Senior Financial Analyst (Palantir Foundry)

About the role

Western Door Federal is seeking an accomplished Senior Financial Analyst to support the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Financial Management mission.

Responsibilities

• Analyze financial data, reconciliations, reporting requirements, and business processes to support DHA DCFM leadership decision-making and operational objectives.
• Build, maintain, and enhance dashboards, reports, visualizations, and analytical products that provide timely, accurate, and actionable financial information to stakeholders.
• Conduct financial reconciliations, identify variances and exceptions, validate reporting outputs, and support data quality improvement initiatives.
• Support audit readiness activities by analyzing financial data and supporting audit response efforts, data validation activities, and financial reporting accuracy initiatives.
• Leverage Palantir Foundry for financial analysis by utilizing Palantir Foundry tools to create and refine reporting solutions, reconciliation views, exception management workflows, dashboards, and decision-support products that improve visibility into financial operations.
• Translate business requirements into reporting products by working closely with financial managers, analysts, and stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver reporting solutions that support operational and strategic objectives.
• Respond to leadership data requests by performing ad hoc analyses and developing executive-level reporting products that support emerging requirements and decision-making needs.
• Collaborate with financial management personnel, operational stakeholders, and technical teams to resolve reporting issues and improve data visibility.
• Manage and mentor analysts by providing guidance, coaching, quality review, and workload management support to analysts supporting financial reporting and analytical initiatives.
• Communicate analytical findings by presenting financial analyses, reporting results, reconciliation outcomes, trends, risks, and recommendations to client leadership and stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.

Requirements

• Demonstrated hands-on experience using Palantir Foundry to develop, maintain, or support dashboards, reports, visualizations, or analytical products.
• Experience with other business intelligence or reporting platforms is not a substitute for Palantir Foundry experience.
• Familiarity with financial reconciliation processes, audit response activities, internal controls, financial data validation, or management reporting.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Experience supporting DHA, DoD, federal financial management, audit readiness, financial improvement, financial reporting, or related mission support initiatives.
• 5+ years of experience supporting financial analysis, financial reporting, reconciliation, budget execution, audit support, business intelligence, or related financial management functions.
• Experience supporting complex financial operations through the analysis, validation, and reporting of financial data.
• Experience translating financial, accounting, reconciliation, or business requirements into reporting solutions, dashboards, analytical products, or decision-support tools.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel and experience using data analysis tools to evaluate, reconcile, and report financial information.
• Working knowledge of SQL or similar data-querying tools used to support financial analysis and reporting activities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work products in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Experience supporting complex financial operations through the analysis, validation, and reporting of financial data.
• Experience translating financial, accounting, reconciliation, or business requirements into reporting solutions, dashboards, analytical products, or decision-support tools.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel and experience using data analysis tools to evaluate, reconcile, and report financial information.
• Working knowledge of SQL or similar data-querying tools used to support financial analysis and reporting activities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work products in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

• Palantir Foundry experience is required for this position.
• Experience using Palantir Foundry to support financial reporting, reconciliation, exception management, audit support, operational reporting, or leadership decision-making.
• Familiarity with healthcare financial management, ERP systems, or large-scale federal financial operations.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability, voluntary benefit programs (critical illness, hospital, and accident), health savings and flexible spending accounts, and retirement 401K plan.