Financial Management Analyst

Job Description: The Accounting Analyst will: Analyze accounting records, financial transactions, reports, schedules, automated-system data, and financial processes. Ensure accurate, timely, auditable accounting operations and identify systemic control weaknesses, operational risks, and opportunities for improvement. Use financial, accounting, logistics, and reporting systems and other financial tools to research, validate, reconcile, process, and correct contract, purchase-card, travel, reimbursable, and consumable-supply transactions. Review funding, procurement, and budget documents to verify funding elements, accounting classifications, and lines of accounting. Resolve complex discrepancies; and advise management on accounting changes, corrective actions, financial risks, and process improvements affecting financial execution and mission support. Respond to customer inquiries; process and certify fund availability within delegated authority; and monitor electronic certifications to ensure proper use of appropriations, funding restrictions, and limitations. Maintain auditable records and prepare audit responses, financial-data-call responses, key supporting documentation, transaction histories, reconciliation statements, and evidence of internal controls. Prepare staff studies, internal and external correspondence, cost estimates, recommendations, and supporting documentation. Develop and implement local procedures and guidance for agreement administration; and evaluate the effectiveness of those procedures. Develop, implement, and evaluate local guidance, reporting requirements, review methods, risk-assessment criteria, and schedules for internal-control reviews, validation efforts, and testing activities. Work with functional managers to identify and establish assessable units; evaluate internal controls and conduct risk assessments. Review financial and operational documentation; and identify systemic weaknesses, recurring deficiencies, and areas requiring corrective action.