Financial Management Specialist

Aetos Systems, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Education and professional development assistance

Multiple healthcare benefit packages

401K

Civic Leave

Paid time off for personal leave and holidays

Job summary

A defense contracting firm is seeking a qualified Financial Management expert to support financial operations and audit readiness. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in transaction processing, data analysis, and compliance within a regulated environment. Responsibilities include ensuring data integrity, supporting internal controls, and troubleshooting financial issues. This role requires a Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field and at least five years of experience in financial management operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years experience in financial audit readiness or reporting.
• Experience with troubleshooting data discrepancies.
• Must be a U.S. citizen meeting background investigation requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support financial audit readiness efforts.
• Process, analyze, reconcile, and report financial transactions.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and regulations.

Skills

Financial audit readiness support

Financial data integrity

Data analysis and reporting

Troubleshooting transaction issues

Microsoft Azure

Operational data management

Regulated financial processes

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Windows Environments

Cloud-based platforms

Job description

Job Summary

Aetos Systems, Inc. is seeking a highly qualified Financial Management expert to support the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) financial operations, audit readiness, transportation financial management, and data integrity activities. This position requires experience supporting complex financial transaction processing, reporting, system-based analysis, and compliance with regulated government processes within a controlled environment.

The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical skills, sound financial and systems knowledge, and the ability to work across complex financial and operational data flows to support reporting accuracy, audit readiness, troubleshooting, and overall data integrity.

Key Responsibilities

• Support financial audit readiness efforts
• Process, analyze, reconcile, and report financial transactions
• Ensure financial data integrity across financial, transportation, and operational systems
• Ensure compliance with regulated processes, procedures, and internal controls
• Organize, analyze, and manage complex financial and operational data using approved software tools
• Support the review and use of SOC 1 Type 2 reports within a controlled environment
• Create, validate, and support DLA accrual reports
• Pull and analyze high-volume system feed data in support of transportation and payment operations
• Troubleshoot data flow, transaction, and payment issues using specialized system access and diagnostic capabilities
• Provide insight into financial processes and data flows through specialized user access not available through standard roles
• Support billing processes and general government accounting procedures
• Analyze and support electronic transportation shipment transactions (EDI 858) and FACTS‑related air clearance and transportation management processes
• Support data integration and transaction flow across transportation, payment, and financial management systems

Requirements

• Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Required Experience (minimum five years in one or more of the following areas):
  • Financial audit readiness support for a federal or Department of War (DoW) organization
  • Processing, analyzing, reconciling, and reporting financial transactions
  • Financial data integrity, validation, and reporting
  • Applying regulated financial, operational, and internal control processes
  • Using software systems and tools to organize, manage, and analyze complex financial and operational data
  • Supporting transportation, logistics, or payment‑related financial operations
  • Creating reports, accruals, or other financial management outputs
  • Supporting data flows, transaction traceability, and system‑to‑system reconciliation
  • Working with government accounting processes, billing procedures, or working capital fund activities
  • Troubleshooting financial transaction issues, data discrepancies, or payment‑related problems
  • Supporting audit support activities, internal controls, or compliance reviews in a controlled environment
  • Working with Microsoft Windows environments and cloud‑based platforms such as Microsoft Azure
  • Supporting high‑volume operational or financial data environments
• Required Skills, Qualifications, Technical Experience, Certifications, etc.:
  • Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to meet background investigation requirements relevant to the position, consistent with applicable laws
  • Must be willing to comply with pre‑employment and random drug testing, in accordance with company policy

Preferred Experience

• Third Party Payment System (TPPS) / U.S. Bank Freight Payment
• Warehouse Management System (WMS)
• Distribution Standard System (DSS)
• Vendor Shipment Module (VSM)
• Global Freight Management (GFM)
• Logistics Tools Suite (LTS)
• Tracker Lite application
• Transportation Global Edit Tablet (TGET)
• Financial and Air Clearance Transportation System (FACTS)
• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI 858)
• System and Organization Controls (SOC 1, Type 2) reports
• Transportation Account Code (TAC) to Line of Accounting (LOA) translation processes
• DLA accrual reporting
• Transportation Working Capital Fund (TWCF) billing processes

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Education and professional development assistance
• Multiple healthcare benefit packages & 24/7 virtual on‑demand doctors’ visits
• 401K
• Civic Leave – time off to support your favorite charity or community
• Paid time off for personal leave and holidays