Project Manager - Senior

We are looking for Project Manager - Senior for our client in Frankfort, KY

Job Title: Project Manager - Senior

Job Location: Frankfort, KY

Job Type: Contract

Job Overview:

Requirement/Must Have:

• Bachelor s degree or equivalent combination of recent, relevant work experience.
• 3+ years of federal or state accounting budget, revenue, expenditure, and operational processing work experience.
• 3+ years of data tracking, reporting, and/or data validation.
• 3+ years documenting, reviewing, improving, and communicating business processes.
• 3+ years of accounting operational processing or budget development, including analyzation and recommendation for remaining budgets based on historical spending and research.
• Proficient in Microsoft Product Suites (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, which includes knowledge of pivot tables and comparing multiple data sources using Excel.).
• Experience developing documents based on information obtained through multiple subject matter experts and research.
• Experience utilizing time management capabilities, often ensuring compliance with external imposed deadlines, such as federal or state deadlines.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and supervise a team of business analysts, accountants, and professional staff responsible for complex financial and accounting operations.
• Manage team performance, assign work, and approve time sheets and leave requests.
• Provide direction on deliverables, priorities, and operational improvements.
• Oversee the preparation, review, and maintenance of complex accounting systems and financial reports.
• Direct the development and maintenance of Cost Allocation Plans for partner agencies.
• Ensure compliance with applicable state and federal accounting laws, policies, and procedures.
• Serve as the subject matter expert on eMARS accounting functions, including obtaining access and chart of accounts.
• Monitor IT-related expenditures and revenues across interconnected systems and applications.
• Analyze and manage system interdependence across platforms, including financial, procurement, timekeeping, and HR systems.
• Lead the development of federal and state documentation, including Advance Planning Documents (APDs), budgets, and expenditure reports.
• Coordinate with federal partners on IT project approvals, reporting requirements, and compliance documentation.
• Review and provide guidance on procurement activities, including RFP timelines and sole-source justifications.
• Oversee financial tracking and reporting for IT projects, including using an internal project management tracking system.
• Manage accounting and reporting for over 450 IT-related contracts, including System Development Services contractors.
• Serve as the primary liaison for explaining system interactions and financial impacts across multiple agency platforms.
• Evaluate financial and operational reports to identify opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Design and maintain advanced Excel-based reporting tools, including pivot tables, complex formulas, and data integrations.
• Improve data quality and accessibility by streamlining reporting across systems and reducing redundancy.
• Develop and deliver training on financial processes, reporting requirements, and system usage.
• Create, implement, and interpret policies and procedures related to accounting and contract management.
• Lead and coordinate special initiatives and assignments as directed by executive leadership.

Nice to Have:

• Prior experience with eMars, Budgeting, Accounting, and/or Human Resource systems.
• Prior experience with the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
• Prior advanced Excel experience managing and integrating data sets.
• Prior writing experience of financial request documents and/or justifications in a governmental environment.
• Working knowledge of government regulations as they pertain to the grant proposal and advance planning document writing process.
• Prior experience preparing healthcare information technology proposals or working in the healthcare technology environment.
• Prior experience writing, proofreading, and editing skills.

Skills:

• Organizational and planning skills.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
• Information gathering and monitoring skills.
• Judgment and decision-making ability.
• Initiative and Adaptability.
• Attention to detail, accuracy.
• Ability to stay on task while working in a remote environment.
• Emotional intelligence and interpersonal communication skills.