Cost Accountant

Position: Cost Accountant

Location: Tallahassee, FL 32399

Duration: 18 months contract

Job Details:

The submitted candidate must be able to perform the following duties and/or

tasks. Duties of the selected candidate will include, but not be limited to:

1. Participate in efforts to define the impact on Department computing assets from the

implementation of Client standard business process model, chart of accounts,

and PeopleSoft solution. Produce deliverables including, but not limited to business

process diagrams and narratives, business requirements, program specifications, and

supporting business processes, data conversion, technical impact analyses, and testing

scripts.

2. Use subject matter expertise, industry methodologies and best practices, and

automated tools to analyze and make recommendations on behalf of the

Department for required changes to complex financial-related business processes to

align with the Client.

3. Detail data element inputs and outputs for Department computing assets interfacing

with Department of Financial Services FLAIR. Inputs may include, but not limited to,

manual data entry, direct access via scripting solutions, and batch uploads. Outputs can

include data extracts, outgoing interfaces, and reports.

4. Prepare specifications to communicate Department specific functional requirements

for the FPST transition efforts and address dependencies with other interfacing

computing assets and external stakeholder interfaces. Oversee the development of

testing strategies, data scenarios, and test plans to ensure functional requirements

are addressed.

5. Assist in the business process redesign and documentation as needed to support

ongoing FPST efforts in the enterprise environment.

6. Work with functional and enterprise system support staff during technical

assessments of the Department's internal financial-related systems and interfaces

from/to the Client.

7. Document business cases and feasibility studies. Facilitate work sessions to elicit and

prioritize remediation requirements. Identify any functionality seen as needed, but

missing, in Department maintained systems. Include analysis of outstanding

remediation requests.

8. Translate high level business requirements into detailed business documents and/or

functional specifications.

9. Assist with User Acceptance Testing and Client cycle testing; Confer with

Central Office and District personnel to ensure Department financial -related

systems are performing as required.

10. Evaluate critical information gathered from multiple resources. Summarize

detailed data into executive level formats as well as breaking down aggregate

information into meaningful pieces.

11. Develop standardized desk procedures that include the purpose, prerequisites,

process flows and narratives of business processes.

12. Help manage user stories, the project backlog, and sprint backlogs.

13. Prepare proposed business rules, develop, monitor, and implement knowledge transfer

activities.

14. Participate in SCRUM meetings including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and sprint

retrospectives.

Job Specific Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

1. Prior knowledge of cost accounting or project-based costing standards and best practices.

2. Prior experience developing and analyzing cost standards

3. Proven ability to analyze a project and properly calculate values for materials costs, labor

costs, and overhead costs associated with the project

4. Knowledge of financial management best practices which can be translated to

transportation financial practices.

5. Ability to produce legible and complete functional documentation in a way that

thoroughly captures business processes and inputs/outputs of the applications.

6. Ability to analyze and accurately and completely define processes and workflows to design efficient information solutions, including missing or duplicate functionality in existing applications.

7. Ability to develop and manage business and information systems technical documentation

in accordance with the Department's standards

8. Skill in testing complex applications and interpreting whether requirements

and designs were met in the product.

9. Ability to work effectively with Project Managers, Business Analysts, Data Analysts,

and Technical Architects to build efficient, viable solutions in the maintenance of

business applications utilizing all established Departmental standards.

10. Ability to prepare computer program test plans and to create test databases and test

environments.

11. Ability to interpret and communicate technical information related to

computer programming and data processing, both verbally and in writing.

12. Advanced skills with Microsoft products: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.

13. Experience working on accounting and financial computing applications and

monitoring complex interfaces with external systems.

14. Knowledge of Agile Project Management methodologies and practices.

15. Knowledge of the SCRUM Framework.

Preferred:

16. Skill in performing QA reviews and provide valuable feedback in determining that

standards are met and that documents are complete and comprehensive.

17. Knowledge of legacy technology such as mainframe and Cobol.

18. Skill in data conversion techniques, data cleansing approaches and validating data

relationships.

19. Basic knowledge of Universal Modeling Language (UML) and supporting enterprise tools to document business processes and data lineage, collect requirements, develop test scripts,

and manage traceability.

Experience:

Candidate must have a minimum of 5 years' experience working in cost accounting or project costing OR experience working as a business analyst supporting the cost accounting functions of an organization.

Education:

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, finance, or accounting is preferred though

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $50.00 - $60.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Are you comfortable working with 18 months contract?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Cost accounting: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $50 - $60