Lead Accounting Subject Matter Expert (SME)

The Lead Accounting Subject Matter Expert (SME) serves as the functional authority for accounting and financial business processes throughout the CIS implementation. This individual will represent the Water Revenue Bureau’s (WRB) Accounting Division during all phases of the project, including statement of work requirements, solution design, configuration, testing, data conversion, training, cutover planning, and post-go-live stabilization.

The SME is expected to possess extensive knowledge of the City's current Basis2 accounting processes and understand how customer billing, payments, financial transactions, and general ledger activities support the City's water revenue operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Serve as the primary Accounting representative for the CIS implementation project

Provide functional expertise regarding current Basis2 accounting processes and business rules

Define and validate future-state accounting workflows and system functionality

Review and validate functional requirements, design documents, configuration workbooks, and business process documentation

Identify opportunities to standardize, streamline, and improve accounting processes while minimizing customizations

Collaborate with Finance, Customer Service, Billing, Collections, Payment Operations, IT, and vendor implementation teams

Participate in system configuration workshops and design sessions

Validate accounting-related system configu