Financial Policy Analyst (Senior) with Security Clearance

About the role

We are currently seeking a Financial Policy Analyst (Senior) to join a team in Northern Virginia supporting a government customer.

Responsibilities

• Provides support to the government in the development of policies, procedures, and business process and/or financial management system improvements that enable agency fiscal compliance and audit remediation efforts.
• Assists in leading team of contract support staff.
• Develops staff packages and supporting materials.
• Prepares and delivers briefings to NGA, FM, and/or oversight agency senior leadership as necessary.
• Develops clear and concise NGA policies and procedures within the NGA governance framework related to accounting, budgeting, financial execution, fiscal law, and travel.
• Manages agency coordination of draft financial management policies.
• Vets policies promulgated by other NGA directorates for compliance with laws and regulations (specifically, laws and regulations related to accounting, budgeting, fiscal law, and travel).
• Provides financial policy advice, guidance, and interpretation to NGA Components.
• Utilizes office tools to document and track frequently asked questions, fiscal law issues, taskings, and policy inquiries.
• Administers support agreements received by FM for coordination for fiscal issues to ensure compliance with laws and regulations and ensure the agency equities are documented.
• Advises NGA Components on fiscal matters to ensure fiscal compliance with minimum impact to mission.
• Edits FM directorate documents (e.g. staff packages, policies, terms of reference, studies, strategies, meeting summaries, etc.) for accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Engages NGA Components to develop, review, and implement policies to support audit readiness or remediation to ensure conformance with agency standards.
• Collaborates with the NGA Corporate Policy Office to prepare draft policies for agency coordination and comment and coordinate revision of draft polices for publication.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business management, or equivalent work experience.
• At least 10 years of experience in a federal financial management function such as an accountant, financial auditor, financial analyst, or financial system analyst.
• Demonstrated specialized experience in developing clear and concise policies and procedures related to accounting, budgeting, financial execution, and travel.
• At least 2 years demonstrated recent experience (w/in past 5 years) in supporting Momentum-based financial systems implementation, upgrades and enhancements.

Skills and Experience

• Required:
• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business management, or equivalent work experience.
• At least 10 years of experience in a federal financial management function such as an accountant, financial auditor, financial analyst, or financial system analyst.
• Demonstrated specialized experience in developing clear and concise policies and procedures related to accounting, budgeting, financial execution, and travel.
• At least 2 years demonstrated recent experience (w/in past 5 years) in supporting Momentum-based financial systems implementation, upgrades and enhancements.
• Desired:
• Certified Public Accountant or Certified Government Financial Manager.
• Demonstrated specialized experience with DoD or IC financial management business processes and financial systems.
• Demonstrated specialized experience researching and interpreting appropriations law as well as specialized experience in application of the Anti-deficiency Act.
• Demonstrated specialized experience reviewing and coordinating support agreements, interagency agreements, memorandums of understanding, or memorandums of agreement.