Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kundlas Consulting Group LLC is a professional consulting firm supporting public infrastructure and federally funded programs through inspection, compliance, project management, and grants management services. The Mid-Level Financial Analyst will support federal financial management, budget execution, accounting analysis, reporting, reconciliation, forecasting, audits, and program-level financial decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Review, analyze, and reconcile financial-system reports, accounting records, budget reports, and program-level financial information
- Monitor and analyze commitments, obligations, expenditures, disbursements, undelivered orders, available balances, and status of funds
- Conduct budget-execution analysis to determine whether spending patterns align with approved funding plans and program requirements
- Develop financial projections and forecasts for labor, contracts, equipment, travel, overhead, and other program costs
- Perform variance analysis and trend analysis to identify deviations from spending plans, historical patterns, and projected requirements
- Review budget submissions and funding requests for accuracy, completeness, affordability, consistency, and compliance with applicable requirements
- Develop and maintain financial models, trackers, dashboards, and quantitative reports that support program and management decision making
- Conduct financial-management studies to identify process weaknesses, operational inefficiencies, data inconsistencies, and financial risks
- Review financial reports for abnormal balances, incorrect classifications, duplicate transactions, unsupported obligations, and other financial discrepancies
- Recommend and coordinate corrective actions to resolve financial-reporting and budget-execution issues
- Support testing and evaluation of financial-system processes, system changes, interfaces, and reporting functionality
- Utilize FBMS or comparable financial-management platforms to support accounting, reporting, reconciliation, and budget execution
- Prepare recurring and ad hoc financial reports, status-of-funds reports, end-of-year reports, quantitative analyses, and management briefings
- Support year-end financial activities, including account reconciliation, obligation reviews, accrual validation, and funding analysis
- Evaluate internal controls associated with financial transactions, data processing, reporting, and funds management
- Support financial audits and management reviews by researching transactions, producing documentation, responding to inquiries, and tracking corrective actions
- Provide program managers with analysis concerning financial condition, projected requirements, funding availability, financial risks, and recommended resource actions
- Coordinate with program offices, budget personnel, accounting teams, financial managers, and government stakeholders to support accurate and timely financial-management activities
- Maintain organized financial records, reconciliation files, supporting documentation, reports, trackers, and audit-ready materials
- Assist with identifying and implementing process improvements that strengthen reporting accuracy, budget execution, internal controls, documentation quality, and financial data reliability
Skills
- Three to six years of experience supporting financial analysis, budget execution, accounting, program finance, financial reporting, grants management, acquisition finance, or related federal financial-management functions
- Working knowledge of financial-system reports, accounting records, budget reports, status-of-funds tracking, and program-level financial information
- Experience monitoring commitments, obligations, expenditures, disbursements, undelivered orders, available balances, and funding status
- Ability to perform account reconciliations, variance analysis, trend analysis, budget-execution reviews, and financial reporting
- Experience developing or maintaining financial trackers, spreadsheets, reports, dashboards, forecasts, or quantitative analyses
- Strong understanding of internal controls, data integrity, audit readiness, financial documentation, and proper stewardship of federal funds
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain financial findings to program managers, leadership, and stakeholders
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams
- U.S. citizenship may be required depending on client or contract requirements
- Ability to pass background checks, suitability requirements, or security clearance requirements, as required by the client or contract
- Experience supporting federal financial management, budget execution, accounting operations, grants, acquisition support, or program financial management
- Familiarity with FBMS or comparable integrated federal financial-management platforms used for accounting, reporting, reconciliation, budget execution, acquisition, or financial assistance
- Experience preparing status-of-funds reports, budget-execution reports, end-of-year reports, management briefings, financial dashboards, and ad hoc analyses
- Experience developing financial projections and forecasts for labor, contracts, equipment, travel, overhead, and other program costs
- Experience reviewing budget submissions, funding requests, financial reports, obligations, accruals, undelivered orders, and year-end financial documentation
- Experience identifying abnormal balances, incorrect classifications, duplicate transactions, unsupported obligations, data inconsistencies, and financial-reporting discrepancies
- Experience supporting financial audits, management reviews, internal-control assessments, corrective action tracking, and financial data calls
- Knowledge of federal appropriations, budget execution, funds control, financial reporting, and audit readiness requirements
- Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, if required
- Experience supporting Department of the Interior, FEMA, USACE, DHS, or other federal agency financial-management activities is a plus
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, public administration, or a related field preferred; relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree
- Active or previously held security clearance preferred
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