IFAS LLC is hiring: Senior Financial Analyst in Fort Meade

Essential Job Functions

• Provides expert finance office support across appropriated and Defense Working Capital Fund (DWCF) activities.
• Leads analysis and reconciliation of financial data, prepares and reviews funding packages and spend plans, monitors burn rates and variances, and develops high-level execution and leadership briefings to ensure accuracy and timeliness of financial operations.

Skills

• Experience providing financial management support within the Department of War, to include oversight and production of as well as quality assurance of financial packages, briefings, and reports.
• Strong financial acumen to maintain, track and analyze execution of assigned IE programs against OSD obligation and disbursement targets, including, but not limited to:
• Knowledge of Defense Working Capital Fund and Appropriated Funds, DoW PPBE, DoW Program Objective Memorandum development and submission process as well as knowledge of Fiscal Law.
• Ability to analyze, report and reconcile various Excel workbooks using raw data files from enterprise financial systems in order to properly report financial status of assigned programs and/or overall IE organization.
• Ability to maintain and update Spend Plans, throughout active fiscal years, in order to assist assigned programs to remain within annual budget controls.
• Ability to analyze organization's financial status to inform and report accurate financial status to assist with processing financial funding packages and meeting OSD obligation and disbursement thresholds.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact with various IE counterparts, including government and support contractors.
• Ability to maintain, create and contribute to miscellaneous briefings and spreadsheets to assist with IE financial reports.
• Ability to perform financial reconciliation and database research (to include Unliquidated Obligations (ULO). Understanding of reimbursable funding programs.
• Ability to perform quality assurance on contract required deliverables as needed.
• Ability to support various team assignments/tasks and work both within a team setting and independently.

Qualifications

• Required Education: Baccalaureate degree in a financial field
• Desired Certification: DoW Financial Management Level 3 certification or the Society for Defense Financial Management (SDFM) Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) certification
• Required Experience: Eight or more years in DoW Financial Management related work with an emphasis on all aspects of DoW PPBE to include both General Funds and Defense Working Capital Funds.
• Desired Experience: Experience with DoW policies, regulations and procedures is highly desirable.
• Non-DoW experience may be substituted if equivalent.
• Position requires Secret clearance or higher or qualify for a security clearance.