Federal Accounting Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Ascella Technologies, Inc.•Washington, DC

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Ascella Technologies is looking for a Federal Accounting SME to serve as a functional analyst who helps translate complex legacy ledger data into clear system logic for our technical development teams. Your work directly assists in mapping outdated financial models to new cloud software configurations. This ensures that the newly implemented platform aligns with necessary federal accounting and internal control guidelines.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship required
Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university
10+ years of professional industry experience navigating complex enterprise-wide financial management applications.
5+ years acting as a dedicated accounting or functional SME, translating manual ledgers, sub-ledgers, and business practices for technical developers.
Clear understanding of federal accounting policies, including regulations such as OMB Circulars (A-123, A-127) or Treasury Financial Manual standards.
Proven ability to capture functional requirements, define user story acceptance criteria, and contribute to Requirements Traceability Matrices.

Nice To Haves

Direct functional experience with legacy federal core accounting systems or modern CGI Momentum platforms.
Experience collaborating with data scientists or technical data cleansers to optimize crosswalk validation logic.

Responsibilities

Deconstruct manual federal ledger records, treasury guidelines, and legacy accounting tables, translating them into technical Functional Requirement Models (FRMs).
Analyze transactional exceptions and variance alerts to build automated data-quality patterns, reference data crosswalks, and cleansing logic.
Provide functional technical support to end-users, field offices, and financial hubs, ensuring their business concerns are resolved during system cuts.