Senior Fiscal Advisor-1

Job Description

Position Summary

The Senior Fiscal Advisor is part of the project team providing fiscal supports to clients. The ideal candidate will have excellent time management skills, communication skills, technical learning skills and will be committed to continued learning and self-development. Ideal candidates have extensive experience conducting complex analysis and synthesizing complex financial issues in a way that makes it easier to communicate to internal and external stakeholders. This is a senior-level position where the successful candidate will be required to work independently as part of a team working with financial data and systems. The position will also have the opportunity to lead and implement process improvement projects across Clients.

Position Details

• Reports to: Project Manager
• Position Location: Remote
• Position Type: Regular Full-time
• Pay: Salary
• FLSA Status: Exempt
• Compensation: Commensurate with experience

Essential Job Functions

• Managing portions of the enterprise budget development process and financial reporting of budget to actual results, including working across divisions to develop a comprehensive budget.
• Manage the cost allocation process, in order to develop performance metrics and provide reporting for service partners and federal reporting requirements.
• Developing and maintaining financial models with the demonstrated ability to design models that are intuitive and easy for others to use. Ability to review existing models and identify improvements.
• Developing financial forecasts and performing analysis on financial related data, including spending forecasts, variance analysis and assessment of impacts, capital program/project analysis, support for service planning and fleet forecasting.
• Represent the client on project and program steering committees. Actively identify issues, problem solve and help to develop solutions that advance the needs of the client.
• Identifying financial and operational trends and working with divisions to perform root cause analysis.

Minimum Job Requirements

• 5+ years experience in finance or accounting which demonstrates career progression and increasing responsibility.
• BA in Finance, Public Administration or related field or the equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Knowledge of and experience with enterprise finance systems, analytical and reporting tools, such as Oracle EBS, Oracle Business Intelligence, Hyperion/PBCS, Microsoft Power BI, etc.
• Demonstrated experience with business process mapping and identifying improvements.
• Expert ability to develop and apply complex Excel based modeling tools used to support decision-making.
• Ability to analyze data to inform decision-making as demonstrated by hands on experience Ability to design reporting to meet needs of audiences and explain financial concepts to non-financial team members.
• Skill in creating analyses based on transaction level data or through the application of standard financial and statistical analysis to inform decision-making using business intelligence reporting tools.
• Ability to reconcile financial data for SEFA reporting and assist with Single Audit preparation compliant with 2 CRF 200 Subpart F.

Preferred Job Requirements

• Experience in governmental accounting.
• Experience in public health.
• Knowledge of accounting concepts such as fund and grant accounting
• Knowledge of federal grant requirements (FEMA, HUD, HHS, etc.).

Work Schedule

This position is full time and works a 30-40-hour work week, Monday through Friday with some evening and weekend work as required. This position is overtime eligible.

Job Description Disclaimer

This position description incorporates the core responsibilities of the job.  It recognizes that other related duties not specifically mentioned might also be performed, and that not all responsibilities may be carried out depending on operational needs.

Commitment to Diversity

• Witt O'Brien's is always looking for the most qualified and experienced professionals with a passion for public safety, emergency management, homeland security, disaster response, and continuity of operations.
• We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.