Expert Financial Analyst #1994

Compass, Inc; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Defense and Intelligence solutions provider is seeking an expert Financial Analyst located in St. Louis, MO. The role involves executing all types of funding, performing comprehensive budget analyses, and ensuring compliance with DoD and IC directives. Qualified candidates will possess a strong financial background, experience with financial software, and effective communication skills for presenting reports to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Strong financial background with expertise in budget execution.
• Experience drafting Congressional Justification Books and budget narratives.
• Proficient in cost, schedule analysis, and creating budget reports.

Responsibilities

• Perform budget and cost analysis functions in support of TEI activities.
• Assist in preparing and presenting budgets including IPOM/IPBS submissions.
• Schedule and facilitate resource reviews for TEI programs.

Skills

Budget execution experience

Proficiency in appropriations law

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Cost benefit analysis

Experience with financial software

Education

BA/BS or MA/MS in business, management, finance, accounting

Tools

PRISM acquisition/financial software

GEOF financial software

Job description

Required Clearance: TS/SCI

Geographic Location: St. Louis, MO

Financial Analyst (EXPERT) expertise and experience in the execution of all types of funding. Knowledge of Financial Management Regulations, the FAR, DFARS and internal NGA policies and procedures for the execution of RDT&E, O&M, and PDW funding. Experience sending MIPRs, NGA AF-9s or DoD Purchase Requests (PRs), and or 7600s for the execution of funding. Experience drafting or reviewing execution documentation including but not limited to IGCEs, SOWs, D&Fs, etc.

Overall Assignment Description:

Serves as a technical and functional advisor to the Government Program Management Office (GPMO) within NGA/TEI (Open IT Solutions\Enterprise Management Services) and Government staff members for all planning, programming, budgeting and execution (PPB&E) activities of NGA financial resources consistent with DoD and IC policies and directives.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Perform budget and cost analysis functions in support of TEI activities. This includes development and operations of models, tools, and techniques related to budget planning, tracking, execution reconciliation, and analysis.
• Assist in preparing, coordinating, and presenting budgets, including, but not limited to, the IPOM /IPBS and CJB/CBJB submissions and budget execution activities.
• Perform budget status reconciliation, expenditure tracking, management activities, formulate spend plans, and develop and operate financial analysis tools as required.
• Schedule and facilitate monthly TEI Resource Reviews for TEI programs to include an internal budget and spend plan status update.
• Assist TEI’s business functions to facilitate monthly and quarterly reporting to NGA, IC, and Congress.
• Support day-to-day business rhythm execution to enable TEI corporate efficiencies.
• Prepare, maintain, and present financial and budget reports, and briefings with the creation and use of visual aids (graphs, charts, etc.) to senior leadership, as well as drafting, editing, and proofreading documents for publishing

Required Skills:

• BA/BS or MA/MS in business, management, finance, accounting, or equivalent experience
• Experience with PRISM acquisition/financial software.
• Proficiency in appropriations law as it applies to budget execution.
• Experience drafting Congressional Justification Books and Congressional Budget Justification Books.
• Experience supporting agency senior leadership
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with successful briefings to cross-agency senior leadership
• Budget execution experience in the IC or DoD
• Planning and programming experience to include development of budget submission and budget narratives
• Strong experience with cost, schedule, and cost-benefit analyses and recommendations

Desired Skills

• NGA experience strongly preferred
• Experience with GEOF financial software
• Experience with Agile Software Development Lifecycle
• Understanding of cloud provider services

Compass, Inc. (Compass) is a Small Business (SB) headquartered in Winchester, VA as a Defense and Intelligence solutions provider to the United States Government. We provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA), Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS), andSystems Engineering and Integration (SE&I)to our government and business partner customers. As a premier Defense and Intelligence solution provider, we employee a diverse, agile, highly trained and extremely talented staff.

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.