Accounting, Finance, and Controls Senior Consultant: State, Local, and Higher Education

Position Summary

Position summary

Our Deloitte Finance Transformation team practices to help chief financial officers, controllers, and finance teams define and execute their finance and global business services agendas and strategies. You will work with leading-class teams and solutions, helping clients navigate challenging environments, market uncertainty, technology development, and regulatory considerations to unlock value. Your work may span strategy, operations, process design, and technology as we partner with clients to transform finance.

Work you'll do

As part of our Controllership and Treasury Transformation team, you will support state, local, and higher education clients with accounting operations, financial controls, audit readiness, asset accountability, and financial data analysis. Example responsibilities include:

• Support accounting operations for state agencies, counties, municipalities, and public or private universities, applying Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) standards for public entities and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) standards for private institutions, along with fund accounting principles.
• Perform general ledger analysis, account reconciliations, journal entry review and preparation, and chart of accounts design or cleanup, including fund, function, and object code structures.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and fiscal year-end close activities, including accruals, adjustments, and preparation of supporting schedules.
• Assist with internal controls design and testing aligned to the COSO framework, and help clients prepare for external financial statement audits, state audits, and Single Audits under Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200) for federal grant funds.
• Support Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) preparation, including schedules, note disclosures, and coordination with auditors.
• Support capital asset accounting for land, buildings, infrastructure, equipment, and construction in progress, including depreciation, asset tagging and verification, and capitalization thresholds.
• Support accounting for inventory, operating materials and supplies, and internal-use software, including implementation of GASB 51 for intangible assets and, where applicable, GASB 87 leases and GASB 96 subscription-based IT arrangements.
• Perform data validation, control testing, and reporting, using SQL and Excel to extract and analyze data from ERP systems such as Workday, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Banner, or Ellucian.
• Support grant and sponsored program accounting, including cost allocation, drawdown reconciliation, and tracking of compliance requirements.
• Support treasury and cash management activities, including bank reconciliations, investment reporting, and cash flow analysis, as part of the broader transformation scope.
• Document current-state processes, identify gaps and inefficiencies, and help design and implement improved workflows, policies, and procedures.
• Deliver knowledge transfer and training to client staff so that process improvements are sustained after the engagement.

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others

The team

Deloitte's Government & Public Services (GPS) practice – our people, ideas, technology and outcomes – is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Our Controllership and Treasury Transformation offering modernizes the finance function to support the evolving business objectives of the organization. We work with the CFO, CAO, controller, and treasurer to develop an efficient, high quality, data-driven, tech-enabled controllership and treasury function that empowers our clients to drive more value to their business partners and to their investors.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Governmental or higher education accounting (GASB or FASB-based) and fund accounting;
• General ledger analysis, account reconciliations, journal entries, and chart of accounts design;
• Internal controls, COSO-based control testing, and audit readiness for financial statement, state, or Single Audits;
• Capital asset accounting, including land, buildings, infrastructure, equipment, construction in progress, and depreciation;
• Grant or sponsored program accounting, including cost allocation and compliance under Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200);
• Accounting for inventory, operating materials and supplies, internal-use software, leases (GASB 87), or subscription-based IT arrangements (GASB 96);
• SQL, Excel-based reporting, data validation, or control testing using ERP data; or
• Treasury, cash management, or bank reconciliation activities.
• Working knowledge of GASB standards, and familiarity with FASB standards for private universities, is preferred.
• Ability to obtain/maintain any security clearances needed for the project and/or client.
• Experience preparing or supporting month-end, year-end, or CAFR close activities.
• Ability to work across multiple client environments, manage competing priorities, and travel as needed.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Preferred:

• 3+ years of experience supporting government or higher education clients
• Experience working in a consulting or project-based delivery environment
• Experience with ERP (such as SAP, Workday, Oracle, PeopleSoft) or other systems (for example Workiva, Blackline, One Stream, Anaplan, etc), is preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document processes and train client staff.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $95,600 to $188,400.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Deloitte is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the recruiting process, please direct your inquiries to the Global Call Center (GCC) at USTalentCICInbox@deloitte.com.

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Requisition code: 374426

Job ID374426