Subject Matter Expert - Senior Budget Systems Modernization SME

Title: Subject Matter Expert - Senior Budget Systems Modernization SME Location: Remote, US

Job Location: 

This role is 100% remote.

Clearance:

Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and have the ability to obtain a Public Trust Security Clearance.

Job Description:

Blake Willson Group (BWG) is seeking an experienced Senior Budget Systems Modernization SME to support a federal implementation and enhancement of budget management capabilities. This individual will lead project management and functional coordination activities, ensuring system enhancements align with federal budgeting requirements, operational priorities, and financial management processes. The ideal candidate will bring extensive federal budget formulation and execution experience, financial systems modernization expertise, and the ability to coordinate technical teams, business stakeholders, and senior leadership. In this position, you will also:

• Lead project management and functional coordination activities for the implementation of enhanced budgeting capabilities.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, deliverables, risk registers, issue logs, and stakeholder action items.
• Collaborate with federal budget personnel to assess current-state processes, identify operational challenges, and define future-state functional requirements.
• Coordinate requirements related to budget formulation, execution, resource planning, financial analysis, and management reporting.
• Facilitate collaboration between budget stakeholders, application developers, system integrators, and financial management organizations.
• Document business rules, approval workflows, data requirements, reporting needs, and functional acceptance criteria.
• Identify system integration and data dependencies between CBeyond, SAP S/4HANA, and other financial management applications.
• Coordinate system configuration, development, testing, validation, and implementation of new budget management capabilities.
• Lead user acceptance testing (UAT) coordination, including test scenario development, results validation, defect tracking, and issue resolution.
• Support data validation and reconciliation to ensure accurate, complete, and consistent budget information across systems.
• Identify opportunities to streamline business processes, automate reporting, and strengthen budgetary controls.
• Coordinate end-user training, stakeholder communications, procedural documentation, and operational transition activities.
• Prepare executive briefings, project status reports, recommendations, and decision support materials for senior leadership.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience supporting federal budgeting, financial systems modernization, or related project management initiatives, including budget formulation and execution processes.
• 7+ years of experience managing financial systems implementations or enhancements, gathering functional requirements, and coordinating with technical development teams to deliver budget management or financial planning solutions.
• 5+ years of experience in project planning, stakeholder management, system integration coordination, user acceptance testing, and functional validation, with strong communication, facilitation, and issue resolution skills.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with CBeyond or comparable federal budget formulation and execution systems.
• Knowledge of federal Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) processes.
• Experience integrating budget management applications with SAP or other enterprise financial management systems.
• Understanding of federal appropriations, budget authority, funds distribution, obligations, and financial execution reporting.
• Experience supporting OMB budget submissions, congressional budget justifications, and agency budget planning activities.
• Experience with business process redesign, reporting automation, data reconciliation, and financial systems integration.
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), or Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) certification preferred.

At Blake Willson Group, we believe in transparency and fairness in compensation practices. For this position, we offer a competitive salary range of $120,000 to $170,000 in the United States. Your individual salary within this range will be determined by various factors, including but not limited to your education, experience, skills, and geographic location. We also provide a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which includes major medical benefits such as dental and vision coverage, a 401(k)-contribution plan, holiday and personal time off, professional development training & certification benefits, health & wellness subsidies, paid time off for community service, and more. We value your contributions and are committed to recognizing and rewarding your performance and the value you bring to our business.