Financial Analyst

Lumbee Tribe Holdings, Inc.• Stafford, VA, US, VA

38d•Onsite

About The Position

The Financial Analyst provides financial management support focused on budgetary analysis directly related to performance in relation to defense systems projects within a PAE Marine Corps program office. The purpose of this support is planning and control. The individual alerts leadership to potential causes for concern, which can in turn lead to revised and/or improved budget plans, and provides metrics criteria for performance evaluations to monitor and improve efficiency.

Requirements

Advanced Microsoft Office skills with an emphasis on Excel proficiency.
Familiarity with auditing, analytical reports and spreadsheets, procurement and contracts, project controls, and DoD (Marine Corps preferred) processes and systems.
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing and to identify and resolve issues.
Must be detail and process-oriented and possess a high degree of organization and proven time-management skills.
Demonstrates advanced expertise in defense budget execution, appropriations analysis, and financial reporting within a DoD program office environment.
Requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills, advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and DoD financial systems, and the ability to translate complex budgetary data into clear recommendations for program leadership.

Responsibilities

Perform research and analysis of appropriations.
Develop and draft reports, documents, and briefs with program inputs per programmatic requirement using Program Budgeting Information Systems (PBIS), Standard Accounting Budgeting Reporting System (SABRS) Management Advanced Retrieval System (SMARTS), the Defense Travel System (DTS), Data Acquisition Interface (DAI), Cerberus, the Defense Contract Audit Service (DCAS), and Advana.
Update and deliver Budget Execution Summaries reflecting real-time status of commitments, obligations, and expenditures for multi-year appropriations at the BLI and sub-head level.
Evaluate and provide analysis and recommendations on the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) process and the DAR-Q research and closeout process.
Prepare budget graphs, metrics, spreadsheets, and analytical reports, and upload all information onto the program office's SharePoint portal for tracking.
Provide recommendations based on program input in response to reporting requirements, funding taskers, program office and Command taskers, and PM reviews.
Monitor, review, analyze, and update spreadsheets to PM format.
Recommend, update, and draft funding execution variance explanations for phasing plans for the USMC Comptroller.
Generate and submit documents at a historical rate of 10-15 per month, utilizing DAI (iProcurement) for documents submitted.