Mid-Level Financial Analyst

About Company:

Kundlas Consulting Group LLC is a professional consulting firm specializing in construction inspection and compliance services for public infrastructure projects. Our core services include on-site inspection of roadway, bridge, and utility construction to ensure adherence to engineering specifications, safety standards, and contract requirements. We support clients with daily reporting, materials testing coordination, schedule tracking, and quality assurance oversight. Additional services include project management, grants management for federally funded infrastructure and disaster recovery programs. 

About the Role:

This position is contingent upon the identification of a candidate whose expertise meets our strategic needs, at which point a dedicated, funded opening will be established. We are proactively seeking a standout professional for whom we will finalize a formal role.

Kundlas Consulting Group is seeking a Mid-Level Financial Analyst to support federal financial management, budget execution, accounting analysis, reporting, reconciliation, forecasting, and program-level financial decision-making. This position will assist program managers, financial management teams, and government stakeholders with monitoring funds, analyzing spending patterns, developing projections, reviewing financial reports, identifying discrepancies, supporting audits, and recommending corrective actions. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, federal financial-management experience, and the ability to translate financial data into clear, actionable recommendations for leadership and program teams.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, public administration, or a related field preferred; relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Three to six years of experience supporting financial analysis, budget execution, accounting, program finance, financial reporting, grants management, acquisition finance, or related federal financial-management functions.
• Working knowledge of financial-system reports, accounting records, budget reports, status-of-funds tracking, and program-level financial information.
• Experience monitoring commitments, obligations, expenditures, disbursements, undelivered orders, available balances, and funding status.
• Ability to perform account reconciliations, variance analysis, trend analysis, budget-execution reviews, and financial reporting.
• Experience developing or maintaining financial trackers, spreadsheets, reports, dashboards, forecasts, or quantitative analyses.
• Strong understanding of internal controls, data integrity, audit readiness, financial documentation, and proper stewardship of federal funds.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain financial findings to program managers, leadership, and stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams.
• U.S. citizenship may be required depending on client or contract requirements.
• Ability to pass background checks, suitability requirements, or security clearance requirements, as required by the client or contract.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience supporting federal financial management, budget execution, accounting operations, grants, acquisition support, or program financial management.
• Familiarity with FBMS or comparable integrated federal financial-management platforms used for accounting, reporting, reconciliation, budget execution, acquisition, or financial assistance.
• Experience preparing status-of-funds reports, budget-execution reports, end-of-year reports, management briefings, financial dashboards, and ad hoc analyses.
• Experience developing financial projections and forecasts for labor, contracts, equipment, travel, overhead, and other program costs.
• Experience reviewing budget submissions, funding requests, financial reports, obligations, accruals, undelivered orders, and year-end financial documentation.
• Experience identifying abnormal balances, incorrect classifications, duplicate transactions, unsupported obligations, data inconsistencies, and financial-reporting discrepancies.
• Experience supporting financial audits, management reviews, internal-control assessments, corrective action tracking, and financial data calls.
• Knowledge of federal appropriations, budget execution, funds control, financial reporting, and audit readiness requirements.
• Active or previously held security clearance preferred.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, if required.
• Experience supporting Department of the Interior, FEMA, USACE, DHS, or other federal agency financial-management activities is a plus.

Responsibilities:

• Review, analyze, and reconcile financial-system reports, accounting records, budget reports, and program-level financial information.
• Monitor and analyze commitments, obligations, expenditures, disbursements, undelivered orders, available balances, and status of funds.
• Conduct budget-execution analysis to determine whether spending patterns align with approved funding plans and program requirements.
• Develop financial projections and forecasts for labor, contracts, equipment, travel, overhead, and other program costs.
• Perform variance analysis and trend analysis to identify deviations from spending plans, historical patterns, and projected requirements.
• Review budget submissions and funding requests for accuracy, completeness, affordability, consistency, and compliance with applicable requirements.
• Develop and maintain financial models, trackers, dashboards, and quantitative reports that support program and management decision making.
• Conduct financial-management studies to identify process weaknesses, operational inefficiencies, data inconsistencies, and financial risks.
• Review financial reports for abnormal balances, incorrect classifications, duplicate transactions, unsupported obligations, and other financial discrepancies.
• Recommend and coordinate corrective actions to resolve financial-reporting and budget-execution issues.
• Support testing and evaluation of financial-system processes, system changes, interfaces, and reporting functionality.
• Utilize FBMS or comparable financial-management platforms to support accounting, reporting, reconciliation, and budget execution.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc financial reports, status-of-funds reports, end-of-year reports, quantitative analyses, and management briefings.
• Support year-end financial activities, including account reconciliation, obligation reviews, accrual validation, and funding analysis.
• Evaluate internal controls associated with financial transactions, data processing, reporting, and funds management.
• Support financial audits and management reviews by researching transactions, producing documentation, responding to inquiries, and tracking corrective actions.
• Provide program managers with analysis concerning financial condition, projected requirements, funding availability, financial risks, and recommended resource actions.
• Coordinate with program offices, budget personnel, accounting teams, financial managers, and government stakeholders to support accurate and timely financial-management activities.
• Maintain organized financial records, reconciliation files, supporting documentation, reports, trackers, and audit-ready materials.
• Assist with identifying and implementing process improvements that strengthen reporting accuracy, budget execution, internal controls, documentation quality, and financial data reliability.

Skills:

The ideal candidate should possess strong mid-level financial analysis and federal financial-management support skills, including budget-execution analysis, account reconciliation, financial reporting, variance analysis, trend analysis, forecasting, financial modeling, status-of-funds tracking, internal-control review, audit support, and corrective action coordination. The candidate should be comfortable working with commitments, obligations, expenditures, disbursements, undelivered orders, available balances, accruals, funding requests, financial-system reports, accounting records, budget submissions, and program-level financial data. This role requires excellent quantitative analysis, attention to detail, reasoning, problem solving, organization, written communication, stakeholder coordination, data integrity, records management, and the ability to identify discrepancies, financial risks, abnormal balances, unsupported obligations, and emerging spending trends. Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, FBMS, or comparable federal financial-management systems is preferred.