Financial Analyst- Senior

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:Over ten years of experience performing analysis related to financial and budget management principles. Analyzes past and present financial data of organization and estimates future revenues and expenditures, applying principles of finance. Runs and documents financial analysis projects. Aids organization with financial functions, such as assessing, auditing, planning, budgeting, taxes, consolidation, cost control, and project control. Advises management on matters, such as effective use of resources and assumptions underlying budget forecasts.

Interprets budgets and spend plans to management. May act as consultant to management on financial policies, procedures, and applications. Mayassist communities in developing budget and efficient use of funds. May provide functional and technical direction to other staff members.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:Bachelor's Degree with
10+years' experience.

CERTIFICATIONS OR

QUALIFICATIONS:

CDFMdesiredbut not required.

POSITION

DESCRIPTION:

The Senior Financial  Analyst supports the planning, policy, execution, reporting, and oversight of Financial Management (FM) operations in consultation with team members, Team Lead, and Project Manager (PM) guidance. Support budget execution, cost accounting, resource evaluation and analysis (RE&A), OMB A-123, and financial statement audit initiatives. Identify and report financial system/process anomalies and improvement requirements. Serve as a liaison between stakeholders, including the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS.)

Provide technical guidance on routine financial matters. Support Fiscal Year (FY) closeout activities, including funds execution, reconciliation, validation, and certification. Support the development and delivery of financial management training, assistance, and inspection programs. Develop and deliver briefings relative to FM operations.

Specifically, theSenior

Financial Analyst position will be supporting U.S. Marine Corps activities and personnel with the execution of assigned responsibilities within the Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI). This includes receiving, analyzing, prioritizing, coordinating, diagnosing, and resolving requests for assistance through virtual, remote, and in-person support, primarily with geographically local activities. Routine scenarios may be resolved through the application of existing guidance and training aids while non-routine scenarios may require significant research and coordination to develop, propose, and implement service-wide solutions.

Duties and expectations include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Extensive knowledge of business processes,DAIreports, and feeder system tools to analyze historical financial transactions and reconcile Key Supporting Documentation (KSD) to DAI balances.
• Familiarity with and capability to access, navigate, and transact within DAI.
• Familiarity with DAI modules:
  Budget-to-Report (B2R), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Order-to-Cash (O2C), Cost Accounting (CA), and reporting through Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE).
• Provide functional and technical expertise to assist the workforce in the execution of their assigned responsibilities.
• Integrate job aids/quick reference guides specific to the USMC configuration, encompassing the most commonly performed business processes into informal training opportunities to increase proficiency across the user base.
• Establish a system for continuous monitoring of data interfaces to proactively identify and address potential issues before they cause significant accounting problems inDAI. This includes monitoring for data completeness, timeliness, and accuracy.
• Investigate the root causes of "abnormal accounting conditions" within DAI by tracing data…