Senior DoW Financial Systems and Audit Analyst

Shenandoah University; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

RM Advisory Services LLC is seeking a Senior Dow Financial Systems and Audit Analyst to support DoW financial-management operations, system analysis, data reconciliation, dashboards, and audit responses on an anticipated DoD contract. The ideal candidate has DoD experience, strong DoD accounting knowledge, and the ability to work with various stakeholders across the Marine Corps and other DoD entities.

This role requires an Active Secret clearance and a background in financial systems and

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance at the time of contract award.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, information systems, business, data analytics, or a related field.
• At least five years of relevant DoD financial-management, financial-systems, accounting, or audit-readiness experience.
• Demonstrated experience working with DoD financial-management requirements, including USSGL, SFIS, and internal-control or audit-readiness requirements.
• Experience performing financial or system reconciliations, root-cause analysis, and data validation.
• Experience preparing clear written analyses, recommendations, procedures, and senior-leadership briefings.
• Ability to work effectively with accountants, system personnel, data professionals, process owners, auditors, and senior Government stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Analyze DoW transactions, accounting results, interfaces, and financial reports to identify coding, completeness, accuracy, and data-quality issues.
• Reconcile DoW information to feeder systems, source documentation, general-ledger balances, and other authoritative data.
• Research issues involving accruals, USSGL accounts, fiscal codes, system interfaces, abnormal or overaged transactions, and financial reporting.
• Document source-to-report data flows, business rules, data definitions, transformations, and system dependencies.
• Develop written analyses describing identified conditions, applicable criteria, root causes, financial and system impacts, alternatives, and recommended corrective actions.
• Develop, maintain, and validate financial dashboards, performance measures, standardized reports, and ad hoc analyses.
• Support Beginning Balance, Universe of Transactions, general-ledger reconciliation, variance analysis, DAR-Q, certification, and related reporting activities.
• Develop fiscal-code crosswalks and assess how proposed code, configuration, or system changes may affect related processes and reporting.
• Coordinate and quality-review Provided-by-Client requests, audit evidence, and responses to auditor follow-up questions.
• Use data-analysis tools to profile transaction populations, identify anomalies, validate evidence, and distinguish isolated exceptions from systemic conditions.
• Analyze audit findings and assist process and system owners with developing, monitoring, and validating corrective actions.
• Participate in working groups involving Marine Corps, DON, OSD, DFAS, DLA, auditors, and other financial-management stakeholders.
• Develop procedures, business rules, data definitions, process documentation, and training materials that support consistent and sustainable operations.

Skills

DoD transactions analysis

Data reconciliation

Dashboard development

Data management

Audit readiness

Root cause analysis

Crosswalk development

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, information systems, business, data analytics, or a related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

RM Advisory Services LLC (RMAS), a licensed CPA firm and Federal small-business contractor, is seeking a Senior Dow Financial Systems and Audit Analyst for an anticipated engagement supporting a DoW financial-management operations. The position will support financial-system analysis, data reconciliation, dashboard and reporting activities, data management, audit response, and corrective-action implementation.

The ideal candidate will combine current DoW experience with a strong understanding of DoW/Federal accounting, financial reporting, financial data, internal controls, and audit readiness. Experience supporting Marine Corps or Department of the Navy financial-management organizations is highly desirable.

Required Skills

• Analyze DoW transactions, accounting results, interfaces, and financial reports to identify coding, completeness, accuracy, and data-quality issues.
• Reconcile DoW information to feeder systems, source documentation, general-ledger balances, and other authoritative data.
• Research issues involving accruals, USSGL accounts, fiscal codes, system interfaces, abnormal or overaged transactions, and financial reporting.
• Document source-to-report data flows, business rules, data definitions, transformations, and system dependencies.
• Develop written analyses describing identified conditions, applicable criteria, root causes, financial and system impacts, alternatives, and recommended corrective actions.
• Develop, maintain, and validate financial dashboards, performance measures, standardized reports, and ad hoc analyses.
• Support Beginning Balance, Universe of Transactions, general-ledger reconciliation, variance analysis, DAR-Q, certification, and related reporting activities.
• Develop fiscal-code crosswalks and assess how proposed code, configuration, or system changes may affect related processes and reporting.
• Coordinate and quality-review Provided-by-Client requests, audit evidence, and responses to auditor follow-up questions.
• Use data-analysis tools to profile transaction populations, identify anomalies, validate evidence, and distinguish isolated exceptions from systemic conditions.
• Analyze audit findings and assist process and system owners with developing, monitoring, and validating corrective actions.
• Participate in working groups involving Marine Corps, DON, OSD, DFAS, DLA, auditors, and other financial-management stakeholders.
• Develop procedures, business rules, data definitions, process documentation, and training materials that support consistent and sustainable operations.

Required Experience

• Active Secret security clearance at the time of contract award.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, information systems, business, data analytics, or a related field.
• At least five years of relevant DoD financial-management, financial-systems, accounting, or audit-readiness experience.
• Demonstrated experience working with DAI transactions, data, reporting, interfaces, or business processes.
• Knowledge of DoD financial-management requirements, including the DoD Financial Management Regulation, USSGL, SFIS, and internal-control or audit-readiness requirements.
• Experience performing financial or system reconciliations, root-cause analysis, and data validation.
• Experience preparing clear written analyses, recommendations, procedures, and senior-leadership briefings.
• Ability to work effectively with accountants, system personnel, data professionals, process owners, auditors, and senior Government stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.