Project Lead and Lead Accounting Consultant

Intone Inc; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

Intone Inc. seeks a Project Lead and Lead Accounting Consultant for a remote, 12+ month engagement to guide a major financial modernization initiative.

You will oversee planning, governance, schedules, and deliverables across accounting systems, controls, and reporting functions. Lead cross‑functional teams, manage risks and contract spending, report progress to leadership, and ensure GAAP compliance and internal controls.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in financial management, accounting operations, or government program accounting.
• Expertise in GAAP, internal controls, AR/AP, risk management, and accounting system design.
• Experience leading accounting modernization or financial transformation initiatives.
• Strong leadership with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Proficiency with PMBOK-based project management.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Minimum of five (5) years of financial management or accounting advisory services to large organizations, specifically within public sector organizations.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience supporting clients in developing and implementing new financial sub-organizations.
• Ability to provide three references from the past five (5) years who can attest to direct experience in these specific areas.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end program execution, including planning, execution, monitoring, and closing activities across all assigned workstreams using PMI PMBOK-aligned methodologies.
• Host project kick-off meetings within required timeframes and establish project expectations, governance processes, schedules, and deliverables.
• Manage cross-functional teams delivering foundational financial accounting systems, employer contribution capabilities, risk controls, and training.
• Maintain ongoing monitoring and controlling of schedules, risks, resources, and performance indicators. Provide monthly progress updates and status reporting to leadership.
• Oversee delivery and performance of advisory and technical support services to ensure timely, efficient, and high-quality outcomes.
• Ensure alignment with service standards, internal controls, and quality standards.
• Support implementation, testing, and documentation of accounting systems, including general ledger, accounts receivable, and reporting functions.
• Participate actively in working sessions and ensure service delivery teams have clear requirements, guidance, and escalation paths.
• Manage contract spending, resource allocation, and adherence to contractual requirements. Maintain documentation of deliverables, changes, risks, and performance metrics.
• Coordinate quarterly meetings with program leadership and present assessments of current-state risks, compliance gaps, system readiness, and improvement priorities.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, GAAP standards, and State of Maryland policies.
• Lead end-to-end organizational change management planning and execution, including readiness assessments, change impact analyses, communication plans, and stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Develop training materials and support delivery for accounting, accounts receivable, and financial management teams.
• Drive adoption of new policies, systems, workflows, and internal controls across affected teams. Provide coaching, guidance, and capability-building for staff adapting to new program functions.
• Serve as the primary liaison between program leadership, financial management teams, technical staff, and external stakeholders.
• Provide clear communication of project goals, dependencies, decisions, risks, and required actions.
• Facilitate cross-agency collaboration and promote alignment with program objectives and regulatory expectations.
• Support development, testing, and documentation of internal controls required for compliance with GAAP and Maryland statutes.
• Identify areas of greatest programmatic risk in quarterly assessments.
• Oversee development of risk management processes for employer contribution collections and accounting operations.

Skills

Financial management

Accounting operations

GAAP & internal controls

AR/AP operations

Risk management

PMBOK-based PM

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Job description

This full-time position is a Project Lead and Lead Accounting Consultant role supporting a major financial and accounting modernization initiative. The engagement is based remotely and will run for 12+ months, with full-time support across three base years and part-time support during an option year.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end program execution, including planning, execution, monitoring, and closing activities across all assigned workstreams using PMI PMBOK-aligned methodologies.
• Host project kick-off meetings within required timeframes and establish project expectations, governance processes, schedules, and deliverables.
• Manage cross-functional teams delivering foundational financial accounting systems, employer contribution capabilities, risk controls, and training.
• Maintain ongoing monitoring and controlling of schedules, risks, resources, and performance indicators. Provide monthly progress updates and status reporting to leadership.
• Oversee delivery and performance of advisory and technical support services to ensure timely, efficient, and high-quality outcomes.
• Ensure alignment with service standards, internal controls, and quality standards.
• Support implementation, testing, and documentation of accounting systems, including general ledger, accounts receivable, and reporting functions.
• Participate actively in working sessions and ensure service delivery teams have clear requirements, guidance, and escalation paths.
• Manage contract spending, resource allocation, and adherence to contractual requirements. Maintain documentation of deliverables, changes, risks, and performance metrics.
• Coordinate quarterly meetings with program leadership and present assessments of current-state risks, compliance gaps, system readiness, and improvement priorities.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, GAAP standards, and State of Maryland policies.
• Lead end-to-end organizational change management planning and execution, including readiness assessments, change impact analyses, communication plans, and stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Develop training materials and support delivery for accounting, accounts receivable, and financial management teams.
• Drive adoption of new policies, systems, workflows, and internal controls across affected teams. Provide coaching, guidance, and capability-building for staff adapting to new program functions.
• Serve as the primary liaison between program leadership, financial management teams, technical staff, and external stakeholders.
• Provide clear communication of project goals, dependencies, decisions, risks, and required actions.
• Facilitate cross-agency collaboration and promote alignment with program objectives and regulatory expectations.
• Support development, testing, and documentation of internal controls required for compliance with GAAP and Maryland statutes.
• Identify areas of greatest programmatic risk in quarterly assessments.
• Oversee development of risk management processes for employer contribution collections and accounting operations.

Qualifications

• Required
  • 10+ years in financial management, accounting operations, financial systems implementation, or government program accounting.
  • Demonstrated expertise in GAAP, internal controls, AR/AP operations, risk management, and accounting system design.
  • Experience leading accounting modernization or financial transformation initiatives.
  • Strong leadership abilities with experience managing multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Proficiency with PMBOK-based project management practices.
  • Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Minimum of five (5) years of financial management or accounting advisory services to large organizations, specifically within public sector organizations.
  • Minimum of three (3) years of experience supporting clients in developing and implementing new financial sub-organizations.
  • Ability to provide three references from the past five (5) years who can attest to direct experience in these specific areas.
• Preferred
  • PMP, CPA, CMA, CGFM, or PROSCI certification.