About Us

Ascent Consulting is a woman-owned small business providing business, technology, and management consulting services to organizations facing complex operational challenges.

Who We Are

Experience built on trust. Focused on results.

We have more than 25 years of experience supporting large-scale financial and business operations, enterprise systems, data analysis, process improvement, automation, testing, training, and program management.

As a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Ascent combines a small firm’s responsiveness and personal engagement with the experience and capabilities needed to support large, complex organizations.

Our teams include experienced business analysts, financial and systems subject-matter experts, developers, testers, trainers, project managers, and process-improvement professionals who share one objective: helping our clients work better.

Our Experience

Contracts

Selected federal contracts and engagements highlighting Ascent’s financial systems and business support experience.

Financial Business Systems Support (FBSS)

Ascent Consulting was awarded the prime Financial Business Systems Support (FBSS) contract supporting the Federal Aviation Administration Office of Finance’s hardware and software systems. This broad scope, $86 million contract offers a range of technical support services. This vehicle can be used across all the Department of Transportation’s Operating Administrations.

Capital Investment Analysis Support (CIAS)

Ascent Consulting was a prime contractor on CIAS, a multi-award contract issued and awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Services performed include information technology for financial systems, cost accounting, financial systems reporting, budget planning, financial capitalization, financial management system support, reimbursable agreements, financial analysis, program and technical management, and business process re-engineering.

Financial Integrated Support (FIS)

Ascent Consulting supported the Financial Integrated Support (FIS) Services contract awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration. The contract had a broad scope, offering a wide range of financial services, including financial management, accounting, operational maintenance, financial reporting, budgeting, and other related business needs.

Enterprise Financial Services Support (EFS)

Ascent Consulting Company was a major partner on the Federal Aviation Administration’s Enterprise Financial Services Support (EFS) contract. This financial services contract was broad in scope and offered a range of financial, budget, and management support services.

Proven Capabilities

Past Performance

Examples of Ascent’s work across enterprise financial systems, reporting, project management, and federal financial operations.

Ascent Consulting supported the integration of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition with FAA’s Logistics Center Support System – an IT system designed to re-engineer and automate the FAA’s logistics management processes. The team enabled enterprise-wide reporting, streamlining the number of reports used throughout the FAA. Ascent was awarded the Federal Aviation Administration AFN Award for Organizational Excellence for our work on the Oracle Business Intelligence Wide Accounting Network Development Team. The Chief Financial Officer accolades recognized Ascent’s work as having “mitigated the agency’s risk of losing financial reporting capability while advancing its ability to secure, interpret, and deliver financial IT data to FAA leaders and stakeholders.”

Ascent Consulting was one of the original implementers of the Delphi financial system at the Federal Aviation Administration. Our team has worked closely with Enterprise Service Center in data extraction and formatting for use within the financial community. Ascent Consulting currently supports the Federal Aviation Administration in using the Delphi system for operational and financial management and reporting. Ascent Consulting has played an essential role in ensuring the FAA Delphi user community’s needs are met as the environment changes through financial system upgrades. We work closely with the customer during each system release and upgrade to ensure that users can obtain the data they need.

The Federal Aviation Administration needed a way to integrate project information with financial information for reconciliation and tracking. Ascent Consulting developed a solution called Project Maintenance Tool Kit. Our team developed the project plan for converting, setting up, and modifying tasks and accounting data application requirements.

Ascent Consulting Company established processes to coordinate the cleanup of $4.7 billion in outstanding assets. The team developed the “Unit Cost” methodology and supporting documentation to review hundreds of projects. Ascent Consulting conducted numerous Program Office reviews, met with auditors to explain the methodology, and provided extensive contract and program documentation to answer auditor questions. With Ascent’s support, the Capitalization team met every deadline issued by the Secretary of Transportation Office of Inspector General.

The Federal Aviation Administration’s budget formulation process assesses existing programs, new requirements, and other adjustments, and how they fit within the Office of Management & Budget Guidance. The process ensures FAA allocates capital resources to acquire and support projects aligned with Agency priorities. Ascent Consulting supported the formulation team by managing the cycle while continuing to build on and improve the processes annually.

The Federal Aviation Administration’s Operating Budget Division oversees business and financial management for a federal appropriation exceeding $9 billion annually. Ascent Consulting supported the Operating Budget Division in financial analysis, financial management & reporting, program & technical management, and budget planning organizations. Our team helped the customer develop internal financial and business plans needed to manage FAA’s operating and capital programs.

GROW WITH ASCENT

Solving Complex
Business Challenges

Ascent Consulting helps organizations solve complex business challenges by bringing together process expertise, technology, data, and people.