Sr. DTS DAI Financial Analyst

Sr. DTS/DAI Financial Systems Analyst will deliver daily financial systems administration and functional support for Government travel and financial operations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an Organizational Defense Travel Administrator (ODTA) or ODTA backup.
• Provide daily administration for the Defense Travel System (DTS).
• Attach and detach personnel from the DTS organizational hierarchy.
• Create, maintain, and update DTS user and traveler profiles, including:
  • Traveler email address updates
  • Electronic Funds Transfer information updates
  • Government Travel Charge Card updates
• Support DTS travel administration, including authorizations, vouchers, local vouchers, and amendments.
• Establish and maintain cross-organization lines of accounting for travelers outside the DTS hierarchy.
• Adjust routing lists when authorizing officials or organizational structures change.
• Monitor DTS budgets, obligations, and lines of accounting.
• Coordinate DTS system updates and maintenance and publish relevant changes via the Government SharePoint portal.
• Verify completion of initial and annual DTS training and collect/maintain user training certificates.
• Verify authorizing officials complete required initial and recurring training.
• Prepare DD Form 577 appointment packages for new authorizing officials.
• Maintain DD Form 577 records in an audit-ready master file and process DD Form 577 terminations when authorizing officials depart.
• Complete and maintain required DTS ODTA training and permissions.
• Under Government direction, input financial transactions into DAI (without approving transactions).
• Support DAI process areas including:
  • Procure-to-Pay
  • Budget-to-Report
  • Budget Formulation
  • Order-to-Cash
• Provide DAI user-management support.
• Support transaction interfaces among DAI, DTS, SABRS, Navy ERP, and related financial systems.
• Create or assist with funding documents based on Government-approved source documents.
• Collect, review, interpret, evaluate, and integrate financial information from multiple systems.
• Prepare new financial reports or revise existing reports.
• Research financial-system discrepancies and rejected transactions, and recommend corrective actions to Government financial personnel.
• Support budget execution, accounting, reconciliation, and financial data validation.
• Assist with incoming reimbursable transactions and Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPR).
• Provide analysis, recommendations, data input, documentation, and systems support under Government direction.
• Support production of information including (as applicable): Monthly Status Reports, DTS Budget Status Reports, DAI Financial Status Reports, Reimbursable MIPR Status Reports, Contractor Rosters, Trip Reports, accomplishment summaries, ongoing-task status, rework tracking, risk identification, and recommended mitigation plans.
• Complete at least 95% of assigned tasks without requiring rework.
• Produce accurate financial and operational information and meet established reporting deadlines.
• Maintain audit-ready records and promptly identify issues that may affect contract performance.
• Communicate risks and recommend mitigation strategies; maintain effective working relationships with Government personnel.
• Support surge requirements and increased workloads when directed.
• Maintain professional integrity, reliability, and sound judgment.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent and 8 years of directly relevant experience.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Active final Top Secret clearance.
• Current or immediately obtainable SCI eligibility.
• Favorable adjudication of Tier 5 investigation.
• Ability to complete a Counterintelligence Scope Polygraph when required for NSA campus or network access.
• Comply with DD Form 254 and all applicable security requirements.
• Follow local access, entry, exit, property-control, and identification procedures.
• Protect classified information, Controlled Unclassified Information, financial data, personally identifiable information, usernames, passwords, and system information.
• Complete initial and recurring security and safety training and immediately report potential security incidents.
• Comply with Government workplace conduct policies; maintain professional and personal integrity.
• Maintain all clearance, access, and polygraph requirements throughout employment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability, including financial systems troubleshooting.
• High attention to detail; accurate data entry and validation.
• Financial and operational reporting; written and verbal communication.
• Customer service; organization and records management.
• Independent task management and professional judgment; ability to work with sensitive information.
• Ability to prioritize time-critical requests and work effectively in a classified, mission-driven environment.

Required Experience

• 8 years of progressively responsible professional experience supporting DoD/federal/military/Government financial management operations.
• 5 years hands-on DTS experience (traveler support, authorizations, vouchers, routing lists, lines of accounting, budget monitoring, profile management, or organizational administration).
• 3 years direct ODTA experience (ODTA permissions, user administration, DD Form 577 management, training records, routing structures, and audit documentation).
• 3 years hands-on DAI experience supporting financial transactions, reporting, user management, funding documents, budget execution, or process-area support.
• 3 years experience with DoD budget execution/accounting/reimbursable funding/financial systems analysis.
• 3 years experience preparing recurring financial, budget, operational, or contract status reports.
• Two years of experience supporting DAI process areas (Procure-to-Pay, Budget-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, or Budget Formulation).
• 2 years working directly with Government financial managers, comptrollers, budget analysts, authorizing officials, or accounting personnel.

Preferred Experience

• 10+ years of DoD or federal financial management experience.
• 5+ years serving as a DTS ODTA.
• 5+ years supporting DTS in a Navy or DoD organization.
• 5+ years working with SABRS, CFMS, Navy ERP, DAI, or comparable DoD financial systems.
• 3+ years supporting a DoD Comptroller organization.
• 3+ years supporting reimbursable funding, MIPR, or funding-document reconciliation.
• Prior support to Fleet Cyber Command, U.S. Cyber Command, NSA, DISA, a Navy echelon command, or another classified DoD organization.
• Experience working in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility.
• Experience supporting financial audit readiness or responding to financial-documentation requests.
• Experience independently analyzing complex or rejected financial transactions and recommending corrective action.

Key Tools and Technologies

• Defense Travel System (DTS)
• Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI)
• Joint Travel Regulations
• DD Form 577
• Defense Financial Management Regulation
• Procure-to-Pay, Budget-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, Budget Formulation
• Electronic Funds Transfer, Government Travel Charge Card
• Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests
• SharePoint
• Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel
• Standard Accounting, Budgeting, and Reporting System (SABRS)
• Command Financial Management System
• Navy Enterprise Resource Planning
• Defense Civilian Pay System
• Standard Labor Data Collection and Distribution Application
• Defense Finance and Accounting Service systems
• CFMS, Navy ERP

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Paid time off
• Eleven paid federal holidays
• 401(k) and company 401(k) match
• Employee referral program
• Bereavement leave
• Employee assistance program

Travel

• Occasional local and CONUS travel may be required.

Security Requirements

• U.S. citizenship required.
• Active final Top Secret clearance required.
• Current or immediately obtainable SCI eligibility required.
• Favorable adjudication of Tier 5 investigation required.
• Counterintelligence Scope Polygraph ability required when needed for NSA campus or network access.
• Strongly preferred: Active TS/SCI with Current CI Polygraph, existing NSA or Fort Meade access, and a current DISS record without access restrictions or unresolved security incidents.

Pay: USD 102,583 - 150,000 per year (USD 102,583.88 - $150,000.00 per year listed).

Location: Fort George G Meade, MD (onsite) (Fort Meade, Maryland 20755 100% onsite).

Customer: U.S. Fleet Cyber Command / U.S. Tenth Fleet.

Employment type: Full-time.

Onsite requirement (application question): Able to work onsite 100%.

Application question: At least 3 years of DAI (Defense Agencies Initiative) experience.