Deltek Costpoint 8.0 -Functional Consultant

• Experience with Cognos is required
• Experience with Costpoint Contracts and Subcontract modules is highly desired
• Business Analytical skills to translate functional requirements into application solutions is a must
• Prepare and maintain documentation, including requirements, specifications, process flows and procedures and provide expertise and assistance to ensure all process are designed to meet DCAA, audit and security practices
• Ensure change control procedures and processes are followed in accordance with policies
• Establish/Setup Project Codes
• Work with Database and System Administrators along with other technical SMEs to monitor system performance and processing, troubleshoot performance issues, investigate critical system errors, capture traces, and analyze server logs
• Lead the evaluation, escalation and resolution of defects with the Costpoint and T&E vendor (Deltek)
• Evaluate scenarios, and work with user community to devise and execute various test plans including unit, system, interface and integration with other business systems (EDI, Cargowise, SmartView, Oracle _____)
• Configure and maintain Costpoint System Admin Module
• Perform initial and regular interval health checks.
• Act as functional SME for all Costpoint modules, such as: accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, project setup, cost revenue, billing, employee, labor, payroll, compensation, personnel, cost pools, fixed assets, procurement, etc.
• Maintain a working knowledge of the front-end application screens, functions and job processing and how these ties to the database tables and other applications, functions and processes.
• Maintain underlying Costpoint and Deltek T&E databases and concepts
• Develop training material and deliver training in any of the major Costpoint modules. Maintain training documentation/user guides applicable.

Requirements

• 5-8 years of hands on experience in Costpoint support and administration required
• 2+ years of experience with Costpoint Extensibility
• 2+ years of experience with Data Migration
• Ability to research, determine relevance, organize and formulate recommendations involving complex financial information and systems pertaining to Costpoint
• Strong Excel skills a must as well as proficiency with MS Office
• Proven partnering with multiple internal departments to include strong background in supporting cross-functional teams
• Ability to contribute to a professional work environment by demonstrating integrity, promoting teamwork, and fostering positive communications
• Ability to work in a deadline-oriented environment is essential
• Ability to adapt to changing work efforts, manage the impact of shifting priorities, and resolve technical/functional emergencies as they occur
• Experience with all aspects of technical support for Costpoint and Deltek Time & Expense (TE) systems. This includes system upgrades, planning, design, audits as well as troubleshooting and resolving technical issues
• Understanding of the underlying Costpoint and Deltek TE databases and concepts
• Strong understanding of the underlying infrastructure setup (i.e. web servers, app servers, job servers, database servers) and how it relates to the Database and Application
• Working knowledge of front-end applications screens, functions and job processing and how these ties to the database tables and other applications, functions and processes
• Strong written skills required to include design specs, test scripts (unit and functional), and requirements documents
• Understanding of cloud and SaaS platform-based company operations, and infrastructure
• Ability to interface with personnel at all levels directly or virtually