Business Intelligence and Data Manager

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority • Washington, DC

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About The Position

The Business Intelligence and Data Manager supports the Finance Department’s Management and Budget Office, specifically the Funds and Grants Management Office. The role oversees business intelligence, analytics, reporting, and data governance initiatives and helps transform data into actionable insights for financial and grants management, organizational performance, and strategic decision-making.

The position is responsible for incoming funding and outgoing project expenses associated with WMATA’s federal and non-federal funding sources. It supports administration of the rules-based funds control system, including interfaces with ledger and non-ledger sources, and participates in developing and implementing future finance, budgeting, and funding systems. The incumbent supports required reporting and coordinates with system administrators and users to integrate information systems such as inventory, payroll, timekeeping, and receivable/payment systems. The role works in a collaborative team environment and supports data-informed decisions that improve efficiency, accountability, and service delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Public Administration, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least six years of work experience in program or project management, budgeting, public administration, information systems, data management, or a related role; advanced education may substitute for experience.
• Knowledge of financial management systems and projects, or federal and other funding sources.
• Knowledge of federal financial management practices and grant and contract management policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local government proposal solicitation requirements and processes, and contract compliance.
• Knowledge of modern accounting systems, including sub-ledger use and integration.
• Knowledge of modern database and business intelligence systems and tools.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Skill in interacting with internal technical audiences to ensure requirements are addressed from an information technology perspective.
• Ability to collect, organize, and edit technical concepts into understandable grant and contract proposals.
• Ability to engage effectively with staff at all levels.
• Ability to explain Funds and Grants Management processes and challenges to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to write effectively using compelling language and appropriate grammar.
• Ability to communicate complex operational and policy matters in writing to varied audiences.
• Ability to think innovatively and creatively.
• Use of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, and Adobe Creative Suite and Acrobat.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data and provide recommendations by aggregating and integrating information, including information from the existing financial management system.
• Interpret analyses to support management decisions about operating and capital project funding, forecasting, and jurisdictional and federal reporting.
• Aggregate and integrate data from multiple sources to inform recommendations concerning agency investments, including federal and local funding utilization and debt financing needs.
• Develop and use business intelligence tools to support decisions on current and upcoming budgets and the Authority’s future six-year capital funding plan.
• Support Metro’s project, funding, and budget enterprise resource planning programs; perform, maintain, and optimize project data, billing, funding rules, entry, and administration in those programs.
• Identify and help fulfill funding and grant reporting requirements, including extracting and combining data from disparate systems.
• Develop metrics to measure the effectiveness and efficacy of programs, funding, and administrative resources.
• Maintain and promote awareness of and accountability for safety policies and procedures; promote a positive safety culture and encourage reporting of safety concerns consistent with the Agency Safety Plan, regulatory requirements, and just-culture principles.
• Support all aspects of incoming funding and outgoing project expenses associated with federal and non-federal funding sources.
• Administer the rules-based funds control system, including its interfaces with ledger and non-ledger sources.
• Participate in developing and implementing future finance, budgeting, and funding systems.
• Serve as a point of contact for system administrators and users to help ensure integration across information systems, including inventory, payroll, timekeeping, and receivable/payment systems.
• Support required reporting for federal and non-federal funding sources.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager