Junior Financial Analyst

Overview

A woman-owned consulting firm serving the federal government is seeking a Junior Financial Analyst to support their Department of Homeland Security (DHS) team. This is a fully remote position requiring at least three years of relevant experience and the ability to obtain and maintain a DHS Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide budget support services throughout the entire federal budget process, including formulation, spend plan creation, contract closeout, and fiscal year budget execution.
• Assist in developing the Federal Protective Service (FPS) Financial Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) reference guide and training for regional budgetary and financial personnel.
• Consolidate historical financial and budgetary records.
• Support financial and budgetary records management.
• Develop and maintain knowledge management through documentation of practices and processes.
• Provide supporting documentation for inquiries related to obligations.
• Report on obligation timeliness, new obligation values versus contract closeout de-obligations, backlogs, and error rates.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years demonstrating proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), with the ability to work independently and maintain high-quality work products.
• At least 1 year of professional experience in project management and program analysis, including verbal presentation skills and facilitation of discussions across organizational levels.
• Minimum of 2 years of professional experience working in teams, demonstrating interpersonal, team-building, critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Interest in learning about federal financial execution processes such as reimbursables, federal accounting cycle, and reconciliations.
• Ability to independently conduct background research, structure written work products, and clearly articulate findings.
• Eligibility to obtain a DHS Public Trust security clearance.
• Interest in working with federal business systems related to accounting, accountability, and financial reporting procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional experience or coursework in data analytics or data visualization tools such as MS Excel, PowerBI, Tableau, Qlik, SQL, and/or macro creation.
• Professional experience or coursework in accounting and/or financial management.
• Experience with business process re-engineering or optimization, including documenting current procedures, conducting gap analyses to identify inefficiencies, and identifying key performance metrics.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $63,000 - $70,000 per year.
• Compensation is determined based on local labor market benchmarks, experience, skills, education, and organizational needs.
• Position is eligible for a comprehensive and generous benefits package.

Location

• Fully remote position supporting the Department of Homeland Security Federal Protective Service.

Additional Information

• The employer participates in E-Verify.
• Artificial intelligence tools may be used to assist in the hiring process, but final hiring decisions are made by humans.