Accounting and Auditing Analyst III at Chenega Corporation

Overview

Come join a company that strives for Extraordinary People and Exceptional Performance! Chenega Services & Federal Solutions, LLC, a Chenega Professional Services’ company, is looking for a Accounting and Auditing Analyst III to provide accounting, internal control, and audit program support sergices for the Office of Budget and Financial Management (OBFM) at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). The Accounting and Auditing Analyst III will analyze financial management processes, conduct routine and non-routine accounting transactions and processes, improve internal controls, assist with documenting, and strengthen policies and controls, and provide advice and recommendations to the Government.

Our company offers employees the opportunity to join a team where there is a robust employee benefits program, management engagement, quality leadership, an atmosphere of teamwork, recognition for performance, and promotion opportunities. We actively strive to channel our highly engaged employee’s knowledge, critical thinking, innovative solutions for our clients.

Responsibilities

• Review and provide recommendations to the Budget and/or Accounting Officer based on OMB Circular A-123, internal controls over financial reporting (ICOFR) for financial and business process areas and assess the impact of new financial management and other accounting treatment specific guidance on financial operations and supporting the implementation of new guidance when applicable.
• Provide audit liaison support to help facilitate the flow of information between OBFM and internal and external auditors. This includes development and maintenance of documentation and drafting responses to potential audit findings for the annual A-123 internal audit and the financial statement audit, which is performed by the Government Accountability Office. Manage, track and deliver audit deliverables for both audits.
• Support and participate in end-to-end financial management walkthroughs of business processes, documenting business processes through appropriate business process flow mapping, reviewing and updating cycle memos, reviewing the testing the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls, and monitoring all deficiencies for OBFM.
• Conduct research to investigate accounting and financial management transactional and accounting issues and work collaboratively with the OBFM, other FHFA staff, or the shared service provider to formulate and recommend solutions based on FASAB, SFFAS, GAO, and/or other accounting policy.
• Analyze and help develop and/or improve policies and procedures for a variety of programs and operational needs.
• Respond to meeting and audit requests and route to the appropriate staff member as necessary.
• Develop and respond to accounting operational tasks, related to accounts receivable or payable, revenue, interest earnings, or journal vouchers.
• Create and edit both technical and non-technical documents such as technical accounting forms and transactional documents, cycle memos, audit documentation, internal control documentation, memoranda, briefs, and reports.
• Produce a variety of communications from informal email interactions with internal and external clients to formal memos, issue papers, presentations, executive briefings, and others.
• Maintain the Budget and Accounting Officer appraised of any issues or potential issues based on interaction with the auditors and through the review of FHFA audit deliverables/documentation.
• Provide a broad range of financial statement accounting, audit and audit risk management and remediation support that support the agency's goals to maintain a clean audit opinion and improve internal controls.
• Perform daily accounting transactions in support of FHFA supporting the Agency Accountants and shared service provider such as reconciliations, processing accounting receivable or payable transactions, documenting revenue or interest and other journal vouchers.
• Support the development, maintenance, and execution of risk mitigation plans, corrective action plans, and broader remediation strategies designed to address financial risks and internal control or audit deficiencies and strengthen financial processes.
• Apply a variety of analytical, problem-solving, and reporting skills and techniques and provide regular routine and ad hoc reports associated with multiple systems and compile the information for further review by OBFM management and staff.
• Collect and analyze data, produce models and visualizations, and draw conclusions and develop recommendations from the data to improve decision-making for OBFM.
• Document and evaluate financial management related business processes and make recommendations for process improvements.
• Coordinate logistics such as meeting requests, briefing and document distribution prior to scheduled meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Data Analytics.
• 5-8 years of related accounting and financial experience.
• Preferred: Certified Governmental Financial Manager (CGFM), Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Federal accounting, including the United States Standard General Ledger (USSGL) and Treasury Financial Manual, and knowledge of Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA).
• Experience working in teams to produce high-impact work products, reports, and other deliverables in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of and experience with Federal financial management activities, including but not necessarily limited to: OMB Circular A-123 assessments for internal controls over financial reporting; Federal financial statement audits; financial risk management, financial policy, entitylevel controls and/or management controls.
• Knowledge of and experience with OMB Circular A-123, Appendix A, B and C, the GAO Green Book, the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, Federal Financial Integrity Act of 1982 (FMFIA), and Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA).
• Possesses strong oral and written communication skills.
• Heightened attention to detail, and the ability to create and edit technical and non-technical written work products and graphical presentations.
• Ability to view problems from multiple angles and apply a variety of solutions to solving them.
• Ability to participate in client-facing discussions and meetings.
• Ability to synthesize information quickly and learn new skills.
• Demonstrates proven thorough abilities in internal control assessments, entity level controls, risk management, and fraud risk assessments.
• Support management internal control programs, understand deficiencies communicated by the client’s auditor or internal control teams, track audit provided by client (PBC) requests, respond to audit requests, develop corrective action plans, and execute remediation with a focus on internal controls over financial reporting and management financial statement assertions.
• Demonstrates the ability to understand client needs, participate within a team environment, and communicate throughout internal and external network in a manner that allows for successful execution of tasks.

Final salary determination based on skill-set, qualifications, and approved funding.

Many of our jobs come with great benefits – Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location, and may include the following:

Paid Time Off

            PTO / Vacation – 5.67 hours accrued per pay period / 136 hours accrued annually 

            Paid Holidays - 11

            California residents receive an additional 24 hours of sick leave a year

Health & Wellness

            Medical

            Dental

            Vision

            Prescription

            Employee Assistance Program

            Short- & Long-Term Disability

            Life and AD&D Insurance

Spending Account

            Flexible Spending Account

            Health Savings Account

            Health Reimbursement Account

            Dependent Care Spending Account

            Commuter Benefits

Retirement

401k / 401a

Voluntary Benefits

            Hospital Indemnity

            Critical Illness

            Accident Insurance

            Pet Insurance

            Legal Insurance

            ID Theft Protection

Teleworking Permitted?

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