Senior Finance & Accounting Reconciliation Consultant

Job Description

Job Description

US Citizens only
Need to be open to travel whenever needed
6 months contract
Need to be willing to work CST hours
Need to work from their own laptop
Cannot work on multiple projects while on this project

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Job Description: Senior Finance & Accounting Reconciliation Consultant
Position Type: 3 months Contract (possibility of extension)
Department: Finance & Accounting
Reports To: Finance

Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Finance and Accounting professional with deep expertise in financial reconciliations, Oracle Fusion Financials, Oracle Projects, and government contracting accounting.This is a Finance-owned business role responsible for ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of financial transactions flowing from external enterprise applications into Oracle Fusion Financials.The ideal candidate will have a strong accounting background and extensive experience investigating complex reconciliation discrepancies across payroll, project costing, and General Ledger.
The individual must be able to independently analyze financial data, identify root causes, explain discrepancies, and work with Finance and IT teams to resolve issues. Experience supporting DCAA audits and government contracting accounting
requirements is essential.

Key Responsibilities
1. Financial Reconciliation & Analysis

• Lead and perform hands-on financial reconciliations between external applications and Oracle Fusion Financials.
• Reconcile payroll expenses, labor costs, fringe benefits, entitlements, projectcosts, and General Ledger transactions.
• Investigate differences between source system transactions, Oracle Projects,and General Ledger balances.
• Trace financial transactions across multiple applications to identify missing,duplicate, incorrect, or misclassified entries.
• Analyze reconciliation discrepancies, determine root causes, and recommendcorrective actions.
• Validate financial data completeness and accuracy before and after posting intoOracle
• Prepare detailed reconciliation schedules, supporting documentation, and financial analysis.
• Clearly explain reconciliation findings, financial impacts, and required corrective
  actions to Finance leadership.

2. Oracle Fusion Financials & Project Accounting

• Apply deep functional knowledge of Oracle Fusion Financials, particularly General Ledger, Subledger Accounting, and Project Financial Management.
• Reconcile Oracle Project Costing transactions with General Ledger and source applications.
• Analyze labor distributions, project expenditures, cost allocations, accruals, and accounting entries.
• Investigate discrepancies in project costing, financial postings, and period-end balances.
• Support month-end close activities and ensure financial transactions are properly recorded.
• Work with Finance teams to validate accounting treatment and resolve financial discrepancies.

3. Payroll & External System Reconciliation

• Perform detailed reconciliations of payroll and labor costing data originating from systems such as Dayforce, Workday, or similar applications. Dayforc experienced highly desirable
• Validate payroll expenses, labor hours, earnings, fringe, and employer-related costs against Oracle Projects and General Ledger.
• Identify discrepancies resulting from payroll processing, cost allocations integration mappings, and accounting configurations.
• Ensure payroll-related transactions are accurately reflected in project costing andfinancial statements.
• Partner with Payroll, Accounting, and IT teams to investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• Establish repeatable reconciliation procedures and controls to ensure ongoing financial accuracy.

4. DCAA Audit & Government Contract Accounting

• Support DCAA audits through financial reconciliations, transaction analysis, and preparation of supporting documentation.
• Apply knowledge of government contracting accounting requirements, including FAR and applicable Cost Accounting Standards (CAS).
• Validate labor charging, direct and indirect costs, fringe allocations, and project accounting transactions.
• Investigate audit findings and support resolution of accounting discrepancies.
• Prepare audit-ready reconciliation schedules and supporting financial documentation.
• Strengthen financial controls and processes to support ongoing audit readiness.

5. Financial Controls & Process Improvement

• Identify gaps in existing reconciliation processes and recommend improvements.
• Develop standardized reconciliation procedures across financial applications.
• Work with IT to translate accounting discrepancies into clear business requirements for system corrections.
• Validate that system and integration fixes resolve the underlying accounting issues.
• Recommend opportunities for automated reconciliations and improved financial controls.
• Provide regular status updates to Finance leadership on outstanding reconciliation issues, financial impacts, and resolution progress.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor & degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 10 years of experience in accounting, financial analysis, project accounting, or financial reconciliations.
• Strong accounting fundamentals and extensive hands-on reconciliation experience.
• Deep functional understanding of Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials, including General Ledger and Oracle Projects.
• Proven experience reconciling financial transactions across multiple enterprise
• applications.
• Strong understanding of payroll accounting, labor costing, project costing,accruals, and General Ledger.
• Experience supporting DCAA audits and government contracting accounting requirements.
• Ability to independently investigate complex financial discrepancies and identify root causes.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience analyzing large financial datasets.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.
• Ability to work directly with Finance leadership and collaborate with technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA certification is preferred but not required.
• Experience working in a federal government contracting environment.
• Experience with Dayforce payroll applications.
• Familiarity with Oracle Fusion financial reporting, OTBI, and BI Publisher processes.
• Experience with financial data integrations and automated reconciliation

Expected Deliverables

• Accurate and complete reconciliations between external applications, Oracle Projects, and General Ledger.
• Detailed documentation of reconciliation discrepancies, root causes, and financial impacts.
• Resolution of outstanding reconciliation issues in collaboration with Finance and IT.
• Audit-ready financial schedules and supporting documentation.
• Improved financial reconciliation processes, controls, and reporting.
• Recommendations to prevent recurring discrepancies and reduce manual reconciliation effort.

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