored programs, capital assets, cash and treasury, and budgeting, translating them into system configuration specifications.

• Configure and test system functionality, including chart of accounts structures (fund, function, object, and program), approval workflows, accounting rules, and security roles that align with segregation-of-duties requirements.

• Support budget development and monitoring processes using budgeting and planning solutions such as Anaplan, OneStream, Hyperion, or similar tools, including position budgeting and allocation models.

• Advise on financial reporting solutions, including the design of management, grant, and fund-level reports, and the preparation of Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) and board reporting outputs.

• Ensure systems support accounting standards and compliance requirements, including GASB and FASB guidance, GASB 87, 96, and 101 considerations, Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200), and state reporting requirements.

• Analyze financial data from system outputs to validate configurations, identify process gaps, and recommend improvements, using SQL, Excel, or reporting tools as needed.

• Support system testing, data conversion, cutover planning, and go-live readiness, including user acceptance testing and reconciliation of legacy and new system balances.

• Design and deliver training and process documentation for client finance and IT staff, and help build internal capability so clients can sustain their systems after go-live.

• Lead project workstreams and manage deliverables, timelines, and risks, coordinating with client stakeholders, technical teams, and other consultants.

• Provide clear guidance and direction to junior consultants and analysts on functional design, accounting treatment, and system usage.

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team

• Effective written and verbal communication skills

• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product

• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships

• Ability to lead projects or workstreams

• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor

• Ability to meet deadlines

• Ability to provide clear guidance to others

The team

Deloitte's Government & Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes - is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Our Finance Transformation offering focuses on the transformation of corporate functions through the centralization and optimization of how these services are delivered - delivering resilient, agile, and cost-effective outcomes that drive the CFO agenda, including solutions and capabilities to drive ERP enabled transformation through functional design, implementation and governance of process, controls, and policies. Our Controllership and Treasury Transformation offering modernizes the finance function to support the evolving business objectives of the organization. We work with the CFO, CAO, controller, and treasurer to develop an efficient, high quality, data-driven, tech-enabled controllership and treasury function that empowers our clients to drive more value to their business partners and to their investors.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, information systems, or a related field

• 3+ years of experience in governmental, higher education, or similar finance environments, with hands-on accounting or finance responsibilities such as general ledger, reconciliations, budgeting, grants accounting, or financial reporting.

• Working knowledge of GASB and FASB standards, fund accounting, and the chart of accounts structures used by public and higher education institutions.

• Experience leading or contributing to system implementations, upgrades, or process redesign projects, including requirements gathering, testing, and go-live support.

• Ability to obtain/maintain any security clearance needed for the project and/or client.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Preferred:

• Demonstrated experience configuring, supporting, or analyzing at least one major ERP, Experience with ERP (such as SAP, Workday, Oracle, PeopleSoft) or other systems (for example Workiva, Balckline, One Stream, Anaplan, etc), is preferred.

• Experience documenting business requirements, process flows, or test scripts

• Experience in government or public sector environments

• Experience with finance transformation, shared services, or global business services initiatives

• Certified Public Accountant or Certified Management Accountant credential

• Project Management Professional

• Ability to lead projects or workstreams, manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, and meet deadlines.

• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical and accounting concepts clearly to finance leaders, IT teams, and end users.

• Ability to analyze data using SQL, Excel, or reporting tools to validate system configurations and support decision-making.

• Strong interpersonal skills, a professional demeanor, and the ability to build and sustain professional relationships with client stakeholders.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $105,400 to $207,800.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.