ERP Finance / Budget Functional Lead

The Morganfield Group; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel reimbursement

Job summary

The Morganfield Group is assembling an independent team for a multi-year ERP transformation for a U.S. county government.

This role focuses on strategy, business-case development, requirements, and governance, with the selected vendor/SI building and testing the system. Responsibilities include leading finance, budget and capital-asset requirements, conversion reconciliation and end-to-end validation, as the program moves from design through go-live and beyond.

Qualifications

• Public-sector finance ERP projects with fund accounting and capital assets depth.
• Conversion reconciliation across payroll to GL with tolerances.
• Experience modeling business cases and ROI for government programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial business-case analysis covering fund accounting, budget control and capital assets.
• Translate finance needs into requirements, demonstration scenarios and controls.
• Coordinate payroll postings, ledger mappings, asset tracking and depreciation.
• Validate conversion and end-to-end financial scenarios and support business acceptance.
• Own finance and budget acceptance evidence at each decision gate.

Skills

Public-sector finance ERP projects

Fund accounting

Budget control

Capital assets depreciation

Payroll-to-ledger integration

Conversion reconciliation

Education

CPA or CGFM certification

Local-government experience

Job description

TMG is assembling the key-personnel team for a prospective multi-year ERP transformation at a U.S. county government: HR, payroll, benefits, finance, budget, procurement and capital assets, moving off a legacy platform. TMG’s proposed role is independent: strategy and business case, requirements, ERP vendor and systems-integrator selection, program governance, business readiness and assurance. The selected vendor and SI build, configure, convert and unit-test. Final responsibilities follow the approved statement of work.

The role

Lead financial business-case analysis and the finance, budget and capital-asset requirements across the journey: fund accounting, budget control and pre-audit, capital assets and depreciation (GASB 34/87/96), payroll-to-ledger links, conversion reconciliation and acceptance.

What you will do

• Support program budgeting, funding and phasing alternatives, benefits baselines and ROI scenarios behind the release-strategy business case.
• Translate government finance, budget, payroll-accounting and capital-asset needs into requirements, demonstration scenarios and future-state controls.
• Coordinate payroll postings, ledger mappings, asset tracking and depreciation, reconciliation and interfaces with retained systems.
• Validate conversion and end-to-end financial scenarios, support business acceptance, and identify practical simplification and system-retirement opportunities.
• Own the finance and budget acceptance evidence at each decision gate.
  Commitment and terms

Phase 1 at 0.40 FTE; Phase 2 at 0.50 FTE; full-time from solution design through go-live (Phases 3–6, late 2027 to end 2029); Phase 7 at 0.50 FTE. Starts early 2027.

This is contract consulting, contingent on contract award, client approval and a mutually agreed engagement. Staffing is phased and start dates are staggered from early 2027; continuous full-time work is not assumed. Work is remote for analysis and documentation, with occasional travel to Greensboro, North Carolina, for workshops, design sessions, test starts, rehearsals and cutover. Travel frequency is agreed before you accept.

About The Morganfield Group

The Morganfield Group helps organizations lead complex transformations: enterprise modernization, M&A integration and the recovery of critical programs. Founded in 2013, the firm pairs executive advisory with hands-on delivery leadership, serving executive teams, private‑equity operating partners and portfolio companies facing significant change, delivery risk or gaps in transformation leadership. Engagements range from diagnostics and advisory to interim leadership and full program management.

Experience we want to see

• Public-sector finance/budget ERP projects with fund-accounting, budget-control and capital-asset depth.
• Financial conversion reconciliation and end-to-end validation from payroll or purchasing through the general ledger, with agreed tolerances and named approvers.
• Business-case modeling; relevant finance credentials (CPA, CGFM or similar) and local-government experience preferred.
  How we evaluate

For each role we compare two relevant projects where available: type and scale, your own authority and deliverables, phases completed, decisions you made and measurable results. Verified delivery evidence, sound independent judgment and practical lifecycle-cost reductions count for more than titles or certification lists. Every application is read by a person; there are no automatic cut-offs on years, degrees or certifications.

Independence and consent

You will be asked to disclose current ERP vendor or SI affiliations, referral fees or other financial interests that could bear on independent advice. We assess the actual conflict rather than screening out everyone with prior SI experience. Before any shortlisted candidate is named in a client proposal, TMG obtains explicit written permission and confirms role, availability and commitment. Applying does not authorize proposal inclusion. References are requested separately, with your permission.

Consulting rate agreed individually by role and phase. Client-site travel reimbursed at cost under the engagement’s pre-approved travel terms. Phased commitment with written confirmation of start date, hours by phase and competing commitments. Engaged as a TMG employee or TMG subcontractor (individual) under a standard subcontract, confidentiality undertaking and insurance requirements.