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Outsourced Accounting Senior Consultant - Public Sector

Southfield, US💼 Full-time💰 $34–$34🗓 2026-09-15 → 2026-09-27

Core

Providing financial staffing and consulting support to municipalities, including accounting, finance functions, financial reporting, and audit preparation.

Role type

Senior IC accounting consultant (public sector)

Builds

Financial reports, budgets, and audit-ready documentation for municipal clients

Domain

Public sector accounting / Government finance

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Governmental accounting (GASB), financial reporting, budget development, bank reconciliations, general ledger entries, policy drafting, data analysis, Excel proficiency, financial accounting systems

Preferred skills

CPA, Master's in accounting, project management, supervision of junior staff

Technologies

Financial accounting systems, Excel

Responsibilities

Assist clients with accounting and finance functions including bank reconciliations, budget development, financial close reporting, and annual audit preparation; Review data regarding cash, investments, receivables, capital assets, liabilities, equity, revenues, and expenses; Draft financial reports including periodic budgets to actual schedules and annual financial statements; Verify, allocate, and post municipality transactions to subsidiary accounts; Compile and analyze financial information to prepare journal entries and account balances; Improve client accounting operations by drafting policies and procedures; Analyze assets, liabilities, and equity to prepare balance sheets and statements of revenues and expenditures; Supervise and train junior staff members; Manage multiple client projects simultaneously.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with supervision responsibilities

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