This senior financial data analyst position supports Deloitte's government and public services finance transformation initiatives, with a focus on data reconciliation, control design, and audit readiness to inform reporting and decision-making. The role is onsite in Arlington, VA, offering a competitive annual compensation range, and requires a bachelor’s degree along with a minimum of four years of relevant experience.
Responsibilities
- Assess the current UoT framework and devise a strategy to ensure complete transaction population coverage across the full set of financial statements, delivering solutions aligned with accounting and audit requirements.
- Evaluate the UoT control environment, design completeness controls for government review and approval, and assist in implementing approved controls to strengthen audit readiness and long-term sustainment.
- Maintain and enhance the AI/ML model that generates the Quantitative Drill Down, linking financial statement line items to supporting transactions by assessable unit, enabling sampling and testing support for the Independent Public Auditor.
- Reconcile data pathways to the financial statements to validate the completeness of reported balances across source and reporting systems, including DDRS, GAFS-R, DEAMS, and other general ledgers.
- Develop and recommend end-of-month general ledger maintenance oversight controls, monitor changes to posting logic and critical data tables, and maintain crosswalks to reporting systems to support accurate aggregation and reporting.
- Coordinate with DSCA, DFAS-IN SCA, and other stakeholders to review ongoing reconciliation efforts, validate results, and support remediation of identified issues affecting financial reporting completeness.
- Improve the user experience for enterprise data access, discovery, and cataloging in VAULT/Advana by providing guidance on data usability, quality, maturity, and mission context across diverse stakeholder groups.
- Support the integration of analytical tools, gather user feedback, apply leading practices, and inform roadmap development to enhance data transparency, decision support, and audit responsiveness.
- Prepare clear briefings, recommendations, and audit-ready documentation that communicate control design, reconciliation results, model outputs, and remediation priorities to leadership and auditors.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
- Active Secret security clearance required
- 4+ years of experience supporting audit readiness, treasury reporting, internal controls, financial reporting, or federal financial management
- 4+ years of experience in a combination of the following areas:
- Supporting or sustaining analytics, AI/ML, or model-driven processes in a controlled environment, including documentation, monitoring, and data quality considerations
- Maintaining crosswalks, mappings, or transformation logic between source systems, general ledgers, and reporting outputs
- Supporting data usability, governance, cataloging, or user-centered improvements in enterprise data environments is preferred
- Ability to work on-site in Prince George County, MD up to 5 days per week
Technologies
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package for project delivery-focused professionals
- Discretionary annual incentive program
The Team
Deloitte's Government & Public Services GPS practice delivers impact through people, ideas, technology, and outcomes. It serves federal, state, and local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, bringing a fresh perspective to anticipate disruption and fulfill mission commitments.
The Controllership and Treasury Transformation offering modernizes finance functions to align with evolving business objectives. The team partners with the CFO, CAO, controller, and treasurer to build a data-driven, tech-enabled controllership and treasury function that drives value for business partners and investors.
The Project Delivery Talent Model focuses on professionals with specialized skills aligned to client needs. Team members concentrate on delivering services to clients without additional expectations related to business development or promotion, with employment tied to project roles and project-delivery–oriented benefits.
