Principal Deltek Costpoint Consultant - Career Growth in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
This is a senior-level, high-impact consulting role at Infotek targeting professionals with 10+ years of Deltek Costpoint experience. Here's what career-minded candidates should weigh:
Compensation Context: No salary is listed, but Principal-level ERP consultants specializing in Deltek Costpoint in the US typically command $120,000–$160,000+ annually, with top performers at specialized boutique firms earning more through incentive compensation. Infotek's mention of "incentive compensation" alongside base pay is a green flag for high performers.
Skills Development: This role offers broad exposure across Costpoint's full suite (A&F, HCM, Materials, EVM, WFM), plus leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration with Sales, PMO, and engineering teams. These skills — particularly ERP implementation leadership and government contracting ERP expertise — are in sustained demand given Deltek's dominance in defense and government contracting markets.
Career Signals:
- Green flag: Mentorship responsibilities and involvement in business development signal a true principal-level, strategic seat at the table.
- Green flag: Deltek certifications supported within the first year — structured investment in your credentials.
- Watch out: Billable utilization targets can create pressure; understand the target percentage before accepting.
- Watch out: "Occasional nights and weekends" is worth clarifying in interviews — in consulting this can range from rare to frequent.
For professionals already deep in the Deltek/government contracting ERP ecosystem, this role strengthens a highly specialized and defensible career niche with strong long-term demand.
A Principal Business Applications Consultant will be a change agent, defining aspects of business and leading in multiple domains. This position is responsible for developing high-level business relations and high-impact projects while leading large teams and generating new business ideas.
General Responsibilities
Performance-based criteria:
- Effectively express ideas and thoughts in multiple modes (written and verbal)
- Exhibit good listening and comprehension skills
- Maintain effective communication to ensure all impacted participants are informed
- Ability to set and meet customer commitments and respond to customer needs on time
- Use time efficiently and integrate change smoothly when priorities shift
- Ability to prioritize and plan work activities appropriately
- Gather and analyze information skillfully
- Work well in group problem-solving situations
- Ability to develop and communicate alternative solutions to complex problems
- Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness of proposed solutions with a focus on quality
- Exhibit objectivity and openness to others' views
- Ability to balance team and individual responsibilities
- Meet or exceed required billable utilization requirements as directed by the Manager
- Record time worked daily
Working with clients:
- Demonstrate functional knowledge of Costpoint Core and add-on functionality
- Organize and execute assigned business projects on behalf of clients according to client requirements
- Collect information about the client's business through a variety of methods (shadowing, interviews, surveys, reading reports, and other means)
- Analyze and interpret data to expose weaknesses and problems to comprehend the causes
- Formulate recommendations and solutions with attention to client requests, capabilities, and limitations, forming concise reports
- Present findings and suggestions to clients with justification and practical advice
- Develop detailed design documents for clients and coordinate the plan for action
- Assist the client in implementing the plan and resolve any occasional discrepancies
- Ensure that project deliverables meet client requirements and quality standards
Working within Infotek:
- Mentor other consultants and provide required guidance to other resources such as developers, Project Managers, Sales, data engineers, and technical engineers
- Provide process improvement ideas for client-supported activities for the internal team to utilize
- Provide a level of effort for new activities to the Sales Team
- Develop and maintain internal and client-facing documentation, user guides, and implementation templates
- Work with the Sales and Marketing teams to define new or updated materials
- Coordinate with the Project Management Office on the activities required to maintain project plans
- Adaptable to learn new skills and modules as directed by the Manager
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience with Deltek Products based on the assigned role
- Proficiency in MS Office, specifically MS Office 365, with associated tools
- Able to lead full implementations, architect a system, conduct design sessions, and train others on basic, intermediate, and admin processes within the following Costpoint modules or add-on applications based on assigned role:
- A&F: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, Consolidations, Fixed Assets, General Ledger, Multicurrency, Advanced Project Budgeting, Billing, Budgeting, Planning, Cost and Revenue Processing, Project Setup, Inter-Company Work Orders, Subcontractor Management, Fixed Assets, Time Collection, and Expense
- Materials: Procurement, Seller, Manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing, Quality Management, and Shop Floor Time
- HCM: Payroll, Benefits, Time Collection, and Expense
- QMS: TIPQA and TIPSFE
- EVM: Project Set-up, Cobra
- WFM: Replicon and Polaris
- Managed Services: Consultants must be able to effectively and efficiently complete the required processing for clients associated with Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, General Ledger, Cost and Revenue Processing, Project Setup, Inter-Company Work Orders, and Time Collection reconciliation
- Must be willing to work occasional nights and weekends if required
- The job is remote and may require some travel
Preferred Experience/Skills
- 10+ years of experience as a Business Application Consultant or similar role
- Familiarity with a wide selection of business management software and databases
- 10+ years of experience with SAP, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, UNANET, Fusion, and other business management software will be considered
Required Education/Certifications
- MSc/MA in Finance, Business Administration, or a relevant field preferred
- BSc/BA in Business Administration or a relevant field will be considered
- Deltek Certified in the below areas, or the ability to become certified within 1 year of employment, dependent upon the assigned role:
- A&F: Costpoint Master, Accounts Payable, Billing & Accounts Receivables, General Ledger, Projects
- Materials: Materials Master, Manufacturing, and Procurement
- HCM: Time & Expense Master, Time Collection, Expense, Labor, Leave, and Payroll
- MAS: Accounts Payable, Billing & Accounts Receivables, General Ledger, Projects, Time Collection, Labor, Leave, and Payroll
Physical Requirements
- Consistently requires sitting or standing for a majority of the day to complete essential job duties on the computer and telephone
- Consistently requires auditory abilities to efficiently listen and effectively communicate with clients, vendors, and staff
- Occasionally requires standing to scan, print, and copy job-related documents
- Occasional overnight travel by land and/or air may be necessary
The job description above is not intended to be a comprehensive list. Responsibilities, activities, duties, and/or tasks may change or be assigned at any time.
Infotek is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other factor determined to be unlawful by federal, state, or local statutes.
Benefits
Infotek Consulting offers an excellent benefits package that includes fully paid employee-only health coverage, a 401(k) plan with company match, HSA with a company contribution, Healthcare FSA, Dependent Care FSA, generous PTO, holidays, sick time, and two paid days to volunteer your time for a cause important to you.
- Competitive pay
- Incentive compensation
- 100% company-paid employee-only health insurance
- Health Savings Account with a company contribution
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- 401(k) with company match
- Company-provided basic life insurance
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Paid volunteer time
- Employee assistance plan