Financial Analyst 2

Socket.dev; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev seeks a finance office support professional to execute day-to-day financial management for appropriated and DWCF programs. You will prepare funding packages, reconcile books, monitor burn rates, and produce accurate reports in DISA systems such as FAMIS and the Financial Dashboard.

You will analyze Excel workbooks, maintain spend plans across fiscal years, and ensure compliance with DoW funding rules while contributing to senior leader briefings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a financial field is required.
• DoW Financial Management Level I certification or SDFM/CDFM is a plus.
• Four+ years of DoW financial management experience with General Funds and DWCF.
• Knowledge of DoW regulations and procedures is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Execute day-to-day finance office support for appropriated and DWCF programs.
• Prepare and process funding packages; reconcile books and analyze spend plans.
• Monitor burn rates, variances, and unliquidated obligations; maintain financial data and reports in DISA systems.
• Produce status-of-funds reports and briefings for senior leadership with high accuracy.
• Create and maintain briefings and spreadsheets to support financial reports.

Skills

Financial analysis

Excel reporting

Budget tracking

Discipline/compliance

Education

Baccalaureate degree in a financial field

Tools

DISA systems (FAMIS)

Financial Dashboard

Job description

Essential Job Functions:

Executes day-to-day finance office support for appropriated and Defense Working Capital Fund (DWCF) programs. Prepares and processes funding packages; reconciles checkbooks and economic analysis workbooks; updates and tracks spend plans; monitors burn rates, variances, and unliquidated obligations; and maintains financial data and reports in DISA systems (e.g., FAMIS, Financial Dashboard). Supports production of status-of-funds reports, senior leadership briefings, and other deliverables to ensure 95% accuracy and timely execution.

• Experience providing financial management support within the Department of War, to include production of as well as quality assurance of financial packages, briefings, and reports.
• Financial acumen to maintain, track and analyze execution of assigned programs against OSD obligation and disbursement targets, including, but not limited to:
• Knowledge of Defense Working Capital Fund and Appropriated Funds, DoW PPBE, DoW Program Objective Memorandum development and submission process as well as knowledge of Fiscal Law.
• Ability to analyze, report and reconcile various Excel workbooks using raw data files from enterprise financial systems in order to properly report financial status of assigned programs and/or overall IE organization.
• Ability to maintain and update Spend Plans, throughout active fiscal years, in order to assist assigned programs to remain within annual budget controls.
• Ability to analyze organization's financial status to inform and report accurate financial status to assist with processing financial funding packages and meeting OSD obligation and disbursement thresholds.
• Good verbal and written communication skills to interact with various IE counterparts, including government and support contractors.
• Ability to maintain, create and contribute to miscellaneous briefings and spreadsheets to assist with financial reports.
• Ability to perform financial reconciliation and database research (to include Unliquidated Obligations (ULO). Understanding of reimbursable funding programs.
• Ability to perform quality assurance on contract required deliverables as needed.
• Ability to support various team assignments/tasks and work both within a team setting and independently

Qualifications:

• Required Education: Baccalaureate degree in a financial field
• Desired Certification (a plus but not required): DoW Financial Management Level I certification or the Society for Defense Financial Management (SDFM) Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) certification
• Required Experience: Four or more years in DoW Financial Management related work with an emphasis on both General Funds and Defense Working Capital Funds.
• Desired Experience: Experience with DoW regulations and procedures is highly desirable. Non-DoW experience may be substituted if equivalent.