Senior Cost Model Analyst in Washington, District of Columbia at FM Talent Source

Position Summary

FM Talent is seeking a Senior Cost Model Analyst to support the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of Financial Management. This position will lead cost methodology, activity-based costing, cost allocation, and financial analysis supporting the Customer Service Program.

The analyst will help ensure that customer billing amounts are accurate, reproducible, and clearly explained. Working with financial, operational, and technical team members, this position will document the relationship between source data, workload drivers, calculations, and customer-facing financial products. This position is contingent upon contract award.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead activity-based costing, cost allocation, and Customer Billing Model methodology analysis.
• Analyze workload drivers, cost trends, and variances to explain changes in customer charges and service consumption.
• Lead the annual Beginning of Year Financial and Accounting Shared Services reassessment and prepare supporting allocation analyses and customer reports.
• Independently recalculate material financial calculations, including quarterly Cost Per Contractor Invoice calculations.
• Maintain documentation of assumptions, calculation methods, data sources, allocation rules, and analytical findings.
• Develop and maintain cost-to-customer traceability documentation with the financial and technical team.
• Review Customer Billing Model configuration, workload drivers, data capture, and calculation accuracy with process owners and technical staff.
• Prepare responses to financial taskings and support process improvement and special projects.
• Provide analytical backup for financial reporting, data visualization, and recurring customer billing activities.
• Maintain current desk guides and support cross-training to preserve continuity.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Demonstrated experience in federal financial management, cost accounting, or financial analysis.
• Experience developing, maintaining, or analyzing activity-based cost models and cost allocation frameworks.
• Ability to reconcile financial data, independently verify calculations, investigate variances, and document findings.
• Experience analyzing workload drivers and explaining financial results to nontechnical stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of Python or R and predictive modeling techniques.
• Ability to support data analysis using SQL and financial reporting or visualization using Power BI or Tableau.
• Experience producing clear financial analyses, methodology documentation, and decision-support reports.
• Strong project coordination, written communication, and customer service skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal shared services or reimbursable financial operations.
• Familiarity with customer billing models, federal cost management tools, and annual cost reassessments.
• Experience supporting DHS, ICE, or another federal financial management organization.

Additional Position Requirements

• Ability to complete required Government background investigation, suitability, badging, and system-access processes before beginning performance.
• Availability for full-time assignment to the task order.
• Ability to travel to the Dallas and Burlington Finance Centers when requested by the Government.

Compensation Range: The salary range provided is determined by market value, internal equity, and the candidate's experience and qualifications. Offers will be extended within this range, though not all candidates will receive an offer at the upper limit.