Financial Analyst (OPU) - Global Compensation (Hybrid)

Job Description

Interested in Applying? I have a few preliminary questions…

• Do you love numbers?
• Do you love analysis?
• Do you love figuring out how to make reports better?
• Are you really good with Excel (preferred)?
• Are you looking for a job in the Department of State, located in Charleston, SC?

If you answered yes to most of these, keep on reading.

Why is this position different from other opportunities?
All personnel provided under this task order must be able to either possess or obtain a security clearance of “Secret”.
Important note to consider: A Secret Clearance will open a lot of other doors for your career in the Government to include possibilities of being hired directly.

You must meet these minimum requirements for contractual compliance:

• Requires a four-year degree from an accredited college or university in accounting, or a related field such as computer science or business administration
• 3 years of relevant professional experience in design, development, analysis, testing or implementation of mainframe or client-server based financial systems. Functional expertise and experience in accounting operations, policies, practices, reporting and business processes/requirements is desirable and may be substituted for IT experience.
• Personnel shall possess superior multi-tasking, customer service, analytical, organizational, oral and written communication skills, as well as a strong attention to detail.
• Requires experience with computer-based applications including word-processing, spreadsheets, and database management systems. MS Excel and MS Word experience at an intermediate level is required.
• Experience with processing payroll including manual creation of W-2s and 1099’s is highly preferred.

• Processing and auditing overpayment transactions (prior year and current year) related to salary, benefits, and allowances.
• Researching and interpreting policy to determine eligibility for payment of salary, allowances, entitlements and benefit contributions.
• Notifying customers of overpayments (preparing initial notification of indebtedness via letter from Global Compensation.
• Answering Payroll Customer Support (PCS) inquiries and general inquiries from internal customers
• Retrieve, research and analyze pay history in the proprietary financial systems
• Calculating overpayments made with automated tools and/or manually due to personnel actions, time and attendance adjustments, Post arrival/departure, etc.
• Establishing a method of repayment per debt collection authorizations, and proposing alternate repayments schedules, if necessary
• Filing all work and correspondence by indexing in Document Imaging System (DIS)
• Professionally communicate with co-workers, management and customers (internal/external) via email, IM (instant messaging) and in person about overpayment transactions.
• Monitoring debt collections, including payments submitted to Accounts Receivable, Pay.Gov, and salary deduction Creating cases in the Debt Management Database and completing ongoing updates until the case has been closed
• Processing actions to correct overstated earnings, including preparing letters of credit, W2 Corrections, and manual adjustments in the pay processing system
• Performs other payroll project duties as assigned.

From our experience to be successful in this position you will need to have:

• Effective communication with all levels (Colleagues, shareholders, and upper Management); ability to create rapport and ask the right questions to gather Client's requirements; able to convey difficult processes in easy-to-understand language.
• Excellent time management and multi-tasking skills
• Passion for digging deep into financial issues   
• Proficiency in Excel 

What about my duty hours?

The contractor employee will work an 8-hour shift between the hours of 6:15 am to 6:00 pm with a non-compensated 45-minute lunch (See your Project Manager for work schedule and department policies). Additional hours may be required and must be authorized by your Project Manager and DoS Management.

Haynes Benefits 

Haynes offers a robust benefits package to include 11 paid Federal Holidays, medical/dental/vision, life insurance, accrued leave, 401K (matching), tuition reimbursement, free professional development & training program with 9000+ courses and much more. We thrive on providing a good work/life balance and in creating an inclusive culture where employees feel valued, appreciated, and are rewarded for top performance! 

Haynes, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or other protected status in any of the terms or conditions of employment. 

This position is for support of a government contract, which requires that all employees be fully vaccinated for COVID before beginning work or qualify for an exemption.