Financial Analyst

Description

The Department of State (DOS), Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) mission is to provide safe, secure, functional, and resilient facilities that represent the U.S. government to the host nation and support the Department's achievement of U.S. foreign policy objectives abroad. These facilities represent American values and the best in American architecture, design, engineering, technology, sustainability, art, culture, and construction execution.

Duties:

• Maintains contract and purchase order files and prepares financial documentation for the Directorate. Performs a full range of data analysis and interpretation services in support of OBO budget and financial management activities.

• Provides financial data, analysis, and technical support to Senior Leadership regarding Office's financial activities, including financial plans (FINPLAN)/Spend Plan inputs and financial management processes.

• Supports monitoring of the Directorate's budget by tracking funds usage, expenditures, obligations, and unobligated balances; performs analytical reviews consistent with internal audit controls.
• Prepares and submits to managerial personnel a wide variety of financial reports, statements, and data of both a factual and analytical nature; provides financial planning support designed to help leadership meet program goals and objectives.
• Reviews, verifies, and processes invoices for disbursement payment requests through bureau payment systems for goods and services provided in support of OBO programs.
• Reviews contracts and purchase orders to ensure they are entered into the internal OBO financial management tracking system and coordinates the entry of any missing items.
• Reviews financial documentation to help ensure accuracy prior to payment processing and identifies discrepancies for government personnel to resolve.
• Provides technical interpretation of financial policies and supports the development of budgetary analysis; assists in ensuring adherence to procurement-related procedures.
• Prepares trend analyses and maintains budget spreadsheets (Excel, etc.) using ILMS and GFMS to consolidate data that assists managers with program planning and decision-making.
• Collaborates with leadership, managers, stakeholders, and interagency representatives by providing financial data used for forecasting future budget requirements and understanding financial results.
• Create briefings and presentations that summarize financial data and highlight trends and potential strategies for consideration by management.
• Works with Project Managers using the Buildings Management Information System (BMIS) to develop Project Change Request (PCR) and Project Authorization Document (PAD) budget inputs; prepares supporting information for Budget Resource Management System (BRMS) documentation.
• Assists less experienced budget analysts in resolving data-related issues and provides onboarding support and training.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Knowledge of budget execution, accounting, and financial management principles; ability to apply analytical techniques to complex financial and organizational issues and recommend data-informed solutions.
• Knowledge of Congressional, Departmental, and OMB budget and financial processes relevant to federal budgeting and contracting environments.
• Understanding budgetary policies, precedents, goals, regulations, and guidelines applicable to the Department, including processes related to the execution of no-year budgets.
• Knowledge of fiscal constraints and ceilings affecting Departmental operations.
• Comprehensive practical knowledge of budget and accounting techniques, including the ability to improve procedures or develop new, efficient methodologies.
• Knowledge of funding sources, types, and methods relevant to assigned program areas, and an understanding of relationships between financial and programmatic requirements.
• Skill in applying analytical methods to evaluate the impact of changes in program plans and funding, including cost-benefit analysis and similar techniques.
• Knowledge of and adherence to internal control measures to protect organizational integrity.
• Ability to research historical precedents to support the interpretation and clarification of policies, processes, and procedures.
• Ability to organize work across multiple simultaneous assignments and meet established deadlines.
• A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and nine (9) years of related experience