Sr. Financial Analyst

Abacus Technology; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Abacus Technology is seeking a Sr. Financial Analyst to provide financial and budgetary support for the FAA. This full-time role, based in Washington, DC, involves financial analysis, cost control, pricing, and reporting to ensure effective financial management of cloud resources and projects.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years in financial analysis, a relevant bachelor's degree, and the ability to communicate complex financials clearly to diverse stakeholders. U.S.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in financial analysis.
• Ability to communicate business financials clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong documentation skills with attention to data quality and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Provide business management support such as financial analysis, cost control, customer pricing, and financial reporting.
• Describe and create defined business and operations controls and processes.
• Classify, monitor, track, and summarize financial data for reports (e.g., burn rates) on a recurring basis.
• Use automated scripts and alerts to monitor account budgets and investigate root causes when expenditures exceed budgets.
• Manage and optimize Reserved Instances and Savings Plans using pre-developed scripts and alerts; provide strategic recommendations.
• Provide financial analysis and cost estimations to determine optimal cloud solutions for customers.
• Perform comparative analyses of cloud hosting solutions to support informed decisions.

Skills

Quantitative financial analysis

Budgetary control

Communication of financials

Analytical thinking

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Related field

Job description

Sr. Financial Analyst

Job Location: US-DC-Washington

Job ID: 2026-8620

Overview

Abacus Technology is seeking a Financial Analyst to provide financial and budgetary support for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This is a full-time position.

Responsibilities

Provide business management support such as financial analysis, cost control, customer pricing, and financial reporting. These functions include business process analysis to describe and create defined business and operations controls and processes.

• Classify, monitor, track, and summarize financial data for the preparation and submission of reports (e.g., burn rates) on a recurring basis.
• Use automated scripts and custom alerts to monitor individual account budgets and investigate the root cause when real-time expenditures exceed budgets to ensure effective financial management.
• Manage and optimize the utilization of Reserved Instances and Savings Plans by using pre-developed automated scripts and custom alerts and provide strategic recommendations to ensure full utilization of these cloud resources.
• Provide financial analysis, cost estimation, and other analyses in support of determining optimal cloud solution for AIF customers.
• Perform comparative analyses of various competitively bid cloud hosting solutions to support informed decision-making.

Qualifications

10+ years experience in financial analysis. Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, organization and management, or related field. Demonstrated skill in quantitative financial analysis and budgetary control, with thorough working knowledge of general accounting principles and practices. Able to provide enhancement and development of existing and future financial planning models and decision tools, monitoring actual financial performance against plan objectives and preparation of various management reports and performance summaries. Able to communicate business financials clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and collaborate with cross-functional teams. Strong documentation skills with a commitment to quality and accuracy of data and financial reporting. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Must be detail-oriented with a focus on quality and compliance. Must be a US citizen.

Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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