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Ascension LLC is seeking a Senior Financial Audit Readiness Analyst to support the Program Management Office for Light Armored Vehicles with audit readiness, financial accountability, asset tracking, reporting, reconciliation, and FIAR documentation support. This role is mission-critical because PM LAV requires audit specialist support following a recent audit that identified concerns related to asset management and reporting. The PWS specifically requires support for PM LAV at Detroit Arsenal, MI, for the U.S. Marine Corps, with a focus on audit support services, management of assets, and reporting in multiple formats.

The ideal candidate will bring strong financial audit readiness experience, knowledge of DoD financial management practices, disciplined documentation habits, and the ability to work independently in a Government program office environment. The candidate should be comfortable reconciling financial and logistics data, maintaining Key Supporting Documents, supporting audit site visits, preparing FIAR-related documentation, and working with financial managers, program managers, contracting teams, and accountable property stakeholders.

Summary of Contractor Role

The Senior Financial Audit Readiness Analyst will provide hands-on audit readiness and financial management support to PM LAV. The role will support FIAR activities, OMB Circular A-123 and A-136 reporting requirements, reconciliation of financial transactions to source documentation, research and reconciliation of Unliquidated Obligations, Liquidations Greater Than Expenses, and preparation of documentation packages to support audits. The position also supports Military Equipment accountability, Government Furnished Property tracking, inventory management, audit site visit documentation, and monthly status reporting. The PWS requires the contractor to apply Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, follow DoD, Department of the Navy, and USMC policies, and support financial relevant and supply accountability transactions.

This position requires a candidate who is detail-oriented, organized, analytical, and comfortable working with ambiguous or incomplete financial and logistics data. The successful candidate must be able to identify discrepancies, construct defensible documentation packages, recommend corrective actions, track progress, and communicate findings clearly through spreadsheets, reports, briefings, memorandums, and meeting materials.

Day-to-Day Activities

• Apply Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, DoD, DoN, and USMC policies to support financial and supply accountability transactions.
• Support Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness activities for PM LAV.
• Obtain, maintain, and validate Key Supporting Documents, including DD Form 250, DD Form 1348, and other acceptance or property documentation.
• Process GCSS-MC service requests for military equipment establishment, fielding, transfer, and related property actions.
• Track Capital Improvement activity by Military Equipment serial number and support quarterly reporting.
• Prepare Construction In-Progress reports that identify accepted Military Equipment by serial number and unit cost.
• Analyze Deferred Maintenance and Reporting data, including annual preventative maintenance costs and cost-savings information.
• Manage Government Furnished Property actions in coordination with the contracting team, including adding, modifying, and removing GFP through GCSS-MC service requests and iRAPT documentation.
• Maintain inventory records for physical inventory held locally at PM LAV and at offsite locations using spreadsheets and other inventory management tools.
• Prepare documentation for financial accountability audits, inspections, and audit site visits.
• Research and report USMC Military Equipment inventory information and support quarterly Military Equipment Valuation workbook reviews.
• Collect and consolidate financial audit information for reporting.
• Monitor transactional data in accounting, financial, logistics, and budgeting systems to verify correct recording within required timeframes.
• Recommend corrective actions for accounting records supported by Key Supporting Documents.
• Run reports and pull data from financial systems, logistics systems, budgeting systems, spreadsheets, and other Government-approved tools.
• Reconcile daily transaction reports to source documents.
• Research, collect, review, and organize source documentation packages to support audit requests.
• Research and reconcile Unliquidated Obligations, Negative Unliquidated Obligations, and Liquidations Greater Than Expenses.
• Prepare funding packages to amend documents and return ULOs to the Program Office when required.
• Track and report reconciliation progress to financial managers for reporting to PEO LS staff and the Comptroller.
• Receive, analyze, and respond to Department of Navy taskers, including collecting data, references, and supporting materials.
• Facilitate or attend recurring meetings to gather information, validate data, resolve issues, and support tasker responses.
• Prepare monthly contractor progress, status, and management reports summarizing accomplishments, open actions, risks, and anticipated activities.