Senior Budget Systems Modernization Lead (Remote)

Jobgether; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401(k) Plan

Holidays & PTO

Professional development

Wellness subsidies

Remote within US

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking a Senior Budget Systems Modernization SME based in the United States to lead the modernization of federal budgeting capabilities. The role blends budgeting expertise, systems integration, and project management to deliver enhanced budget formulation, execution, and reporting across multiple financial platforms.

You will coordinate procurement and technical teams, guide requirements, supervise testing, and ensure data accuracy and robust budget controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of experience supporting federal budgeting, financial systems modernization, or related project management initiatives, including budget formulation and execution.
• At least 7 years of experience managing financial systems implementations or enhancements, gathering functional requirements, and coordinating with technical development teams to deliver budget management or financial planning solutions.
• At least 5 years of experience in project planning, stakeholder management, system integration coordination, user acceptance testing, and functional validation.
• Strong communication, facilitation, stakeholder coordination, and issue-resolution skills.
• Must be currently authorized to work full-time in the United States and able to obtain a Public Trust Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead project management and functional coordination for the implementation and enhancement of federal budget management capabilities.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, deliverables, risk registers, issue logs, and stakeholder action items.
• Work with federal budget teams to assess existing processes, identify operational challenges, and define future-state functional requirements.
• Coordinate requirements related to budget formulation and execution, resource planning, financial analysis, and management reporting.
• Facilitate collaboration among budget stakeholders, application developers, system integrators, and financial management organizations.
• Document business rules, approval workflows, data requirements, reporting needs, and functional acceptance criteria.
• Identify system integration and data dependencies between CBeyond, SAP S/4HANA, and other financial management applications.
• Coordinate system configuration, development, testing, validation, and implementation of new budget management capabilities.
• Lead user acceptance testing (UAT), including test scenario development, results validation, defect tracking, and issue resolution.
• Support data validation and reconciliation to maintain accurate, complete, and consistent budget information across systems.
• Identify opportunities to streamline business processes, automate reporting, and strengthen budgetary controls.
• Coordinate end-user training, stakeholder communications, procedural documentation, and operational transition activities.
• Prepare executive briefings, project status reports, recommendations, and decision-support materials for senior leadership.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Federal budgeting

Functional requirements

UAT leadership

Data validation

Budget reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

CBeyond

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

Jobgether is seeking a Senior Budget Systems Modernization SME based in the United States to lead the modernization of federal budgeting capabilities. The role blends budgeting expertise, systems integration, and project management to deliver enhanced budget formulation, execution, and reporting across multiple financial platforms.

You will coordinate procurement and technical teams, guide requirements, supervise testing, and ensure data accuracy and robust budget controls.