Investment/Financial Analyst (CBP)

LMI seeks skilled Investment/Financial Analyst to support a CBP PMO in the National Capital Region. Join our team of collaborative self-starters focused on delivering practical and efficient solutions to help our client keep U.S. borders safe and facilitate travel and trade. As part of our high-performing team, you will augment our vital work to provide "eyes and ears" technology to protect our nation.

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Compiles estimated costs in support of budget formulation for the client's programs in the required categories and creating alternative versions to fit specified scenarios.
• Collaborates with program staff members to develop resource allocation plans (RAPs), congressional justifications (CJs), and multiyear spend plans (MYSP).
• Provides analysis and data to ensure that program budgets align with strategic and programmatic goals and adhere to fiscal guidance and DHS and federal government budget policy.
• Creates purchase requisitions (e.g. in SAP)
• Reviews supporting documentation of purchase requisitions for compliance.
• Distribute weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial reports.
• Maintains program and contractor cost baselines.
• Develops, reviews, and implements project-level spend plans, and conduct recurring reviews of program resource utilization to identify issues that might affect the program's overall objectives.
• Provide expertise in researching and drafting Capitalization submissions for Property, Plant and Equipment for deployed systems and property.
• Prepares periodic reports on the allocation, status, tracking, commitment, obligation, and expenditure of funds.
• Prepares and process funding documents, identify program funding variances, recommend appropriate reprogramming actions or corrective actions, and report reconciled status of funds.
• Ad hoc special audits, studies, reports and/or, analysis to evaluate the status of the financial health and/or position of a program acquisition based on balanced scorecard measurements or indicators
• Knowledge of financial appropriation law

Required:

• A Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, management, or a related discipline and 3-10 years in Financial Analysis
• Experience working with financial management software and tools (e.g. SAP)
• Enterprise Resource and Business Warehouse (BW), INVEST, advanced excel (pivot tables, formulas), and working with large financial data sets
• Ability to communicate clearly with a variety of stakeholders
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and effectively solve problems
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written
• A true team player who maintains a positive attitude in a dynamic environment
• Ability to pass a government background investigation, including financial, criminal, residential, educational, foreign affiliation, prohibited substance use, and employment verifications; active U.S. Customs and Border Protection background investigation preferred. Please note that only U.S. citizens are eligible for a suitability determination.

Preferred:

• Active U.S. CBP background investigation is a significant plus.
• Previous work formulating or executing CBP budgets.
• Relevant certification(s) such as: CGFM, CDFM, PMP, CFCM, CPCM and/or CCE/A
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and SharePoint; skills in advanced Excel techniques including pivot tables, macros, and v-lookups.

LMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer" all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.