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Employer: FreeBalance
Industry: Finance and Accounts, Public Sector, Software Development
Location: Sri Lanka

Job Description:

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As a Professional Services Consultant at FreeBalance you will have the opportunity to contribute to our on-going success by delivering quality and timely professional services during the roll out of our products and solutions to our customers and partners for all project deployments. Drawing upon your product/solutions expertise and knowledge, you will also provide support to the Support Services, Product Management, and Sales teams, to serve as a subject matter expert for functional analysis, specification development and support for bid submissions.

Main Responsibilities:

-Provide expertise and knowledge of multiple functional areas of expertise, with hands-on experience with FreeBalance products/solutions
-Review and assemble government financial management system legislation, policies, operations and reporting requirements, all of which are necessary input to the business review and reengineering stage
-Conduct business requirements review with the client and prepare requirements analyses and system/configuration design related to required government accounting functions
-Demonstrate the configured FreeBalance software/solution to the client, illustrating the mapping between the process to the technology
-Prepare configuration blue print documents based on analyzed business processes
-Develop acceptance test plans and conduct acceptance testing of the configured FreeBalance software/system with the client
-Develop training material and deliver required product and user training courses, including ‘Train the Trainer’, to meet the client’s needs
-Transfer knowledge to the client related to project management, change management and correct use of the FreeBalance products/solution as a ‘Super User”
-Demonstrate strong project management skills including developing project plans and work effort estimates, establishing/meeting financial budgets, utilizing resources effectively, establishing/tracking project progress and accomplishments, and timely project reporting
-Develop functional specifications to enhance or create new products
-Evaluate RFPs and proposals for conformance with sound accounting, reporting and financial management practices, and provide level of effort and definition of the work for bid submissions
-Provide input to product management on functional matters and future product requirements based on feedback from the client
-Travel internationally

Education and Experience:

-Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field such as Business Administration (MBA), Financial Administration and/or financial designation (e.g. CMA, CGA); or Information Technology with a strong Government Financial Management experience
-3+ years experience in public sector organizations
-3+ years of ERP implementation experience
-PMP Certification considered an asset
-Solid understanding of budgeting and accounting processes and procedures in the public sector
-Demonstrated experience in implementing and deploying software applications, gathering and documenting client’s requirements, particularly for the development and implementation of software applications
-Information Technology skills
-Strong project management skills and ability to multi-task
-Strong analytical skills and proven ability to identify and resolve problems
-Demonstrated experience working with customers resulting in a positive and ongoing relationship
-Proven ability to deliver effective training programs
-The successful candidate MUST read, write and speak English, Sinhalese and Tamil fluently

This a full time position based in Sri Lanka.

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