Financial Analyst

Full-time - Mid Level

Fort Belvoir, VA

About the position

This position will function as the Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) Finance Manager for the DTRA Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Directorate. CTR works with partner countries to prevent the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and eliminate chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats. This contractor role primarily manages the Directorate’s finances at both a high-level and daily operation. The CTR Financial Analyst is responsible for all levels of finance, including daily oversight, ability to strategically manage three active years of money, provision of long-term recommendations for department finance management, and creation of fiscal year Program Objective Memorandums (POMs).

Responsibilities

• Utilize ADVANA to extract data, verify historical data, and create reports as needed.
• Ability to track obligations and de-obligations of O&M funding.
• Assess budget transactions for risk and realism.
• Update the financial charts for the CTR business meeting.
• Update the Funding Profile as needed, and reconcile to JSCBIS/JICAP data provided by FM team.
• Update the CTR FM SharePoint site, upload data, and maintain the CTR budget.
• Analyze financial data by program.
• Manage burn and expenditure rates on existing contracts to mitigate ULOs.
• Review the Bi-Monthly Business Meeting Slides and validate the financial information is correct.
• Produce the weekly Financial Operations Report.
• Develop and lead recurring finance briefings to prepare Government financial management leadership team for Directorate level business meetings.
• Create and analyze year-end financial results.
• Create year-end cumulative investment charts.
• Pull and validate the financial information for input into high-visibility reports such as the Annual Report to Congress.
• Liaise between clients and computer engineering teams to translate high-level financial needs into concrete technical tasks.
• Maintain overall planning and oversight of the Directorate’s financial calendar and the annual management cycle.
• Suggest ways to improve and streamline financial operations.
• Support Annual Spend Plan preliminary in July, including creating Excel files for the Spend Plan brief and Program Objective Memorandum (POM) build process.
• Pull data for programs’ semi-annual data for reports (end of June/December).
• Input financial figures into the Spend Plan briefing for Sr. Leadership.
• Run a weekly report for the Web Application Tool (WAT) Spend Plan, and compare the Government’s Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI) obligations to WAT awards.
• Update Excel files with current data.
• Identify potential risks and propose mitigation strategies.
• Review WAT Business slides and finance slides for accuracy bi-monthly to support the CTR Business Meeting.
• Audit the WAT data for data accuracy across all programs (Central and Global, Europe, Indo-Pacific, Africa, Mission Integration).
• Review that cost model data is in alignment with actual obligations/expenditures in DAI financial data.
• Provide custom data pulls for request contract Obligations and ULOs.
• Address recurring and ad hoc budget-related RFIs/RFPs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Active Secret Clearance
• 3+ years of related experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of finance and budget
• Demonstrated ability to conduct briefings for senior leaders
• Demonstrated ability to write for senior leaders
• Strong attention to detail, communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills

Nice-to-haves

• Master’s degree
• 5+ years of related experience
• Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance
• DTRA CTR or Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) or Counter WMD experience
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office tools

Benefits

• Flexible time off
• 11 paid holidays
• Immediate 401(k) eligibility with a generous match
• Full medical, dental, and vision coverage through Anthem
• 100% company-paid life insurance and disability benefits
• Professional development assistance for degrees and certifications