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

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...