Financial Analyst (WMATA)

Velocity Talent is hiring two Financial Analysts for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Office of the CFO. You'll build the models, forecasts and analysis that CFO stakeholders use to make budget decisions.

Contract: 1,040 hours, about six months full time. Two openings.
Location: hybrid, onsite Monday through Thursday at an assigned WMATA site in Washington, DC, Alexandria, VA or New Carrollton, MD, and remote on Fridays.

What you'll do

• Build and maintain Excel financial models, forecasts, templates and dashboards
• Analyze personnel costs, including compensation, benefits, vacancies and overtime
• Run budget to actual variance analysis and track expense trends
• Model fare and non fare revenue scenarios, contract and procurement spending, grants and subsidies
• Build cost benefit business cases and multiyear forecasts
• Document sources, assumptions, methods and results, and follow quality control standards
• Present findings clearly in Excel, Word and PowerPoint

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Public Administration or a related field
• 2 to 5 years of financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting or cost analysis
• Strong hands on Excel, including complex formulas, pivot tables and financial modeling
• Experience with variance analysis, forecasts, business cases or cost benefit analysis
• Clear, accurate communication and the ability to manage deadlines

Nice to have

• Public sector, transit, transportation or other large organization experience
• PeopleSoft, Power BI or similar systems

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