Financial Analyst: Forecasting & Strategy for Transit

RM Advisory Services, LLC; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

RM Advisory Services, LLC is seeking a Financial Analyst to support WMATA’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer. The role offers hands-on experience with financial modeling, forecasting, budget analysis, and executive decision support in a major public transportation organization.

You will build tools and analyses to understand costs, forecast performance, evaluate options, and communicate insights to leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Public Administration, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of relevant experience in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, or data analysis specific to the government or transportation field.
• Must be located in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
• Strong Excel and financial modeling skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
• Government and/or transportation sector experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build Excel-based financial models and forecasting tools for personnel costs, revenue, contracts, grants, and operating expenses.
• Support two-year and six-year financial forecasting and long‑range affordability analysis.
• Perform budget-to-actual variance and expense trend analysis.
• Develop business cases, cost-benefit analyses, and staffing alternative analyses.
• Forecast fare and non-fare revenue and perform scenario and sensitivity analysis.
• Support grant, subsidy, contract, operational, and energy cost analyses.
• Create reusable templates, dashboards, and reporting tools.
• Prepare clear Excel, PowerPoint, and Word summaries for leadership.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Government/transportation experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Public Administration, Data Analytics, or a related field

Tools

Excel

Financial modeling

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

RM Advisory Services, LLC is seeking a Financial Analyst to support WMATA’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer. The role offers hands-on experience with financial modeling, forecasting, budget analysis, and executive decision support in a major public transportation organization.

You will build tools and analyses to understand costs, forecast performance, evaluate options, and communicate insights to leadership.