Financial Analyst

Job Summary:

The Financial Analyst will play a critical role in supporting the automation and modernization of federal financial systems. This position requires a strong foundation in government accounting principles, as well as hands-on experience in analyzing, designing, and integrating financial business processes into secure and efficient IT systems. The analyst will serve as a bridge between functional users, technical developers, and reporting systems—ensuring that financial data is accurate, compliant with federal standards, and efficiently transmitted to mandated repositories.

The ideal candidate will possess a solid understanding of federal data submission requirements under the DATA Act, experience working with financial assistance data, and proficiency with federal reporting platforms and data validation processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze complex federal financial business processes and identify opportunities for automation and optimization.

• Translate financial management policies and functional requirements into technical specifications and workflows.

• Collaborate with functional specialists, automation engineers, contractors, and agency stakeholders to develop integrated solutions.

• Lead or assist in the implementation of automated financial systems that ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and federal financial management regulations.

• Identify data quality issues and provide corrective actions to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.

• Serve as the point of coordination between technical teams and program offices to ensure data standards, business rules, and reporting needs are met.

• Prepare and validate submissions of financial assistance award data and transactional reports for federal transparency platforms such as USAspending.gov.

• Conduct internal quality assurance, reconciliation, and comparative analysis to align financial system data with external reporting databases.

Important Tools & Applications:

The following tools and systems are essential to the role and support the end-to-end reporting lifecycle for federal financial assistance:

• Serves as the primary federal repository for financial assistance award data across government agencies.

• Used to collect and track grant and cooperative agreement information.

• The analyst will manage data uploads, perform data validation, troubleshoot inconsistencies, and ensure award-level data is updated in TAGGS accurately.

• A centralized platform for submitting transactional and aggregate financial assistance data to the federal government.

• Supports compliance with the DATA Act, enabling data publication on USAspending.gov.

• Candidate responsibilities include preparing, validating, and troubleshooting FABS submissions, and resolving file-level and field-level errors.

• Supports quarterly submission of required files under the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act).

• Ensures financial award data is timely, complete, and correctly linked with other federal datasets.

• The candidate will work with financial data owners to ensure DABS submissions pass all validations and meet quarterly deadlines.

• A structured format used to submit data from financial systems to TAGGS and other platforms.

• Ensures consistency, interoperability, and accuracy of transmitted financial assistance information.

• The analyst will oversee the generation, formatting, and correction of SIF files in compliance with reporting standards.

• APIs are used to automate data transfer between internal financial systems and external platforms like TAGGS and USAspending.gov.

• Enables real-time reporting, validation, and integration across systems.

• The analyst will collaborate with technical teams to build, test, and manage API connections that enhance data accuracy and submission efficiency.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Information Systems, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).

• Minimum 5 years of experience working with federal financial systems and/or grant reporting.

• Strong understanding of GAAP, OMB circulars (e.g., A-123, A-133), and DATA Act requirements.

• Proven experience with federal financial data tools such as TAGGS, FABS, and DABS.

• Familiarity with federal financial assistance lifecycle management and grant closeout processes.

• Excellent analytical skills with attention to data integrity, reporting accuracy, and system compliance.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of working with cross-functional teams and government clients.