Financial Analyst

Ignite Digital Federal Services; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Education stipends

Referral bonuses

Work with U.S. federal government

Volunteer opportunities

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Ignite Digital is seeking a Finance Manager & Operations Coordinator to support the NIWC NSECT IPT, managing budgets, dashboards, and funds for a fast-paced government contracting environment. You will prepare spend plans, coordinate with BFM, and help forecast costs while ensuring data accuracy across projects.

The role emphasizes collaboration with IPT leadership, experience with Power BI and Excel, and an ability to communicate clearly with stakeholders. Government experience preferred.

Qualifications

• PM experience and project coordination skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with stakeholders.
• Knowledge of G-invoicing and government contracting basics.
• Understanding of 51/49 rule for NIWC funds.

Responsibilities

• Update financial dashboards weekly.
• Support IPT BFMs and leadership.
• Create project cost estimates and spend plans.
• Coordinate funds acceptance and NWAs for new funds.
• Ensure spend plan data feeds Power BI model for cross-project views.
• Assist with obligation authority and monthly expenditure projections.

Skills

PM experience

stakeholder comms

written/verbal comms

G-invoicing knowledge

51/49 rule understanding

Tools

Excel

Planner

Power BI

SharePoint

Job description

Ignite Digital enables national security agencies to accelerate decisions, elevate operational outcomes and achieve the outsized performance only an inside partner can deliver.

We combine mission experience, domain knowledge and technologyexpertisewith the things partners can only know by being there every day. When agencies need a combination of tech and touch, Ignite Digital creates outcome-driving partnerships and stands with agencies toaccomplishmissionobjectives.

Ignite Digital accelerates capability to the speed of every mission, deploying intelligent solutions and AI integration for faster, better transformation. Ignite delivers partnership beyond presentations to inspire the confidence to lead in a digital-forward world.

Ignite Digital. The Edge from Within.

Perks of Working at Ignite Digital:

• Competitive pay and benefits, including PTO
• Education stipends and referral bonuses
• Compelling work with the U.S. federal government
• Strong emphasis on volunteer and community engagement
• Opportunity to shape the future of our industry
• Supportive colleagues and management who invest in your growth

The NIWC Atlantic Non-traditional Sensors, Effects, Communications, & Technology (NSECT) IPT Finance Manager & Operations Coordinator supports IPT Leadership, the Finance team, and Team Leads through:

• Updating financial dashboards on a weekly basis
• Providing support to IPT BFMs
• Coordinating with the BFM team for all funds acceptance, both reimbursable and direct cite. This includes creating the project structure and NWAs in N-ERP for new funds received, populating and routing the FDA's for IPT and 1.0 review and signature
• Creating project cost estimates, communicating scheduled funding request plans with sponsors, completing funds acceptance with the IPT BFM, and creating and maintaining spend plans for the IPT alongside team leadership. Ensure all funding received has an associated spend plan created using the latest spend plan template. Work with the leads to ensure regular updates are captured for forecasted costs. This includes ensuring the spend plan data is aggregating and ingested into the PowerBI data model for cross project views of labor allocation and planned vs actual expenditure rates.
• Supporting command data calls with information on obligation authority, projected monthly expenditures, and carryover projections
• Supporting service PR actions by provided NWA and funding document information needed to award contract modifications

Required Skills:

• Proficiency with Microsoft Apps, especially Excel, Planner, Power BI, and SharePoint.
• Project Management experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to communicate in both written and verbal format to stakeholders
• Ensures problems are communicated from teams up to leadership, and vice versa.
• Knowledge of project orders, outdocs, G-invoicing, and GT&Cs.
• Understanding of the 51/49 rule as it applies to NIWC reimbursable funds and project orders.

Salary:75k+ dependent on education and experience

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Ignite Digital is a Small Business committed to providing exceptional service to government agencies at competitive prices. The capabilities and experience of our staff and our extensive industry relationships distinguish Ignite Digital Services among government contractors.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

For individuals who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://bit.ly/2XqZoLM (CA) or https://bit.ly/3Eo922f (SC) or contact Human Resources. Ignite Digital Services will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal employment opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will Ignite Digital Services require, in a posting or otherwise, U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract.

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