Remote Federal Financial Statement Solution SME

SMX; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 126,000 - 212,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid leave

Retirement benefits

Job summary

SMX in the United States is seeking a federal financial reporting specialist to design, build, and validate a next‑generation government financial statement and reconciliation solution. You will advise on USSGL crosswalks, GTAS reconciliations, and disclosures, applying OMB, FASAB, and GSA/Fiscal policies while collaborating with a talented team of accountants, analysts, solution architects and developers.

This is a contractor role with 100% remote work, offering flexible arrangements and the

Qualifications

• 7+ years of federal financial management experience, ideally including time spent at a federal agency or a federal consulting practice (Big 4 or specialized public sector firm).
• Demonstrated experience in federal financial statement preparation and/or auditing of prepared financial statements.
• Familiarity with the US Federal Unified Shared Service Management [USSM.gsa.gov] framework, particularly the Modernization Playbook, the Federal Integrated Business Framework [FIBF] with associated business use cases and data standards, the GovOps Marketplace, and the Quality Service Management Offices [QSMO].
• Hands-on GTAS experience, including trial balance submission, FBwT reconciliation between GTAS and CARS, abnormal balance causes, budget accrual reconciliation, GTAS edits, and GTAS validations.
• Working knowledge of the Treasury Financial Manual (TFM), particularly Volume 2 Chapter 4700 and accompanying appendices, and the USSGL supplemental guidance including the GTAS edits and validations, financial statement crosswalks, and published posting logic scenarios
• Strong working knowledge of OMB Circular A-123 (internal control), OMB Circular A-136 (financial reporting requirements) and OMB Circular A-11 (budget).
• Solid understanding of FASAB publications (e.g., SSFAC, SFFAS, interpretations, technical bulletins, technical releases, staff implementation guidance, meeting minutes). Experience designing or validating financial statement footnotes and disclosures.
• Familiarity with FISCAM.
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Curiosity and desire to learn
• A bachelor's degree in accounting, or a related field. Additional years of experience in lieu of degree will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Gathering of requirements and working with the implementation team to design, build, and validate the financial statement and reconciliation solution (Requirements, design, testing, etc.).
• Clearly explain proposed functionality using visual aids like mockups and process flow diagrams (Designers will assist with the aesthetics).
• Define and validate the business rules behind dimensions, crosswalks, statement outputs, and footnote generation.
• Aid during software releases to ensure the application is fully tested and documented.
• Develop test plans, test scenarios/cases, and manage testing execution — including validation that statements and footnotes tie to source data.
• Create documentation as needed (e.g., admin documentation, end-user documentation, crosswalk/dimension design documentation, training guides, online help, etc.).

Skills

Federal financial mgmt

GTAS experience

USSGL knowledge

FASAB knowledge

OMB Circular knowledge

Data modeling

Requirements gathering

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

CPA, CGFM, or CDFM certification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

SMX in the United States is seeking a federal financial reporting specialist to design, build, and validate a next‑generation government financial statement and reconciliation solution. You will advise on USSGL crosswalks, GTAS reconciliations, and disclosures, applying OMB, FASAB, and GSA/Fiscal policies while collaborating with a talented team of accountants, analysts, solution architects and developers.

This is a contractor role with 100% remote work, offering flexible arrangements and the