Financial Analyst

Description

Position Title: Financial Analyst

Location: At a federal client site in Washington, D.C. 

Employment: Fulltime

Position Summary:

This role provides financial management, budget analysis, and reporting support to a federal client program office in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The Financial Analyst supports budget formulation and execution, tracks obligations and expenditures, and produces financial reports, analyses, and briefing materials that support program decision-making. The position works closely with the Project Manager, COR, program managers, and client financial leadership to make sure program funds are planned, executed, and reported accurately and in line with federal appropriations law and agency policy across the full fiscal year cycle.

Responsibilities:

• Support budget formulation and execution, including development of spend plans, budget justifications, and funding requests
• Track commitments, obligations, and expenditures against approved budgets; identify potential shortfalls, excess balances, and funding risks
• Reconcile financial data between agency financial management systems and program records; research and resolve discrepancies
• Prepare routine and ad-hoc financial reports, variance analyses, and funding status briefings for program and senior leadership
• Develop cost estimates, cost-benefit analyses, and return-on-investment analyses to support program decisions
• Support audit readiness activities, internal controls reviews, and responses to data calls from OMB, GAO, OIG, and other oversight bodies
• Coordinate with contracting officers, program offices, and budget offices on funding actions, contract modifications, and interagency agreements
• Monitor fiscal year-end closeout activities and support preparation for the next fiscal year's execution
• Maintain organized records of financial documentation, funding documents, and historical budget data
• Attend program and financial review meetings; take meeting notes and track action items
• Provide weekly status updates to the Project Manager for invoice validation and contract reporting
• Working knowledge of Quickbooks, Unanet, or accounting software system preferred
• Ability to prioritize and handle project meeting deadlines
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Requirements

Requirement Qualifications:  

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in financial analysis, budget formulation and execution, or financial management, preferably in support of a federal government agency
• Bachelor's Degree in finance, accounting, economics, business administration, or a related field from an accredited institution
• Working knowledge of the Microsoft Office software suite, including advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, data modeling)
• Demonstrated experience with financial metrics, variance analysis, and trend reporting
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English; strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal guidance and meet established deadlines

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with federal financial management systems (e.g., Oracle Federal Financials, SAP, Momentum, or agency equivalents)
• Knowledge of federal appropriations law, OMB Circular A-11, and the FAR
• Experience with the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process
• Power BI or similar data visualization experience
• Professional certifications such as CDFM, CGFM, CPA, or CMA

Other Requirements: 

• U.S. citizenship required
• Must obtain a client-issued facility access credential (e.g., PIV card)
• Must execute a client Non-Disclosure Agreement as a condition of employment
• Must complete all required client IT security and privacy training within required timeframes
• Work is performed on-site at the client's facilities in the Washington, DC metropolitan area

Physical Demands: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions of the job.

•  Physical demands: While performing the duties of job, employee is required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to fingers, handle or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear; type/use computer and phone. Prolonged Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing. Light work that includes moving objects up to 40 pounds.
•  Non-Physical demands: Frequently requires performing multiple tasks simultaneously, working closely with others as part of a team, and tedious or exacting work. Occasionally requires time pressures, emergency situations, and frequent change of tasks. Rarely requires irregular schedule/overtime and noisy/distracting environment.
•  Work environment: Generally, an office-type position. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet in office settings and moderate in other situations. Primarily a remote position and generally requires personnel to be available 9am-5:30pm Eastern time, with occasional meetings outside of those core hours.

Please note, this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.