[Remote] Financial Group Project Manager - Senior

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Calculated Hire is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead their Financial Group. In this pivotal role, you will supervise a multidisciplinary team overseeing complex financial and accounting operations while ensuring compliance with regulations and managing financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise a multidisciplinary team of business analysts, accountants, and professional staff responsible for complex financial and accounting operations
• Manage team performance, assign work, approve time sheets and leave requests, and provide direction on deliverables, priorities, and operational improvements
• Oversee preparation, review, and maintenance of complex accounting systems and financial reports
• Direct the development and maintenance of Cost Allocation Plans for OATS and partner agencies, ensuring compliance with state and federal accounting laws, policies, and procedures
• Serve as subject matter expert on eMARS accounting functions, including access and chart of accounts, and monitor IT-related expenditures and revenues across interconnected systems and applications
• Analyze and manage system interdependence across financial, procurement, timekeeping, and HR platforms
• Lead the development of federal and state documentation, including Advance Planning Documents (APDs), budgets, and expenditure reports
• Coordinate with federal partners on IT project approvals, reporting requirements, and compliance documentation
• Review and provide guidance on procurement activities, including RFP timelines and sole-source justifications
• Oversee financial tracking and reporting for IT projects using internal project management systems such as 3PO (Program, Portfolio, Project)
• Manage accounting and reporting for over 450 IT-related contracts, including System Development Services (SDS) contractors, and serve as the primary liaison for explaining system interactions and financial impacts across multiple agency platforms
• Evaluate financial and operational reports to identify and implement opportunities for improved efficiency and effectiveness
• Design and maintain advanced Excel-based reporting tools, including pivot tables, complex formulas, and data integrations, and streamline reporting across systems to improve data quality and accessibility
• Develop and deliver training on financial processes, reporting requirements, and system usage
• Create, implement, and interpret policies and procedures related to accounting and contract management
• Lead and coordinate special initiatives and assignments as directed by OATS executive leadership
• Research, track, evaluate, and report on OATS’s SDS Contractor and State payroll Project Labor budgeting and spending
• Perform technical and detailed writing, editing, and proofreading of required correspondence, communications, presentations, and other documents
• Assist in the development and technical review of federal financial proposals, reports, and planning documents within required timelines
• Work closely with agency management and project teams to understand project requirements and assist with the development of training materials and process improvements
• Organize material and complete writing assignments according to agency standards regarding order, clarity, conciseness, style, and terminology
• Utilize a combination of computer and critical thinking skills
• Maintain confidentiality and exercise discretion in all aspects of the role

Skills

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of recent, relevant work experience
• 3+ years of federal or state accounting, budget, revenue, expenditure, and operational processing experience
• 3+ years of data tracking, reporting, and/or data validation
• 3+ years documenting, reviewing, improving, and communicating business processes
• 3+ years of accounting operational processing or budget development, including analysis and recommendations based on historical spending and research
• Proficiency in Microsoft Product Suites (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, including pivot tables and data comparison)
• Experience developing documents based on information from multiple subject matter experts and research
• Strong time management skills, ensuring compliance with externally imposed deadlines
• Organizational and planning skills
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills
• Information gathering and monitoring skills
• Judgment and decision-making ability
• Initiative and adaptability
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to stay on task while working remotely
• Emotional intelligence and interpersonal communication skills
• Prior experience with eMARS, budgeting, accounting, and/or HR systems
• Advanced Excel experience managing and integrating data sets
• Experience writing financial request documents and/or justifications in a governmental environment
• Working knowledge of government regulations related to grant proposals and advance planning documents
• Prior experience with the Commonwealth of Kentucky
• Prior experience preparing healthcare information technology proposals or working in the healthcare technology environment
• Prior writing, proofreading, and editing skills

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