Principal Financial Associate with Security Clearance

Support Objectives

Serves as a member of a team that:

• Supports the Financial Management Directorate and FM Business Solutions Office (FMZ).
• Affords assistance and advice to NGA for troubleshooting current GEO-F functionality.
• Translates operational requirements to technical specifications and implementation.

Duties

• Develops and implements solutions to financial data management challenges using advanced Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Structured Query Language (SQL), SQL Server, Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel technologies.
• Leads research and stakeholder interviews to document and understand requirements (data inputs and outputs), business processes, and existing data challenges with an eye toward developing and implementing process improvements.
• Performs in-depth analysis to understand the links between business processes, data inputs, information requirements (outputs), and potential solutions.
• Collaborates with other FM stakeholders to load quarterly budget authority.
• Develops and implements financial business system enhancements for GEO-F.
• After operational needs for enhancements or system changes are assessed, defines and develops technical requirements and specifications for development and test.
• Leverages knowledge of financial management processes, software, applications, tools, and systems with a vision toward process improvement.
• Understands and supports organization's performance management, metrics and measures.

Skills and Experience

• Required:
• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph
• Possess a Bachelor's degree or higher in a business-related field such as Business, Finance, Accounting, Management, Computer Science, Economics.
• 12 years of total experience in assessing federal financial business processes, developing financial systems options, and implementing system solution to include demonstrated experience with federal financial management including all aspects of programming, planning, budgeting, execution and/or accounting.
• In addition to above, specialized demonstrated experience in the following criteria (total 8 years):
• At least 2 years of demonstrated experience in executing or writing advanced Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and Structured Query Language (SQL) scripts for testing and execution
• At least 2 years of demonstrated experience in identifying system options and business process recommendations to improve business processes through coordinating with many stakeholder group OR demonstrated experience with system software development activities that may include requirements definition, process mapping, configuration management, and system testing supporting Momentum-based financial systems.
• At least 2 years of demonstrated experience communicating technical issues and working knowledge of United States Standard General Ledger (USSGL) in accordance with treasury guidelines
• At least 2 years demonstrated experience in supporting Momentum-based financial systems implementation, upgrades and enhancements
• Desired:
• At least 3 years of demonstrated experience with system software development activities that may include requirements definition, process mapping, configuration management, testing, and user support.
• At least 5 years of demonstrated experience in financial programming, planning, budgeting, execution and/or accounting in Momentum based application
• At least 3 years of demonstrated experience with NGA's business processes and key financial data and reports
• At least 3 years of demonstrated experience with system administration functions related to Momentum financials.

Work, Physical and Mental Requirements

Please see standard Work, Physical and Mental Requirements for all Quantech roles.