[Remote] IT Budget & Financial Governance Analyst

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. DMI is a leading provider of digital services and technology solutions, headquartered in Tysons Corner, VA. They are seeking an IT Budget & Financial Governance Analyst to support daily financial execution, data integration, and governance enforcement for the OCIO budget.

Responsibilities

• Pulling, cleaning, and manually or semi-automatically ingesting raw data exports from core enterprise financial networks, data warehouses, and procurement modules into the central budget system
• Executing day-to-day transaction logging, ledger balance checks, and tracking for the Front Office spend plan alongside broader consolidation efforts
• Monitoring and facilitating the upcoming division validation process, acting as the primary point of contact for program staff during reporting cycles
• Tracking division compliance against established reporting timelines, ensuring program teams verify their ingested ledger data within the mandatory windows
• Analyzing contract Periods of Performance (POPs), processing purchase requisitions, and flagging execution delays that could disrupt executive disbursement strategies
• Populating, updating, and verifying the underlying data integrity behind executive Quad Charts, pivot tables, and visual tracking dashboards
• Working across a flexible toolset to reconcile disparate reports originating from various offices utilizing different software platforms
• Identifying and documenting system inefficiencies, manual data bottlenecks, and opportunities where automated tools or APIs could streamline operations
• Leveraging Generative AI platforms to draft rapid variance explanations, build data-cleaning logic, and create notification templates for division stakeholders
• Maintaining organized digital repositories of historical spend plans, Inter-Agency Agreements (IAAs), Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and signed financial allocations
• Conducting routine variance analysis on an individual project level to spot underspending or overspending trends early in the fiscal year

Skills

• Bachelor's degree and 8 years of professional experience
• At least 3 years of professional experience in financial analysis, budgeting, or a data-intensive role
• Advanced proficiency in either Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets (e.g., complex lookups, nested logic, pivot tables, data cleaning)
• Experience manually exporting, cleaning, and validating large, unformatted raw datasets from enterprise databases or core financial systems
• Direct experience tracking multi-phased project timelines, contract periods of performance (POPs), or multi-year project allocations
• Familiarity with integrating artificial intelligence and Large Language Models (LLMs) into daily workflows (e.g., using Gemini or Microsoft Copilot for drafting variance narratives or formatting data)
• Exposure to the federal budget lifecycle, financial execution phases, or public sector spend planning
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with a track record of coordinating across diverse teams to gather data or enforce submission deadlines
• Bachelor's degree in related field such as Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or Data Analytics
• Advanced mastery of Smartsheet architecture, including cross-sheet referencing, automated approval workflows, and executive dashboard design
• Proven capability in building advanced Excel Macros (VBA) or Google Apps Script to automate repetitive data manipulation tasks
• Advanced skill in leveraging Generative AI (e.g., prompt engineering for complex financial trend analysis, script generation, or dataset cross-referencing)
• Prior experience working with or manipulating data directly originating from the Business Applications Solution (BAS) ecosystem, specifically EBS, EDW, or PRISM modules
• Experience designing high-density visual reporting layouts, such as corporate Quad Charts or interactive business intelligence dashboards, for C-suite or executive leadership briefings
• Ability to analyze fragmented, legacy workflows (e.g., tracking sheets scattered across Excel and Google Sheets) and provide recommendations on how to centralize and consolidate them into a unified system
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Remote, but candidate needs to live in the DMV area

Benefits

• Virtual health visits, commuter perks, pet insurance, and entertainment discounts that make life easier.
• Annual performance reviews, tuition assistance, and internal career growth opportunities to help you thrive.
• Generous 401(k) matches, life and disability insurance, and financial wellness tools to support your future.
• Annual awards, service anniversaries, referral bonuses, and peer-to-peer shoutouts that spotlight your achievements.
• Healthcare coverage, wellness programs, flu shots, and biometric screenings to support your health.

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