Senior Financial Analyst​/Cost Modeler (RMU

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Cape Fox subsidiary, Kwaan Tech, LLC, is seeking a highly organized and motivated Senior Financial Analyst/Cost Modeler to support the Resource Management Unit (RMU) for a federal government client. The position will support budget strategy and planning, service level agreements, interagency agreements, legislative proposals, cost assessments and fee setting, rule making, and audit and management control processes. This position is contingent upon contract award.

The above salary range represents the company’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. In addition, we offer a variety of benefits, including company holidays, paid time off, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life and disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, as well as a 401K with company match. This job will be posted until filled or withdrawn.

• Functions as a Cost Modeler/Senior Financial Analyst performing expert analysis, coordination, and running of the Cost-of-Service Model (CoSM) software for the RMU
• Drafts and delivers annual cost model updates per requirements from designated Government Point of Contact in collaboration with team
• Serves as Costing expert for consular services
• Uses knowledge of consular services and functions to verify the assumptions and calculations in the cost model
• Recommends fees for consular and reimbursable services in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies to ensure cost recovery
• Analyze unit costs to account for various scenarios that affect changes in workload, resources, costs, and policies
• Maintains multiple auditable versions of annual cost model data sets with multiple permutations that reflect various phases of the federal budget cycle and policy requirements
• Uses advanced data analysis tools, including SQL, R, and Python, to integrate data from multiple sources for analysis and integration into the cost modeling software
• Recommends and implements changes to the model structures and processes to improve the balance of efficiency, accuracy, and precision of the annual cost analysis
• Applies expert knowledge of consular services, fees, and collection authorities to assist with revenue and carry forward analysis
• Updates Standard Operating Procedures for maintaining the cost model, data collection integration, and data structure
• Trains colleagues on the model, data collection, and software to support a whole team’s effort in efficient and accurate cost modeling
• Participation in all team meetings is directed to include topics such as planning, preparation, data collection and analysis, data validation, modeling, model data validation, unit cost analysis, and fee and revenue analysis
• Provides expert recommendations and innovations to take full advantage of cost modeling techniques, software, and policies to improve efficiency and accuracy of cost models
• Other duties as required by the team and /or assigned byRMU leadership

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• Must hold a bachelor’s degree
• 10 years of experience in project or programming management
• Expert knowledge and demonstrated use of Activity Based Costing (ABC) methodology
• Expertise in working with large data extracts and files, including sorting expenditure data to format for fee modeling purposes
• Knowledge and skills in utilizing user fee statutes, regulations, and policies
• Skills in advanced data analytic tools, including Python, R, SQL
• Experience conducting risk analysis and statistical forecasting
• Data visualization skills, particularly in Power BI, R, and/or Tableau strongly preferred
• Expert knowledge of data collection, manipulation,…