Financial Data Analyst

Lynch Consultants Llc; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 79,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

World-class health benefits

Paid vacation and holidays

Performance and referral bonuses

Profit-sharing bonus

Job summary

Lynch Consultants, LLC is seeking a Financial Data Analyst to support the FIAR initiative at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. This onsite role focuses on operationalizing financial data automation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled mission support to strengthen audit readiness.

You'll integrate data from multiple sources, develop dashboards and reports, and implement data quality processes while collaborating with government and contractor teams to scale repeatable analytic solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• 5+ years of relevant data analytics, reporting, or automation experience.
• Active Secret Clearance with eligibility to maintain.
• Intermediate Python skills for data manipulation and validation.
• Intermediate SQL skills for querying and transforming data.
• Intermediate Databricks experience in enterprise data platforms.
• Intermediate accounting knowledge to analyze financial data.
• Intermediate substantive analytical procedures experience.

Responsibilities

• Integrate, transform, validate, and analyze Air Force financial data from multiple sources.
• Develop analytics solutions including reports, dashboards, and visualizations.
• Create data cleansing scripts and repeatable workflows to improve quality.
• Support automation use cases linking FM data sources and processes.
• Assist with AI- and analytics-enabled solutions for audit readiness.
• Apply OCR to extract data from documents and non-standard inputs.
• Support AI/ML tools in secure, client-directed environments.
• Present analytic findings and recommendations to stakeholders across teams.

Skills

5+ years data analytics

Active Secret Clearance

Python

SQL

Databricks

Accounting knowledge

Substantive Analytical Procedures

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Databricks

Python

SQL

Job description

Lynch Consultants, LLC is hiring a Financial Data Analyst to support the Department of the Air Force (DAF) Financial Improvement and Audit Remediation (FIAR) initiative in Dayton, Ohio. In this onsite role at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, you will help operationalize financial data automation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled mission support to strengthen audit readiness.

What you’ll do

• Integrate, transform, validate, and analyze Air Force financial and operational data drawn from multiple sources.
• Develop and maintain analytics solutions, including reports, dashboards, and visualizations aligned to FIAR and financial management (FM) modernization objectives.
• Create data cleansing processes, scripts, and repeatable workflows to improve data quality and reduce manual effort.
• Support automation use cases that connect FM data sources and streamline business processes.
• Assist with AI- and analytics-enabled solutions to improve audit readiness, traceability, and decision support.
• Apply OCR and related technologies to extract and structure data from documents and other non-standard inputs.
• Support the use of large language models and emerging AI/ML tools in operational business environments, consistent with client direction and security constraints.
• Prepare and present analytic findings, recommendations, and solution concepts to Government and contractor stakeholders, coordinating across technical and functional teams to support scalable, repeatable implementations.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in data analytics, database support, reporting, automation, or related technical or business solution delivery.
• Active Secret Clearance with the ability to maintain eligibility.
• Intermediate Python skills, including using Python to manipulate, cleanse, analyze, or validate datasets.
• Intermediate SQL skills, including querying, joining, transforming, and analyzing data from structured sources.
• Intermediate Databricks experience or comparable work within modern enterprise data and analytics platforms.
• Intermediate accounting knowledge to understand and analyze financial transactions, balances, and financial data.
• Intermediate Substantive Analytical Procedures experience, including developing and executing data-driven procedures supporting financial statement audit or audit readiness activities.

Technologies you’ll work with

• Python, SQL, Databricks
• MS Power Application Automation, Power BI, Tableau
• OCR
• Large language models, AI/ML

Location and schedule

• Onsite: Dayton, OH (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base)
• Schedule: 5 days per week in person

Compensation

• $57–61 per hour (estimated $107,000–$114,000 per year), commensurate with experience.

Benefits

• Employer-supported 401(k)
• World-class health benefits
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Performance and referral bonuses
• Profit-sharing bonus available to eligible associates

Preferred qualifications

• Experience supporting Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force, or Federal financial management clients.
• Familiarity with the Operational Air Force Financial Data Structure and Operational Air Force Data Dictionary.
• Experience supporting FIAR, audit readiness, internal controls, or financial statement audit response efforts.
• Experience with MS Power Application Automation.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar visualization platforms.
• Familiarity with cloud-enabled analytics and workflow automation within enterprise data environments supporting financial operations.
• Experience working across functional and technical teams to operationalize analytic and automation capabilities.

Why join Lynch Consultants (LC)

• Competitive total compensation: competitive starting salaries plus a broader total compensation package.
• Flexible career architecture: opportunities to grow by moving up, moving across, or staying in place while taking on new challenges.
• Unlimited promotion opportunities: no advancement cap at Lynch.
• Your career, your choice: support for different paths, including moving toward partnership, exploring service lines, or deepening technical craft.