The Operations & Controls Analyst provides hands-on analytical, operational, and governance support across financial planning, reporting, transaction oversight, and audit preparedness. This role plays a critical part in ensuring disciplined financial stewardship by executing standardized processes, preparing detailed analyses, maintaining control documentation, and supporting oversight of operating and capital budgets.
The Analyst partners closely with cross-functional teams to ensure financial accuracy, compliance, and the timely delivery of insights that support leadership decision-making. Success in this role requires strong attention to detail, the ability to manage multiple priorities, and comfort working in deadline-driven environments.
This is a 6-month, W2 contract position. This position is eligible for benefits. This contractor role requires a minimum of two days per week onsite in the Washington, D.C. office, with the remaining days worked remotely.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare monthly budget-to-actual variance analyses using standardized templates, including identification of material variances, root-cause drivers, and recommended corrective actions.
- Support annual and multi-year financial planning, quarterly forecasting, and monthly operating and capital expenditure reporting.
- Maintain and update standardized cost models, assumptions, and reporting tools in approved repositories.
- Assist with scenario-based financial analysis to support key business decisions.
- Support month-end close activities, including expense reconciliation and accrual preparation.
- Document and maintain end-to-end workflows for invoice processing, contract requisitions, and purchase orders in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Track transaction exceptions, rework, and processing timelines; prepare governance and compliance reporting for leadership review.
- Support invoice review, vendor billing reconciliation, and purchase order funding monitoring.
- Develop and maintain job aids and guidance related to approval thresholds, routing requirements, and escalation paths.
- Assist with audit readiness and ongoing performance monitoring.
- Monitor purchase order funding utilization and proactively flag underfunded or overcommitted positions.
Required Qualifications
- 5–8 years of experience in financial operations, FP&A, accounting, or business operations.
- Proven experience supporting operating and capital expense budget management.
- Hands-on experience with expense reconciliation, invoice review, and vendor billing.
- Exposure to audit preparedness, internal controls, or compliance-focused environments.
- Advanced Excel skills, including financial modeling, variance analysis, and reconciliations.
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines.
- High attention to detail with strong documentation and follow-through.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience working within formal procurement, contract management, and approval frameworks.
- Exposure to multi-year financial planning or managing large, complex budgets.
- Collaboration with FP&A, Procurement, and Accounts Payable teams.
- Working knowledge of basic project management principles, including task tracking and milestone delivery.
