Financial Management Analyst, Public Sector

Financial Management Analyst, Public Sector

At Lazarus, we build foundation models to help people solve the world's toughest problems. Enterprise and government clients use our APIs to power products and workflows that keep humans focused on what we do best. We're a venture-backed team headquartered downtown Boston, MA and we share a passion for innovation, growth, and a commitment to the responsible use of AI.

Job Overview

The Public Sector Financial Management Analyst serves as a principal financial expert and strategic advisor, providing comprehensive financial analysis, meticulous forecasting, and strategic oversight to ensure optimal resource allocation, strict adherence to fiscal compliance, and the promotion of data-driven decision-making. This role is critical for both ongoing operational continuity and future strategic initiatives, including workforce planning and team expansion efforts within a public sector environment. A CPA is required for this position.

Security Clearance : This role requires eligibility for U.S. security clearance based on current or future interactions with domestic and foreign governments. Current and active Secret or Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance is highly desirable (but not required).

Responsibilities

• Financial Tracking and Expenditure Oversight :

Meticulously track all payments, obligations, and expenditures, including reconciling accounts and making necessary adjustments to ensure accurate transaction posting and timely resolution of discrepancies.

Accurately estimate future financial needs and develop comprehensive projections of revenues, expenses, financial position, and external factors for all key funds and government operations.

Accurately track recurring and ongoing operational expenditures essential to daily operations, systematically identifying and analyzing cost factors such as materials and labor.

Perform comprehensive aggregation of financial data from various accounts and internal systems into a cohesive, comprehensive set.

Accurately estimate and forecast funding requirements for maintaining the current workforce, considering factors such as start dates, hiring lag, attrition, frozen / eliminated positions, and funded vs. unfunded roles.

Support financial analysis to forecast necessary funding for team expansion based on anticipated hiring requirements.

Requirements

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Benefits :

Lazarus AI is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation or any characteristic protected under applicable law. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. This applies to every aspect of employment at Lazarus, including, but not limited to, employment, training, promotion, demotion, transfer, leaves of absence and termination.