Financial Reconciliation Subject Matter Expert

Overview

This role is a full-time Financial Reconciliation Subject Matter Expert supporting the Office of the Under Secretary of War (Comptroller) (OUSW(C)). The Comptroller’s office oversees budget and financial operations and helps organizations across the department produce accurate, auditable financial records.

In this position, you will act as a trusted advisor and liaison between DoW organizations and enterprise financial operations. You will support adoption of a financial reconciliation platform that integrates feeder system and General Ledger (GL) data, partnering with accountants, financial managers, and system users to resolve reconciliation challenges.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor and liaison between DoW organizations and enterprise financial operations to support adoption and use of a financial reconciliation platform integrating feeder system and GL data.
• Develop trusted relationships with accounting personnel, financial managers, system owners, and business process stakeholders to address:
  • Source data issues
  • Reconciliation discrepancies
  • Process breakdowns
  • Integration challenges
• Guide organizations in understanding how feeder system activity impacts GL balances and enterprise financial reporting.
• Analyze and reconcile complex financial data across multiple systems, organizations, and transaction sources to support audit readiness.
• Facilitate discovery sessions and working groups to:
  • Understand business processes
  • Identify control gaps
  • Define reconciliation requirements between data systems
• Translate business and financial requirements into actionable solutions and facilitate issue resolution.
• Partner with functional and technical teams to develop and implement solutions that improve financial accuracy, visibility, and operational efficiency.
• Advise stakeholders on financial controls, transaction lifecycle impacts, and best practices for maintaining financial data integrity.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance enterprise reconciliation capabilities and financial reporting accuracy.

Required Qualifications

• Recognized industry expertise in financial reconciliation and enterprise financial operations.
• Strong understanding of how business activities generate financial transactions, including end-to-end processes such as:
  • Procure to Pay (P2P)
  • Order to Cash (O2C)
  • Contract Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Asset Accountability
  • Related feeder systems
• Experience analyzing and reconciling complex financial data across multiple systems and transaction sources in support of audit readiness.
• Experience aligning operational transactions with GL balances and financial reporting.
• Experience facilitating discovery sessions or working groups with accountants, financial managers, business process owners, and system users.
• Ability to translate business and financial requirements into actionable solutions.
• Knowledge of financial controls, transaction lifecycle impacts, and financial data integrity practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Air Force financial systems (DEAMS, GAFS, AF WCFs / 5 GLs).
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in liaison-focused roles as components transition to greater reconciliation engagement.

Education

• B.A./B.S. or M.A./M.S. in a relevant field (preferred).

Location

• Flexibility for fully remote is available.
• Local to the DC, Maryland, Virginia (DMV) area (preferred).

Clearance

• Active Secret security clearance.
• U.S. citizenship is required.

Employment Classification

• W2.

Work Hours

• Full-time position.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $160,000 - $175,000
• Benefits package includes options for health, dental, and vision insurance coverage; 401k contribution options.

Additional Information

• Background investigation is required.
• Primary workstation is located in an office area (noise level: low to moderate).
• Physical requirements:
  • Regularly required to sit for extended periods up to 80% of the time
  • Frequently required to move about to access file cabinets and use office equipment such as PC, copier, fax, telephone, cell phone, etc.
  • Occasionally required to reach overhead, bend, and lift objects of up to 10 lbs.
  • Specific vision abilities required: use of computer monitor screens up to 80% of the time.