Junior Financial Analyst

XLA is currently seeking a Jr. Financial Specialist to support our DEA client onsite in Arlington, VA.  Candidates must be local to the Arlington area, as this position is onsite in a federal office setting 5 days/week.

Salary: $60k per year

The duties and responsibilities are as follows:

• Analyze and process financial and accounting reports, deliverables, accounts payable, cost accruals, and disbursements.
• Apply financial reporting and accounting management as related to the federal government accounting standards. 
• Develop and maintain spreadsheets of obligations, accounts payable, cost accruals, and disbursements. 
• Assist with financial and accounting audits of complex contracts.
• Analyze and prepare financial and accounting program activities. 
• Develop operating procedures, directives, and/or guides to convey information relating to financial or accounting processes.
• Conduct studies improving accumulation, processes, and reporting of financial and accounting data to include development of complex funding documents and ongoing contract administration. 
• Process funding requests into the DEA’s financial management system for action. 
• Perform complex fund control activities. 
• Perform in a respectful and professional manner with employees. 
• Use analytical techniques and critical thinking to prepare delivery status of accounting, data or financial deliverables; identifies tracks and resolves data discrepancies or recommends solutions; attends meetings, working groups, and briefings. 
• Process invoices after careful analysis of financial and accounting information. 
• Track, organize, record, modify, identify, validate, analyze, and report financial and accounting data relating to procurement of commodities or services; reimbursable agreements; intra-agency agreements; account deliverable and receivables.

Education:

- Associate's degree or an additional 2 year's administrative experience.