TheSeniorBudget AnalystshallprovidesupportassistingwiththedevelopmentofDHSbusinessprocessimprovementsand modernization projects. Keyresponsibilitiesinclude: drafting modern businessmethods helpingto identify bestpracticesanddraftingperformancemeasurementsDuties
The contract employee shall support the Region 4 Federal Protective Service (FPS) financial management and senior level staffby assisting in analyzing tracking and monitoring accounting functions in the Federal Financial Management System (FFMS). Tasks include supporting a variety of budgetary analytical technical and administrative functions for substantive organizationalprograms and support activities. The contract employees must be able to apply generally accepted accounting principles to diversetasks and be able to clearly and effectively communicate numerical information to all levels of staff. The contract employee shallprovide support in assisting in the completion of the following tasks:
The contract employee shall provide administrative support with documentation from accounting procurement vendors and program and field offices and determine if and when the status of documents should be considered closed.
Reclassifying expenditures and reconciling financial reports.
Analyzing accounting data reconciling accounts and drafting documents to justify reprogramming actions and submit re-classification requests for approval thru the Supervisory Budget Analyst and/or Financial Program/Cost Analyst forchanges in the financial system.
Analyzing estimates for consolidation of funding requests; assist in verifying cost estimates received from others by evaluating the consistency of dollar estimates against PSO contract exhibits.
Verifying funding status of prior year Security Work Authorizations (SWA) collect financial information that isrequired for audit responses assisting in validating and verifying accounts responding to agency requests fordocumentation to support invoiced amounts assisting in certifying undelivered orders and completing special projects.
Drafting conventional and precedent statistical products.
Retrieving financial system data and utilizing standard statistical methods to assist in analyzing data.
Follow direction from government budget officers or other appropriate channels to help resolve agency client account discrepancies and administratively support accurate/timely invoicing records processing.
Recording and monitoring activities related to the expenditure and disbursement of funds and track/analyze the status offunds.
Performing verbal and written communication with various levels of management and operating personnel to assistManagement with daily operations.
Validating/verifying accounting records.
Providing assistance to special projects to be identified by Region 4 financial and senior level management.
Drafting copying editing calculating revising retrieving storing and printing a wide range of documents in final form (e.g. reports graphs statistics mailing labels tables and etc.).
Reviewing and analyzing financial and budgetary expenditures matters.Education and Experience.
- The contract employee shall have at minimum a BS/BA degree that includes at least 24 hours coursework in finance quantitative methods or accounting.
- The contract employee must have at least four (4) years of active experience in federal financial policy proceduresregulations and guidelines applicable to financial management programs processes and systems with the skills and ability to apply such knowledge to a broad scope of complex assignments.
- The contract employee must also possess the following skill sets:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office computer software applications including Word Access intermediate Excel and PowerPoint.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to conduct online research.