Position Details

Salary $75K – $84K USD / year

Type Not Specified

Experience senior

Exp. Years Not specified

Education Not specified

Category System Administration

About this role

Senior Financial Optimization Analyst will support planning, change impact assessment, and risk mitigation while acting as the primary technical SME. The role focuses on improving annual business planning and ensuring compliance using Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Key Responsibilities

Act as primary technical SME for application and customer requirements
Provide SME recommendations for release management and operational readiness reviews
Support annual business planning with risk mitigation and change impact assessment
Analyze indirect rate structure with CAS and GAAP compliance
Coordinate tool/process integrations and document process flows

Technical Overview

The technical scope is centered on financial operations systems/processes: release management and operational readiness reviews, integration support for budgeting/forecasting tools, and documentation of current-state process flows to remove redundancy and manage compliance risk.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior analyst who can operate as a technical SME and drive financial optimization activities tied to annual business planning and budgeting/forecasting. They have strong knowledge of indirect rate structure concepts and can apply Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) to reduce non-compliance risk.

Must-Have Skills

Serve as the application’s primary technical SME point-of-contactProvide SME recommendations during release management/operational readiness reviewsIdentify areas of improvement related to the indirect rate structure of IO as it relates to Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)Provide recommendations for changes to mitigate risk and align with non-compliance risk related to CASFacilitate and coordinate change related to customer requirements

Required Skills

planning meetingsrisk mitigationcommunication planstechnical SMErelease managementoperational readiness reviewsannual business planningprocess flow documentationindirect rate structureCost Accounting Standards (CAS)Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)change impact assessmentbudgetingforecastingtool integration

Hard Skills

Planning meetings facilitationRisk mitigationCommunication plan creation and implementationRelease managementOperational readiness reviewsAnnual business planningProcess flow documentationChange impact assessmentCost ManagementRevenue ManagementIndirect rate structure analysisCost Accounting Standards (CAS)Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)Compliance risk mitigationInterdepartmental and interoperable tool integrationBudgetingForecasting

Soft Skills

Stakeholder managementFacilitating meetingsCross-functional collaborationCustomer requirements coordinationTechnical SME communicationDocumentation and clarityProactive recommendationsAnalytical decision-making

Industry & Role

Industry Government/Public Sector

Job Function Optimize financial planning and compliance by serving as a technical SME for budgeting, forecasting, and annual business planning changes.

Role Subtype Business Analyst

Keywords for Your Resume

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Deal Breakers

Cannot demonstrate experience applying Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Cannot serve as a technical SME point-of-contact for customer requirements and integration efforts

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