NIRA Inc., a fast-growing women-owned small business headquartered in Washington, DC, is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to support a large program with the Federal Aviation Administration. Our ideal candidate has strong analytical skills, a thorough understanding of financial and project management best practices, and the ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams and stakeholders. Financial analysis is a foundational NIRA service offering, so we are seeking motivated, talented individuals interested in growing their careers with us not just as task leaders, but as thought leaders.
This is a full-time, hybrid position. Candidates should expect to work in-person one to two days a week at either the client site or NIRA headquarters (both in Washington, DC).
Core responsibilities will include:
- Developing financial reports, visualizations, dashboards, and executive-level presentations to communicate budget status, expenditure trends, and funding requirements to FAA stakeholders, supporting data driven decision making as needed.
- Analyzing financial data to aid in strategic decision-making.
- Developing automated database connections using SQL queries and Tableau workbooks to assist in tracking financials against program spend plans and execution status.
- Leading and documenting business processes to collect and analyze program financial information supporting program management and appropriations activities.
- Conducting and delivering budget shortfall analyses.
- Generating budget impact and justification statements.
- Providing inputs to various briefings and data calls as requested.
- Supporting establishing the data governance process as the team continues to build-out an internal Tableau site and workbooks.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree (minimum), Master's preferred, from an accredited university in Business, Finance, Economics, Math, Accounting, or a related technical field.
- At least ten (10) years of relevant work experience in project or financial management, cost analysis, budget formulation, or related functional areas.
- Experience with the US Government budget and finance processes and systems.
- Eligibility to obtain a Public Trust clearance (find out more here: https://news.clearancejobs.com/2020/09/01/what-is-a-public-trust-position/)
- High-level proficiency with Microsoft Excel (including VBA knowledge), Tableau (