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Senior Budget and Financial Management Analyst
Harkcon, Inc.. Track funding, commitments, obligations, expenditures, balances, and variances across programs, projects, organizations, or funding sources .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in financial management, including budget formulation, reconciliation of financial records, and compliance with federal financial policies. Proficient in advanced Excel functions and capable of developing financial reports and dashboards to support program management.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Financial ManagementBudget FormulationAdvanced Excel SkillsFederal Financial Management ExperienceData Analysis
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Hard Skills
Financial ReconciliationData AnalysisBudget ExecutionMetrics DevelopmentPerformance TrackingDocumenting Financial ProceduresAudit ReadinessData CleansingTransaction Record InterpretationStandard Operating Procedures Development
Soft Skills
Analytical WritingOrganizationCustomer ServiceTime ManagementAttention to Detail
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft WordMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft TeamsMicrosoft SharePointPower BIEnterprise Financial SystemsPurchase-Card Management
Industry Keywords
Federal AppropriationsFiscal-Year ExecutionAcquisition SupportInternal ControlsAudit ReadinessTraining ProgramsWorkforce DevelopmentMission Support Programs
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Track funding, commitments, obligations, expenditures, balances, and variances across programs, projects, organizations, or funding sources
- Reconcile financial records among source systems, spreadsheets, reports, and supporting documentation; investigate and resolve discrepancies
- Support budget formulation and execution activities, spend plans, forecasts, data calls, unfunded-requirement submissions, and year-end closeout
- Review purchase requests, purchase-card documentation, invoices, travel or training costs, and other transactions for completeness, accuracy, and compliance
- Develop recurring financial reports, dashboards, trackers, reconciliations, and briefing materials for program managers and senior leaders
- Analyze spending patterns, burn rates, aging obligations, available balances, and execution risks; identify issues requiring management attention
- Maintain audit-ready files and support internal reviews, data-quality checks, and responses to financial-management inquiries
- Document financial procedures, desk guides, workflows, internal controls, and recommended process improvements
- Coordinate with budget, acquisition, contracting, logistics, training, and program-management personnel
- Research open obligations and prepare monthly findings and supporting documentation for accounting review
- Verify purchase-card transactions against financial ledgers and reconcile discrepancies across official financial records
- Prepare weekly balance reports and recurring statistical and financial reports supporting education and professional-development programs
- Participate in virtual and in-person meetings during normal customer business hours
- Travel periodically and use customer-approved collaboration and information systems
Requirements
What you’ll need- Four-year degree from an accredited college or university
- At least three years of experience in project support, financial management, analysis, or administrative functions related to education or training programs and/or financial management
- Experience reconciling financial data and explaining differences among planned, committed, obligated, and expended amounts
- Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint
- Ability to interpret financial policies, transaction records, and supporting documentation and apply consistent quality-control procedures
- Strong analytical writing, organization, and customer-service skills
- Ability to manage recurring deadlines and time-sensitive requests without sacrificing accuracy
- Ability to meet federal background-investigation, credentialing, and system-access requirements and remain eligible to obtain a Secret security clearance
- Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, formulas, and data visualization
- Federal financial-management or budget-execution experience
- Experience supporting training, workforce-development, or mission-support programs
- Experience with Power BI, SharePoint, enterprise financial systems, or purchase-card management
- Knowledge of federal appropriations, fiscal-year execution, acquisition support, internal controls, and audit readiness
- Experience developing standard operating procedures or improving financial workflows
- Experience with data cleansing, metrics development, and performance tracking
Benefits
Comp & perks- Full-time employment
- Combination of remote work and activities at federal customer locations
- Ability to participate in virtual and in-person meetings
- Periodic travel
- Opportunity to obtain a Secret security clearance