We have an immediate need for a Federal Financial Analyst - Entry Level (DHS) with professional, interpersonal and analytical skills to help our clients identify and solve their complex challenges. The best candidate enjoys working creatively with and actively contributing to their team to transform their client’s business processes, improve efficiency of operations, strengthen internal controls and ultimately achieve their strategic mission and objectives. This position will support the Department Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Protective Service (FPS). FPS is the law enforcement agency of DHS that protects public servants and their customers in facilities where the government conducts business.
This position will provide the following services:
- Budget Support Services – support throughout the entire Federal budget process from formulation, to spend plan creation, contract closeout, and executing the current fiscal year budget.
- Support the development of the FPS FPMD Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution reference guide and training to be provided to the regions’ budgetary and financial community.
- Consolidate historical financial and budgetary records.
- Provide financial and budgetary records management support.
- Develop and provide knowledge management support through practices and process documentation.
- Provide supporting documents to questions arising about obligations, and
- Provide reporting on obligation timeliness, new obligations values vs. contract closeout de-obligations, backlogs, and error rates.
Required Skills:
- 1 year of professional experience with project management and program analysis, with hands on experience presenting information verbally and facilitating discussions with representatives from all levels of an organization.
- 2 years professional experience working in teams, demonstrating interpersonal, team-building, critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- An interest in learning about Federal financial execution (reimbursables, federal accounting cycle, reconciliations)
- Demonstrated capability to independently conduct background research, structure written work products, and articulate findings succinctly
- Ability to attain a public trust security clearance.
- An interest in working with Federal business systems related to accounting, accountability and financial reporting procedures with the Federal agencies.
Desired Skills:
- Professional experience and/or coursework in accounting and/or financial management.
- Experience with business process re-engineering/optimization to include documenting current procedures, conducting gap analysis to identify inefficiencies, identifying key performance metrics.
Skills Required
- Minimum three years professional experience
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- One year professional experience in project management and program analysis, with verbal presentation and facilitation experience
- Two years professional experience working in teams demonstrating interpersonal, team-building, critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to attain and maintain a DHS Public Trust security clearance
- Demonstrated capability to independently conduct background research, structure written work products, and articulate findings succinctly
- Interest in learning Federal financial execution (reimbursables, federal accounting cycle, reconciliations)
- Interest in working with Federal business systems related to accounting, accountability and financial reporting procedures
- Professional experience and/or coursework in data analytics or visualization tools (Excel, Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, SQL, creating macros)
- Professional experience and/or coursework in accounting and/or financial management
- Experience with business process re-engineering/optimization, documenting procedures, gap analysis, and KPIs
What We Do
Founded in 2014, Significance Inc. is an Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) providing mission-critical technical and business solutions to federal government agencies. They specialize in data strategy, AI/ML, process automation, and financial management services, helping DoD and other federal clients solve complex challenges and streamline operations.
