Junior Financial Analyst

Summary

Join SMX as a Jr. Financial Analyst and support service delivery under direct supervision. You will assist in planning, tracking, and reporting performance on specific tasks within a contract. Collaborate with various teams, including Contract Program Managers and Project Managers, and potentially other internal organizations. Responsibilities include drafting and routing contract forms, assisting with reconciliations, updating project plans, running cost reports, and identifying inaccurate charges. This role requires excellent communication, data management, and organizational skills, along with experience in an office setting and knowledge of JTR. A security clearance may be required. SMX offers competitive compensation, learning and development opportunities, and benefits including health insurance, paid leave, and retirement.

Requirements

• Possession of excellent oral and written communication skills
• Possession of excellent data management, problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Possession of excellent organization skills
• Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint
• Experience and Knowledge with Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) rules and guidelines
• Collect and analyze data from multiple sources and identify, research, and solve financial problems and program risks
• Clearance Requirement: Must be able to obtain a clearance if a program requires it
• 1-3 years of experience in an office setting
• US citizenship required for work under DOD contract

Responsibilities

• Draft and route for approvals all contract/subcontractor RIP(s)/TAR(s) forms. Update trackers/share point site to help monitor status of RIP(s)/TAR(s). Verify funds are available to cover RIP/TAR
• Assist with reconciliations of Travel, Material purchases against approved RIP/TAR and against Joint Travel Regulations (JTR)
• Assist with updating project spend plans
• Assist with updating proposed project plans with labor and non-labor cost (Travel, Material, ODC’s)
• Run cost and manpower reports on a weekly basis ensuring checking charges are to the correct job number and updating associated spend plans with new detail concerning the latest cost information. Help identify inaccurate charges and prepare cost transfers (adjustment voucher/general ledger update) as required
• Ability to build relationships across functional teams and internal Business Partners

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Paid leave
• Retirement