Financial Analyst / Audit Analyst with Security Clearance

---

Job description

Job Description: Background: The F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office (JPO) leads the life-cycle program management of the F-35A, F-35B, and F-35C: the fifth-generation joint strike fighter air system for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, international partners, and foreign military sales customers. Now that the F-35's have passed their Initial Operational Test & Evaluation (IOT&E), they're ready for serial production, deployment and production. DoD Audit Readiness is a significant goal for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and a major linchpin to the DoD receiving an unmodified Audit is the F-35 program. This has brought increased attention to the F-35 JPO resolving the notices of findings and recommendations (NFRs) for accountable property Making this the best time to innovate and streamline financial-related processes, systems, and procedures. Project Objectives for the Transforming Financial Improvement and Audit Remediation (FIAR) in the F-35 JPO The JPO will need to change property accountability processes that require utilization of the GFP Module and the Program's Accountable Property System of Record to be populated and sustained with all F-35 properties. The F-35 JPO is listed as a high-priority item by the Deputy Secretary of Defense (DepSecDef) to achieve Audit Readiness. To achieve audit compliance, the F-35 JPO must: Complete the Trial Balance of the F-35 JPO by December 2025 per Deputy Secretary of Defense Establish and adhere to all audit methodologies and requirements across the enterprise
Ensure the control environment aligns with the Department of the Air Force, the Department of the Navy, and the Defense Logistics Agency. Transform our current FIAR efforts to ensure that there is a clear strategy and comprehensive plan to achieve audit compliance Transition to a solution that automates our asset tracking into the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Remediate Notice of Finding and Recommendations (NFRs) from DOD-IG and GAO Ensure an automated capability for total asset visibility and inventory control (TAV/IC) Ensure our Accountable Property System of Record is accurate, complete, and is minimal burden capturing all Government Furnished Property movement; seamlessly allowing the US Services to financially report F-35 assets Develop, document, and test Internal Controls for audit requirements to establish an Initial Trial Balance Experience Requirements: Mandatory 2+ years of both academic and practical experience working with financial audits and large data sets Ability to work on large teams & across multiple stakeholders to solve multiple problems and agree on a final goal
Academic or practical experience creating new ways to display evolving audit data
Extremely detail oriented
Experience creating or working with new systems, software, or visualization tools that take existing data off old systems to put into a new creative format
Experience modernizing systems and pulling together disparate pieces of data from various entities Experience supporting cost estimations, conducting financial audits, and establishing an audit strategy
Experience developing, documenting, testing internal controls for audit requirements
Intermediate (willing to expand) excel experience
Experience or practical education in managing large ledgers
Experience in double-end bookkeeping Certification Requirements: N /A Education Requirements: Bachelor of Science / Bachelor of Art Work Type: OnSite - Washington, DC/NCR Clearance Requirements: Secret Clearance Required - No Interim Clearances

<!– job description page –>