Finance Functional Analyst

Booz Allen Hamilton•Arlington, VA

61d•$99,000 - $225,000

About The Position

Finance Functional Analyst The Opportunity: Does the prospect of unlocking secrets held by finan cia l tra nsa ction details excite you? Are you fascinated by the idea of harnessing the power of technology to support the DoD’s goal of increased accountability and transparency? The DoD’s tremendous volume of interconnected contracts, invoicing, disbursing, general ledger, and trial balance data offer a tremendous opportunity to accomplish this goal at the enterprise level. As a data analyst, you will transform and consolidate these disparate data sets, building databases, reconciliations, met rics, dashboards, and applications to achieve data completeness and facilitate management decision-making. We have an opportunity for you to use your analytical skills to improve accountability in the defense industry. You’ll work closely with your customers to understand their challenges and requirements, digging into their data-rich environments to identify the key pieces of their contract reporting puzzles. You’ll lead stakeholder interviews and fact-finding efforts, develop business rules for customer data sets, and standardize reconciliations to support completeness validations. You’ll provide customers with structured solutions for resp ond ing to inquiries from internal stakeholders, the DoD Inspector General, independent public accountants, and other s. Join us as we use data for good in the defense space. Work with us to drive large-scale business and process decisions through data insights. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

5+ years of experience within DoD or Fortune 500 in the areas of finan cia l reporting, audit, internal controls, and data analytics
Experience acquiring, ingesting, and normalizing data, and organizing databases
Experience writing data ingestion business rules in SQL and building data reconciliations
Experience with project management and Scrum Agile development
Experience leading teams, reviewing work, and helping achieve tight deadlines
Secret clearance
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Management, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or CS

Nice To Haves

Experience with modern relational databases, including MySQL or PostgreSQL
Experience providing recommendations using dashboards, visualizations, or reports using BI platforms such as Qlik Sense or Tableau
Ability to manipulate and integrate databases with SQL, Python, or other languages
Ability to comprehend stakeholder needs effectively, communicate development plans, and track progress milestones
Ability to navigate a complex matrix environment and manage competing priorities
Ability to successfully work on cross-functional projects and teams
Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills, including briefing senior leadership
Possession of excellent quantitative skills, including statistical analysis, process design, and data management
Possession of excellent organization and time management skills to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
Possession of excellent analytical and critical thinking skills, including assessing numbers, trends, and data to reach new conclusions based on findings