Financial Analyst

Purpose: Administers project financial reporting, analysis and budgeting for the contract.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Analyzes Project financial reports and raw information from local sources, Cost Point, and other databases to identify anomalies, produce spending trends, reports, charts, and graphs for Program Senior Management, Finance and Accounting Manager, Financial Supervisors and the U.S. Government as directed.
• Assembles spreadsheets and converts them to graphic format to illustrate the financial data. Designs and maintains local reports to accurately display project spending. Reviews and analyzes the Project Status Report and other outputs from the databases to ensure accuracy and completeness of spending data.
• Records, classifies, and summarizes financial transactions and events in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices and Amentum policies and procedures.
• Reviews billing and invoices to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Prepares monthly reports and makes wire transfer and journal funding transfers.
• Records, classifies, and summarizes financial transactions and events.
• Analyzes and reconciles expenditures with invoices.
• Designs and uses templates, collects and compiles budget data to complete work papers and status reports.
• Assists in the development and maintenance of budget monitoring systems.
• As directed, either as the primary or alternate, provides cash management services for the established Impress Fund, to include check cashing, cash accountability, reconciliation, and reports.
• Audits financial records for accuracy.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Maintains a daily timesheet and daily manning report and ensure times are accurate.

Minimum Position Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent.

Experience:

• 4-6 years’ experience in finance or accounting required.
• Work experience may be substituted for educational requirements and/or educational achievements may be substituted for years of experience. Example: Two (2) years of experience is equivalent to (2) years of college and vice versa.
• Must be able to meet and maintain all Logistic Information System (LIS) access requirements (Common Access Card).

Specialized Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Must have a firm understanding of automated cost accounting systems.  
• Must have a thorough knowledge of generally accepted accounting practices.
• Must have demonstrated skill with MS software to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.
• Must be able to effectively communicate in English, both verbal and written.
• Must demonstrate a strong work ethic to accomplish work effectively and economically.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or similar discipline is preferred.
• Cost Point and Deltek experience preferred.

Certification, License & Clearance:

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a CAC, if required.
• Must be able to meet and maintain all base access security requirements, if required.

Facility credentials/authorization required:

Must be able to obtain and maintain facility and credential /authorization:

Note- US Citizenship is required for facility credential/authorization at this work location.

Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Mental Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk; sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; and outside weather conditions. The employee may be exposed to situations where risk of electrical shock and vibration exist. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of radiation. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Other Responsibilities:

Safety – Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks, and serving on safety committees and teams.

Quality – Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone of our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

Procedure Compliance – Each employee must read, understand, and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.

Disclaimer:

This position description indicates the general nature and level of work expected. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required. Employee may be asked to perform other duties as required.

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