Sr. DTS DAI Financial Analyst

Senior DTS/DAI Financial Systems Analyst

Position Overview

This position provides daily administration and functional support for the Defense Travel System (DTS) and Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI). The analyst will support Government personnel with travel administration, financial transactions, budget execution, reimbursable funding, financial reporting, audit readiness, user management, and financial systems troubleshooting.

The position combines the responsibilities of an Organizational Defense Travel Administrator, DAI functional analyst, and DoD financial management analyst. The position requires support across DTS administration, DAI process areas, financial reporting, budget execution, system interfaces, and complex problem resolution.

Position Information

Customer: U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. Tenth Fleet
Location: Fort Meade, Maryland 20755 100% onsite
Employment type: Full-time
Travel: Occasional local and CONUS travel may be required

Salary range: DOE and meet/exceeded requirements

Education Required: High school diploma or equivalent and eight years of directly relevant experience.

Preferred: Associate or bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, information systems, public administration, or a related field. Relevant military financial management training. Defense Financial Management Certification. Certified Defense Financial Manager credential. Other DTS, DAI, DoD financial management, accounting, or systems certifications.

Security Requirements

Candidates must possess U.S. citizenship, Active final Top Secret clearance, current or immediately obtainable SCI eligibility, favorably adjudicated Tier 5 investigation and ability to complete a Counterintelligence Scope Polygraph when required for NSA campus or network access. Strongly preferred: Active TS/SCI Current CI Polygraph, Existing NSA or Fort Meade access, Current DISS record without access restrictions or unresolved security incidents.

Security and Conduct Expectations

The employee must:

• Comply with the DD Form 254 and all applicable security requirements.
• Follow local access, entry, exit, property-control, and identification procedures.
• Protect classified information, Controlled Unclassified Information, financial data, personally identifiable information, usernames, passwords, and system information.
• Complete initial and recurring security and safety training.
• Immediately report potential security incidents.
• Maintain professional and personal integrity.
• Comply with Government workplace conduct policies.
• Maintain all clearance, access, and polygraph requirements throughout employment.

Failure to comply with Government security requirements may result in removal from the facility or contract.

Required Years of Experience

Candidates SHOULD possess:

• 8 YEARS of progressively responsible professional experience supporting DoD, federal, military, or Government financial management operations.
• 5 YEARS of hands-on Defense Travel System experience, including traveler support, authorizations, vouchers, routing lists, lines of accounting, budget monitoring, profile management, or organizational administration.
• 3 YEARS of direct Organizational Defense Travel Administrator experience, including ODTA permissions, user administration, DD Form 577 management, training records, routing structures, and audit documentation.
• 3 YEARS of hands-on Defense Agencies Initiative experience supporting financial transactions, reporting, user management, funding documents, budget execution, or process-area support.
• 3 YEARS of experience with DoD budget execution, accounting, reimbursable funding, or financial systems analysis.
• 3 YEARS of experience preparing recurring financial, budget, operational, or contract status reports.
• Two years of experience supporting DAI process areas, such as Procure-to-Pay, Budget-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, or Budget Formulation.
• 2 YEARS of experience working directly with Government financial managers, comptrollers, budget analysts, authorizing officials, or accounting personnel.

Directly relevant experience may substitute across categories when the candidate demonstrates substantial expertise in both DTS administration and DoD financial systems.

Preferred Experience

The strongest candidates will possess:

• 10+ YEARS of DoD or federal financial management experience.
• 5+ YEARS or more years serving as a DTS ODTA.
• 5+ YEARS or more years supporting DTS in a Navy or DoD organization.
• 5+ YEARS or more years working with SABRS, CFMS, Navy ERP, DAI, or comparable DoD financial systems.
• 3+ YEARS or more years supporting a DoD Comptroller organization.
• 3+ YEARS or more years supporting reimbursable funding, Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests, or funding-document reconciliation.
• Prior support to Fleet Cyber Command, U.S. Cyber Command, NSA, DISA, a Navy echelon command, or another classified DoD organization.
• Experience working in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility.
• Experience supporting financial audit readiness or responding to financial-documentation requests.
• Experience independently analyzing complex or rejected financial transactions and recommending corrective action.

Primary Responsibilities

Defense Travel System Administration

• Serve as an Organizational Defense Travel Administrator or ODTA backup.
• Perform daily administration of the Defense Travel System.
• Attach and detach personnel from the applicable DTS organizational hierarchy.
• Create, maintain, and update DTS user and traveler profiles.
• Update traveler email addresses, Electronic Funds Transfer information, and Government Travel Charge Card information.
• Assist travelers with travel authorizations, vouchers, local vouchers, amendments, and related DTS processing questions.
• Establish and maintain cross-organization lines of accounting for travelers outside the organization’s DTS hierarchy.
• Adjust routing lists when authorizing officials or organizational structures change.
• Monitor DTS budgets, obligations, and lines of accounting.
• Coordinate DTS system updates and maintenance.
• Publish relevant system changes and user information through the Government SharePoint portal.
• Help ensure DTS remains operational and users receive timely assistance.

