Strategic Purchasing Manager Jobs in Decatur, AL

Our Deloitte Finance Transformation team practices to help chief financial officers, controllers, and finance teams define and execute their finance and global business services agendas and strategies. You will work with leading-class teams and solutions, helping clients navigate challenging environments, market uncertainty, technology development, and regulatory considerations to unlock value. Your work may span strategy, operations, process design, and technology as we partner with clients to transform finance. Work You'll Do As a Project Senior Consultant, Financial Data Support you will: * Supporting financial operations for sensitive programs within an enterprise resource planning (ERP) environment
* Managing data extracts used to track funding, commitments, obligations, expenditures, and execution metrics
* Executing procure-to-pay activities, including purchase requests, obligation loading, and payment analysis
* Producing reports and analyses aligned to Office of Secretary of War (OSW) goals, targets, and program execution needs
* Providing process guidance, financial solutions, and reconciliation support to program offices and other business users A successful candidate would possess these skills:
* Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team * Effective written and verbal communication skills * Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product * Ability to build and sustain professional relationships * Ability to lead projects or workstreams * Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment * Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor * Ability to meet deadlines * Ability to provide clear guidance to others
The Team Deloitte's Government & Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes - is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise. Our Finance Strategy offering serves as the front door to the evolving CFO Agenda by guiding executive clients to reimagine capabilities across their organizations via deep Finance discipline - from Operations to Business Partnering - to deliver trusted, efficient, value centric outcomes for the global enterprise. Includes strategy development, road mapping, strategic PMO, enterprise value creation, and finance automation and innovation. The Project Delivery Talent Model is designed for professionals with specialized skills that align to a current client need. Team members focus on delivering services to clients, without additional expectations related to business development or promotion. Their employment is tied to their role on a project, and they are eligible for a benefits package that is competitive for project delivery-focused professionals. Qualifications Required: * Bachelor's degree * Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future * Active Top Secret security clearance with eligibility for upgrade to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access with polygraph
* 5+ years of experience in finance, accounting, or financial management roles
* 5+ years of experience using enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems in finance and accounting operations
* 5+ years of experience with financial processes, regulations, and audit requirements in the defense space including: procure-to-pay processes, including purchase requests, obligations, and payment analysis * Ability to work on-site in Huntsville, Alabama, up to 3 days per week
Preferred: * Experience supporting sensitive programs in a finance or accounting environment
* Experience managing data extracts for funding, commitments, obligations, and expenditures
* Experience analyzing execution metrics against defense goals and targets
* Experience monitoring financial execution and budgetary data
* Experience supporting planning, programming, execution, and reconciliation activities
* Experience providing business process recommendations to finance and accounting users