Senior Manager (MILPAY) (Job #1044)

LABOR CATEGORY: Senior Manager 1

SEHLKE POSITION TITLE: SME III

LOCATION: Crystal City, VA, on-client site once COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Military Payroll (MILPAY) position supports the Office of Assistant Secretary of the Army and Financial Management & Comptroller, General Fund Audit Sustainment. The MILPAY subject matter expert (SME) is a part of a large-scale effort with emphasis on the Army's General Fund financial statement auditability initiatives. We are currently seeking a Military Pay subject matter expert to assist in a broad range of financial management services and audit and remediation of the Army General Fund Financial Statement audit. Additionally, this position will be supporting Sehlke Consulting's design, implementation and management of the GFAS project and team.

The SME position is focused on MILPAY audit support through the review and analysis of key supporting documents (KSD) related to MILPAY. The position requires coordination with Army Commands, to include Department of the Army (DA) personnel, independent auditors, and Human Resources Command (HRC). The position requires computer skills that include online communication and cloud-type storage of information. The list of KSDs to be analyzed includes leave and earning statements (LES), housing, and all entitlements afforded to personnel connected to the Army. The SME will be responsible to plan, organize, execute, control, and perform work efforts to result in successful delivery of professional services. The SME will work closely with Government personnel under the supervision of a Sehlke project manager.

Duties and expectations include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provide end-to-end life cycle support to the statement of budgetary resources (SBR) processes resulting in improving the Army and Commands audit infrastructure.
• Manage, review, and deliver the Prepared By Client (PBC) and Sample requests with proper document retention; participating in auditor's test of design (TOD) and test of effectiveness (TOE) walk throughs across the SBR processes, including but not limited to Military Payroll, Procurement, and Revenue.
• Provide direct audit liaison support to the Army Commands, System PMOs, Service Providers and internal technical business process teams to address audit findings and monitor Corrective Action Plan (CAP) cycle development, execution, and validation.
• Analyze data across the financial statement business processes for the SBR audits and identify trends.
• Develop reporting metrics and graphs to present audit progress.
• Assist in developing reports and briefings for high level Army leadership and external organizations.
• Work with Sector Leads and Project Managers to ensure Sehlke protects and/or grows revenue, maximizes profits, and decreases open funded positions to the greatest extent possible.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: DoD Secret ***Must hold an active DoD Secret, or above, clearance for initial consideration. ***

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

Masters' Degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, or Business Management required OR Bachelor's Degree, along with a Certified Defense Financial Management (CDFM), Certified Government Financial Management (CGFM), or CPA and can be a substitution to the Masters' Degree requirement.

CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Certified Defense Financial Management (CDFM), Certified Government Financial Management (CGFM), or CPA and can be a substitution to the Masters' Degree requirement.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: The ideal candidate will possess a Four (4) years of DoD or federal level financial management work experience.

SYSTEM SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Knowledgeable of GAAP, FASAB, GAGAS, Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICOFR), DoD financial management policies and procedures.
• Knowledgeable of DJMS, GFEBS, and other Army Financial and Personnel systems.
• Knowledge of Human Resource Command, DFAS, OTSG, and Army Major Internal Controls groups.
• Experienced in performing financial statement audits and audit readiness services, familiar with pertinent OMB policies and federal financial management systems requirements.
• Knowledgeable in Army business processes.
• Detail oriented with an ability to work independently.
• Business process improvement, financial statement audit, internal controls, DFAS, Audit Readiness, Army experience, corrective action plans.
• SAP or GFEBS experience is a plus
• Experience in internal controls, risk, business process improvement, developing CAPs, financial statement audit, audit readiness, etc.
• Knowledgeable in DoD FMR.
• Knowledgeable in Army business processes.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Travel may be required.
• Ability to effectively communicate orally and written
• Ability to multi-task and employ problem-solving skills

To be eligible for employment, you must be fully vaccinated, except in limited circumstances where an employee is legally entitled to an accommodation, by January 4th, 2022 or your start date, whichever is second in time. People are considered fully vaccinated for COVID-19 two weeks after they have received the second dose in a two-dose series, or two weeks after they have received a single-dose vaccine. If you think you are entitled to an accommodation, please advise your Sehlke liaison and they will consult our human resource leads for consideration.

Founded in 2011, Sehlke Consulting is headquartered in Arlington, VA, an Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength diversity brings to the workplace. Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply.