Financial Analyst

Financial Analyst III

Washington DC - Hybrid

12 Months Contract

Requirements:

• 5 years of experience in budget or program management, or a related field.
• Responsible for managing the team's budget, onboarding vendors, communicating with internal and external stakeholders.
• Proficiency in productivity and financial management tools.
• Manage several cross-functional review processes end-to-end, including intaking proposals, updating trackers, soliciting and organizing feedback, and obtaining and documenting the appropriate approvals.
• Forecasting and budget auditing (high spend), using their judgement to make sure teams stay within compliance
• Proven experience independently managing budgets, negotiating with vendors and handling stakeholder communications

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor and manage the External Affairs team budget - including day-to-day operations of the budget process - ensuring accuracy and compliance with Meta's financial policies.
• Onboard vendors, ensuring seamless integration and compliance with Meta's procurement processes.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for the team on budget, onboarding, and ad credit processes, providing guidance and support to team members as needed, and ensuring effective utilization of resources.
• Meet monthly with External Affairs leads, and collaborate with Policy admins, to ensure visibility and transparency of team budgets, and to provide budget updates and ensure alignment.
• Provide the team with End-of-Year (EOY) deadlines and shepherd the process to ensure compliance.
• Manage several cross-functional review processes end-to-end, including intaking proposals, updating trackers, soliciting and organizing feedback, and obtaining and documenting the appropriate approvals.
• Communicate externally with outside counsel, and collaborate internally with legal and compliance teams, to ensure organizations and vendors meet Meta policies.