Training and Appointment Records

• Verify completion of initial and annual DTS training.
• Collect and maintain user training certificates.
• Verify authorizing officials have completed required initial and recurring training.
• Prepare DD Form 577 appointment packages for new authorizing officials.
• Maintain DD Form 577 records in an audit-ready master file.
• Process DD Form 577 terminations when authorizing officials depart.
• Complete and maintain required DTS ODTA training and permissions.
• Collection of DTS training certificates and creation, maintenance, and termination of DD Form 577 appointments.

DAI Financial Systems Support

• Input financial transactions into DAI under the direction of authorized Government personnel.
• Support DAI process areas including:
  • Procure-to-Pay
  • Budget-to-Report
  • Budget Formulation
  • Order-to-Cash
• Provide DAI user-management support.
• Support transaction interfaces among DAI, DTS, SABRS, Navy ERP, and related financial systems.
• Create or assist with funding documents based on Government-approved source documents.
• Collect, review, interpret, evaluate, and integrate financial information from multiple systems.
• Prepare new financial reports or revise existing reports.
• Research financial-system discrepancies and rejected transactions.
• Recommend potential corrective actions to Government financial personnel.
• Support budget execution, accounting, reconciliation, and financial data validation.
• Assist with incoming reimbursable transactions and Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests.
• Apply financial systems knowledge while considering operational and business implications.
• Complex systems analysis, DAI transaction input, user-management support, financial reporting, funding-document support, reimbursable processing, and interfaces with DTS, SABRS, CFMS, and Navy ERP.

Government and Contractor Responsibilities

The employee will provide analysis, recommendations, data input, documentation, and systems support under Government direction.

The employee will not:

• Approve Government financial transactions.
• Authorize the obligation or expenditure of Government funds.
• Exercise final decision-making authority reserved for Government personnel.
• Perform inherently governmental functions.
• Approve their own work or financial documents.

Government officials will retain all required approval and authorization authority.

Required Reports and Deliverables

The analyst may prepare, contribute to, or maintain information supporting:

• Monthly Status Reports
• DTS Budget Status Reports
• DAI Financial Status Reports
• Reimbursable MIPR Status Reports
• Contractor Rosters
• Trip Reports
• Accomplishment summaries
• Ongoing-task status
• Rework tracking
• Risk identification
• Recommended mitigation plans

Reports must be accurate, complete, professionally prepared, and submitted according to established Government formats and deadlines. 

Performance Expectations

The successful candidate must:

• Complete at least 95% of assigned tasks without requiring rework.
• Produce accurate and complete financial and operational information.
• Meet all established reporting deadlines.
• Maintain audit-ready records.
• Promptly identify issues that may affect contract performance.
• Communicate risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Maintain effective working relationships with Government personnel.
• Support surge requirements and increased workloads when directed.
• Maintain professional integrity, reliability, and sound judgment.

Required Technical Knowledge

Candidates must demonstrate working knowledge of most of the following:

• Defense Travel System
• Defense Agencies Initiative
• Organizational Defense Travel Administration
• Joint Travel Regulations
• DoD Financial Management Regulation, including Volumes 5 and 9
• Procure-to-Pay
• Budget-to-Report
• Order-to-Cash
• Budget Formulation
• Government Travel Charge Card
• Electronic Funds Transfer
• DD Form 577
• Lines of accounting
• Budget execution
• Financial reconciliation
• Reimbursable funding
• Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests
• Financial reporting
• Audit-ready documentation
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Excel
• SharePoint

Preferred Systems Experience

Experience with one or more of the following is strongly preferred:

• Standard Accounting, Budgeting, and Reporting System
• Command Financial Management System
• Navy Enterprise Resource Planning
• Defense Civilian Pay System
• Standard Labor Data Collection and Distribution Application
• Defense Finance and Accounting Service systems
• Navy servicing bank or travel-card platforms
• Other DoD accounting, budget, payroll, or financial-management systems

Required Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
• Financial systems troubleshooting
• High attention to detail
• Accurate data entry and validation
• Financial and operational reporting
• Written and verbal communication
• Customer service
• Organization and records management
• Independent task management
• Professional judgment
• Ability to work with sensitive information
• Ability to prioritize time-critical requests
• Ability to work effectively in a classified, mission-driven environment

Benefits

P3S Corporation offers a competitive benefits package that may include:

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Paid time off
• Eleven paid federal holidays
• 401(k)
• Company 401(k) match
• Employee referral program

Equal Employment Opportunity

P3S Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.