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Sr. Enterprise Solution Architect – Utility Accounting SME
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9 September 2026 (3 hours ago)
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7 December 2026
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Job Summary
Job Title: Sr. Enterprise Solution Architect Utility Accounting SME SO# 439
Location : Philadelphia PA 19107
Client : City of Philadelphia
Duration : 12 Months
Note: Onsite interview is must. This is Hybrid Role.
Position overview / Statement of Work
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 Bureaus (WRB) Accounting Division during all phases of the project including statement of work requirements solution design configuration testing data conversion training cutover planning and postgo-live stabilization.
The SME is expected to possess extensive knowledge of the Citys current Basis2 accounting processes and understand how customer billing payments financial transactions and general ledger activities support the Citys 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 configurations and ensure compliance with City accounting policies and governmental accounting standards
- Support data cleansing data validation and financial data conversion activities
- Validate financial interfaces payment settlement processing reconciliation processes and General Ledger postings
- Assist in developing training materials standard operating procedures and end-user documentation
- Support cutover planning production readiness hyper care and post-go-live issue resolution.
Work Activities and Essential Functions:
- The Lead Accounting Subject Matter Expert (SME) will perform the following activities in support of the Customer Information System (CIS) implementation: Billing & Revenue Accounting
- Validate current and future-state billing and revenue accounting processes
- Review billing transactions revenue recognition and financial impacts
- Validate billing adjustments reversals cancel/rebill processing and account corrections
- Verify billing calculations meter read impacts and billing exception processing
- Ensure accounting requirements are accurately reflected in the configured solution
Payment Processing & Settlement
- Validate payment processing across all payment channels including ACH lockbox credit/debit card and electronic payments
- Review payment settlement and reconciliation processes
- Validate returned payments reversals refunds and adjustment processing
- Verify daily balancing settlement and cash reconciliation functionality
- Validate payment processing interfaces and related financial transactions
Accounts Receivable
- Validate customer accounts receivable balances and financial transactions
- Review processing for credits refunds write-offs adjustments and payment applications
- Validate collections-related accounting transactions and financial impacts
- Verify aging calculations receivable balances and financial reporting
- Ensure accounts receivable transactions are processed accurately throughout the customer lifecycle
General Ledger & Financial Integration
- Validate General Ledger posting logic and accounting distributions
- Review Chart of Accounts mappings and financial transaction processing
- Verify journal entries and financial interface transactions
- Validate integrations between the CIS and enterprise financial systems
- Review month-end year-end reconciliation and revenue reporting processes
Financial Controls & Compliance
- Validate accounting controls audit requirements and financial compliance
- Review segregation of duties and financial security requirements
- Verify system controls supporting accurate financial reporting
- Validate financial data integrity throughout accounting processes
- Identify accounting risks and recommend appropriate resolutions
Solution Design & Configuration
- Participate in functional requirements design and configuration workshops
- Review and validate functional requirements solution designs and system configuration
- Evaluate proposed system functionality against operational and accounting requirements
- Recommend process improvements that leverage standard system functionality
- Collaborate with business stakeholders project teams vendors and technical resources to resolve accounting-related issues
Data Conversion
- Validate converted customer billing payment accounts receivable and financial data
- Review data reconciliation results and verify accounting accuracy
- Validate the completeness and integrity of converted accounting data prior to production
Testing & Quality Assurance
- Participate in System Integration Testing User Acceptance Testing and other testing activities
- Validate end-to-end accounting billing payment and financial business processes
- Review testing results and verify resolution of accounting-related defects
- Confirm accounting functionality meets business requirements and is ready for production
Go-Live & Post-Implementation Support
- Participate in cutover planning and production readiness activities
- Provide accounting expertise during go-live and hypercare
- Validate production transactions and financial processing following deployment
- Assist with issue triage root cause analysis and post-implementation stabilization
- Confirm accounting operations continue to function accurately following implementation
Skills/experience of the assigned staff Required:
- Mandatory Experience: Candidates must possess extensive hands-on experience using the Basis2 Customer Information System within Water Revenue Bureaus accounting operations.
- Demonstrated expertise in water utility accounting processes
- Thorough understanding of customer billing and revenue accounting
- Strong knowledge of payment processing and settlement operations
- Experience with Accounts Receivable accounting
- Experience validating General Ledger postings and financial reconciliations
- Knowledge of governmental accounting principles and financial controls
- Experience interpreting accounting transactions and financial reporting
- Ability to analyze current business processes and identify improvement opportunities
- Ability to translate business requirements into functional system requirements
- Ability to evaluate proposed system functionality against operational needs
- Experience participating in cross-functional initiatives involving accounting operations and technology
Highly Desired/Preferred
- Previous participation in a CIS ERP billing or financial system implementation
- Experience supporting system testing including User Acceptance Testing
- Experience validating financial data conversions
- Knowledge of utility billing and customer information systems
- Experience working with system integrators or software vendors
- Familiarity with system interfaces data migration and reporting validation
- Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance Business Administration or a related field CPA or governmental accounting experience is a plus
Soft Skills & Other Requirements:
- Strong collaboration and teamwork across business and technical organizations
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to explain complex accounting concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Ability to prioritize multiple deliverables in a fast-paced project environment
- Sound judgment and attention to detail
- Ability to influence decisions through subject matter expertise
- Adaptability and willingness to embrace organizational change
- Customer-focused mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement
- Ability to build productive working relationships with project leadership stakeholders vendors and peers
About Us:
Required Skills:
Job Description Proficient in core Dynamics 365 concepts functionalities and -depth understanding of Power Apps for building custom canvas and model-driven apps. Must have deep expertise in Power Apps with a strong focus on Power Pages and Portals development including end-to-end design customization and integration. Proven ability to configure and customize Dynamics 365 entities views dashboards workflows and security settings. Experience creating custom plugins using the Dynamics 365 SDK to automate complex business logic. Successfully deploying customizations and solutions to Dynamics 365 environments. Ability to integrate Dynamics 365 with external systems and data sources using APIs and custom workflows. Solid understanding of web development concepts including HTML CSS JavaScript (JS/jQuery) and . Proficiency in C# programming and SQL using various DB sources. Desirable skills in Azure DevOps or other CI/CD tools performance optimization code quality unit testing frameworks and version control like GitHub.
Required Education:
Either skills or additional skills are requiredYears of Experience:Tier 4: 10 FrameworkCNoMS Visual CPower App
