Financial Policy Analyst; Intermediate Security Clearance

Position: Financial Policy Analyst (Intermediate) with Security Clearance
Serves as a member of a team that supports the Comptroller Office in the Financial Management Directorate, assists the government with audit remediation, and supports government representatives at meetings.
* Provides support to the government in the development of policies, procedures, and business process and/or financial management system improvements that enable agency fiscal compliance and audit remediation efforts.
* Develops staff packages and supporting materials.
* Prepares and delivers briefings to NGA, FM, and/or oversight agency senior leadership as necessary.
* Develops clear and concise NGA policies and procedures within the NGA governance framework related to accounting, budgeting, financial execution, fiscal law, and travel.
* Manages agency coordination of draft financial management policies.
* Vets policies promulgated by other NGA directorates for compliance with laws and regulations (specifically, laws and regulations related to accounting, budgeting, fiscal law, and travel).
* Provides financial policy advice, guidance, and interpretation to NGA Components.
* Utilizes office tools to document and track frequently asked questions, fiscal law issues, taskings, and policy inquiries.
* Administers support agreements received by FM for coordination for fiscal issues to ensure compliance with laws and regulations and ensure the agency equities are documented.
* Advises NGA Components on fiscal matters to ensure fiscal compliance with minimum impact to mission.
* Edits FM directorate documents (e.g. staff packages, policies, terms of reference, studies, strategies, meeting summaries, etc.) for accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
* Engages NGA Components to develop, review, and implement policies to support audit readiness or remediation to ensure conformance with agency standards.
* Collaborates with the NGA Corporate Policy Office to prepare draft policies for agency coordination and comment and coordinate revision of draft polices for publication.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business management, or equivalent work experience.

Experience:

At least 7 years of experience in a federal financial management function such as an accountant, financial auditor, financial analyst, or financial system analyst.
* Demonstrated specialized experience in developing clear and concise policies and procedures related to accounting, budgeting, financial execution, and travel.
* Demonstrated specialized experience researching and interpreting appropriations law as well as specialized experience in application of the Anti-deficiency Act. Desired:
* Certified Public Accountant or other professional financial certification.
* At least 2 years demonstrated recent experience (w/in past 5 years) in supporting Momentum-based financial systems implementation, upgrades and enhancements
* Demonstrated specialized experience with DoD or IC financial management business processes and financial systems.
* Demonstrated specialized experience reviewing and coordinating support agreements, interagency agreements, memorandums of understanding, or memorandums of agreement. Clearance:
Active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph We hire Military! Work, Physical and Mental Requirements
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