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Ascension is seeking an experienced Senior Financial Audit & Compliance Analyst to provide specialized federal financial management, audit-readiness, regulatory compliance, and remediation support to Headquarters United States Marine Corps Programs & Resources.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned federal financial management professional who understands how financial statement audit requirements translate into day-to-day operational requirements, documentation, controls, corrective actions, and defensible audit evidence. This individual should be equally comfortable interpreting federal financial regulations, working directly with accounting and financial management personnel, coordinating with auditors, responding to Provided-by-Client (PBC) requests, analyzing audit findings, and helping business owners implement corrective actions.

This role is particularly suited for someone who has worked within DoD financial management, federal financial statement audit, audit remediation, financial controls, or Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI)-supported environments and who can operate with limited supervision while advising senior government stakeholders.

The work directly supports the Marine Corps’ objective of maintaining accurate, timely, and defensible financial information and sustaining its audit posture. The RFA mission includes developing financial statements and supporting full financial statement audits through DAI data retrieval, documentation management, PBC response development, audit liaison support, and financial systems/process expertise. SSN_ADCFAS_Enclosure_1_PWS_DRAF…

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Senior Financial Audit & Compliance Analyst serves as a senior subject matter resource supporting the Marine Corps Accounting and Financial Systems Branch (RFA) and Systems and Data Integration Division (SDI).

The Analyst evaluates financial management activities against applicable federal, DoD, Department of the Navy, and Marine Corps financial management requirements; assists government personnel with interpreting requirements; coordinates audit-related information and evidence; analyzes audit findings; and develops recommendations designed to strengthen financial reporting processes and internal controls.

The individual will be expected to work across accounting, financial systems, audit, compliance, and business-process stakeholders. The role requires someone who is analytical, highly organized, detail-oriented, comfortable interpreting complex regulatory requirements, and capable of translating those requirements into practical corrective actions.

The individual should be self-directed and capable of managing multiple requests with different deadlines while maintaining appropriate documentation and audit trails. Strong written communication is especially important because PWS-requested Written Recommendations and Analyses for Specific Issues (WRASI) must contain detailed analytical findings and, where applicable, supporting industry or military citations. SSN_ADCFAS_Enclosure_1_PWS_DRAF…

Expected Day-to-Day / Recurring Activities

• ANALYZE financial management processes, transactions, controls, supporting documentation, and financial reporting activities for compliance with applicable federal and DoD requirements.
• INTERPRET Treasury Financial Regulations, OMB guidance, DoD Financial Management Regulation requirements, OSD guidance, DFAS guidance, FISCAM requirements, DON financial guidance, Marine Corps financial policies, and applicable OUSD(C) directives.
• ADVISE RFA and SDI government personnel regarding financial management compliance, audit-readiness requirements, documentation expectations, and corrective-action strategies.
• COORDINATE PBC requests, audit evidence, follow-up questions, documentation requests, and related communications between RFA/SDI personnel and external auditors.
• LIAISE with Independent Public Accountants, Inspector General personnel, DFAS representatives, and other stakeholders supporting financial audits and examinations.
• REVIEW audit findings, notices of findings and recommendations, deficiencies, observations, supporting evidence, and management responses.
• ASSESS root causes and contributing factors associated with financial management or control deficiencies.
• DEVELOP written recommendations and analyses addressing specific financial management, audit, or compliance issues.
• RECOMMEND corrective actions and practical process improvements to address audit findings and strengthen Marine Corps financial statements.
• TRACK remediation activities, open findings, documentation requests, corrective actions, milestones, dependencies, and closure evidence.
• VALIDATE that remediation documentation and supporting evidence adequately address identified deficiencies before submission or closure.
• SUPPORT reconciliations and analyses involving financial data and supporting/feeder-system information when required.
• IDENTIFY inconsistencies, control weaknesses, documentation gaps, data-quality issues, and potential compliance risks.
• COLLABORATE with accounting, financial systems, data, audit, internal-control, and program stakeholders.
• PREPARE issue papers, decision-support analyses, memoranda, spreadsheets, executive summaries, audit-response packages, and briefing materials.
• BRIEF government stakeholders regarding audit status, findings, emerging risks, remediation progress, and recommended actions.
• MAINTAIN organized audit documentation and traceability between requests, supporting evidence, findings, corrective actions, and closure decisions.
• SUPPORT financial-system and DAI-related research when audit questions involve transaction processing, system interfaces, reporting, or financial data.
• APPLY quality-control procedures to ensure submitted work products are accurate, traceable, relevant, and defensible.

These responsibilities reflect the PWS requirement to provide compliance guidance, facilitate PBC requests and auditor follow-up, and identify and implement process improvements arising from audit findings. SSN_ADCFAS_Enclosure_1_PWS_DRAF…

Tools, Systems, and Processes

Candidates should be comfortable working with or rapidly learning:

Federal/DoD Financial Environment

• Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI)
• DoD financial and accounting feeder systems
• United States Standard General Ledger (USSGL)
• DFAS financial processes and reports
• Federal financial statement audit processes

Audit / Compliance Frameworks

• DoD Financial Management Regulation (DoD FMR)
• FISCAM
• Treasury financial regulations
• OMB Circulars and guidance, including OMB A-11 as applicable
• OSD/OUSD(C) financial guidance
• DON financial guidance
• Marine Corps financial policies
• PBC request management
• Audit finding and remediation tracking
• Corrective Action Plans
• Root-cause analysis
• Internal-control assessment
• Audit evidence validation

Productivity / Analysis Tools

• Advanced Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Teams
• SharePoint
• Financial reporting and reconciliation tools
• Audit/PBC trackers and issue-management repositories