Financial Policy Analyst (Intermediate)

Serves as a member of a team that supports the Comptroller Office in the Financial Management Directorate, assists the government with audit remediation, and supports government representatives at meetings.

• Provides support to the government in the development of policies, procedures, and business process and/or financial management system improvements that enable agency fiscal compliance and audit remediation efforts. 

• Develops staff packages and supporting materials.

• Prepares and delivers briefings to NGA, FM, and/or oversight agency senior leadership as necessary.

• Develops clear and concise NGA policies and procedures within the NGA governance framework related to accounting, budgeting, financial execution, fiscal law, and travel.

• Manages agency coordination of draft financial management policies.

• Vets policies promulgated by other NGA directorates for compliance with laws and regulations (specifically, laws and regulations related to accounting, budgeting, fiscal law, and travel).

• Provides financial policy advice, guidance, and interpretation to NGA Components.

• Utilizes office tools to document and track frequently asked questions, fiscal law issues, taskings, and policy inquiries.

• Administers support agreements received by FM for coordination for fiscal issues to ensure compliance with laws and regulations and ensure the agency equities are documented.

• Advises NGA Components on fiscal matters to ensure fiscal compliance with minimum impact to mission.

• Edits FM directorate documents (e.g. staff packages, policies, terms of reference, studies, strategies, meeting summaries, etc.) for accuracy, completeness, and consistency.

• Engages NGA Components to develop, review, and implement policies to support audit readiness or remediation to ensure conformance with agency standards.

• Collaborates with the NGA Corporate Policy Office to prepare draft policies for agency coordination and comment and coordinate revision of draft polices for publication.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business management, or equivalent work experience.

Experience: At least 7 years of experience in a federal financial management function such as an accountant, financial auditor, financial analyst, or financial system analyst. 

• Demonstrated specialized experience in developing clear and concise policies and procedures related to accounting, budgeting, financial execution, and travel.

• Demonstrated specialized experience researching and interpreting appropriations law as well as specialized experience in application of the Anti-deficiency Act.

Desired: 

• Certified Public Accountant or other professional financial certification.

• At least 2 years demonstrated recent experience (w/in past 5 years) in supporting Momentum-based financial systems implementation, upgrades and enhancements 

• Demonstrated specialized experience with DoD or IC financial management business processes and financial systems.

• Demonstrated specialized experience reviewing and coordinating support agreements, interagency agreements, memorandums of understanding, or memorandums of agreement.

Clearance: Active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph

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