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XLA is looking for a Financial Analyst to sit onsite at our customer's offices in Washington, D.C. The ideal candidate will have experience with federal financial management, including the following:   - Develop or revise current monitoring tools to better identify obligations which may be closed; - Prepare quarterly status reports of RMP managed obligations; - Key in invoices in UFMS - Prepare and update invoice tracker; - Communicate and coordinate with point of contacts to acquire information, documents, and signatures needed for proper processing of invoices - Update RMP commitment/obligation logs; - Prepare payment corrections and reconciliations; - Review travel vouchers - Key in budget transfers - Document minutes of financial management meetings; - Assist budget analysts with generating reports required for execution reviews; - Conduct a burn/usage analysis to identify obligation balances that may be overstated or understated; - Prepare pertinent financial documents within established due dates as required by JMD Finance/Budget Staffs; - Generate specific program-related reports as needed; - Preparation of written training material for presentation purposes as well as examples used for discussion purpose in training classes; - Preparing quarterly open obligation summary; - Ensure all supporting documentation for obligation files are uploaded into UFMS and are audit complaint; - Review payment transactions for obligations to ensure billings received and charges recorded in UFMS are accurate, complete, and documented; - Update UFMS or provide a written documented accrual methodology to be used to update UFMS accurately and timely; - The contractor will work to resolve discrepancies in amounts provided, if needed; - Statements of Anticipated Reimbursements, as well as provide updates to line 3 of the Apportionment Schedules; - Advisory notices on agreements with expiring periods of performance; - Provide audit files for transactions selected for review; - Hold weekly meetings to update Team Leads.  

XLA is seeking a Service Desk / Asset Management Specialist in Lorton, VA. In addition to the duties of the Service Desk Specialist this position will establish and maintain electronic surveillance inventories. Must have experience with Sunflower Asset Management Systems (SAMS).   Inventory Service Desk Specialist duties shall include: - SAMS Sentry Consumable modules - Gain an understanding of the SAMS consumable modules, become backup POC for internal warehouse inventory. - Work with SAMS helpdesk to enter in all makes and models for all consumable, non-inventoried items to include supplies. - Establish and maintain an inventory of all items on Technical Operations Center (TOC) warehouse racks. - Work with individual sections to assist with local consumable inventories within the prospective areas. - Establish a base line inventory for all TOC supplies. - Work with SAMS Sentry development team and program managers for continued system improvements. - Annual surveillance inventory assistance; field verification and final dispositions. - Assist field offices with surveillance inventory corrections and user support when needed. - Transfers within SAMS Sentry, in and outbound. Verification of transfers acceptance, investigate resolutions when issues with transfers occur. - Assist with transfers when needed. - Work with individual sections to assist with local barcoded surveillance inventories within the prospective areas. Other duties may include: - Assist with TOC warehouse and front desk coverage. - Receiving and dispensing items to and from carries only, no shipping duties are to be assigned. - Must be able to operate government vehicles to include Forklifts and pickup trucks when needing to assist with transportation of inventoried items locally.

XLA is looking for a Jr. Financial Analyst to work onsite at a federal agency in Arlington, VA (metro accessible). This is a hybrid role and qualified candidates must live in the Washington, D.C. metro area.   Requires two (2) years of relevant experience. Relevant experience may include, but is not limited to strategic, business and action planning for the cost and schedule performance of programs. Duties will include: - Coordinate with government representatives and vendors to verify billing charges and periods of performance; - Record a variety of source documentation information into financial management and other systems, spreadsheets, and databases; - Audit, analyze, and track expenditures on funding accounts to meet current legal funding requirements; - Utilize financial management and data systems to process, verify, and submit payments; - Initiate account replenishment requests and dispursement of funds.  

XLA is looking for a Travel Specialist to sit onsite at our customer's offices in Washington, D.C. - Knowledge of Federal Travel Regulations and E2 systems. - Prior experience with a web-based travel system. - Proficient in Microsoft Office, with advanced knowledge of Excel. - Excellent communications and interfacing with various levels of management. - Excellent attention detail, must be able to multi task and have a sense of urgency to complete travel task within the allotted time frame provided. - Experience working with domestic travel authorizations and vouchers processing as well as foreign travel passports and visas. - Strong written and oral communication skills, preferably in a helpdesk type environment. - Must have a Bachelor's Degree plus two years of experience in a related field, or three years of experience in a related field.  

XLA is looking for a Receptionist to support our Government Client in their office located in Sterling, VA. The Receptionist will be responsible for providing support with the following:   - Greeting visitors in front lobby - Central point of contact for all visitors entering the facility - Securing appropriate identification - Obtaining appropriate information: purpose of visit, destination, etc. - Ability to express yourself verbally and in writing - Ability to take calls and converse on the telephone with callers - Ability to maintain visitor logs and logs of incoming mail and packages - All Conference Room scheduling and issuing of keys - OGV Scheduling - HQ Parking Pass Issuance - Maintain Property Passes for Non-Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) - Collect and Maintain Off-site Backup Tape Records - Other related duties as assigned.

XLA is looking for an Executive Assistant to work onsite at a federal agency located in Arligton, VA (metro accessible). The Executive Assistant's competencies will encompass very high level skills in the following areas: organization; time management; ability to multitask effectively; attention to detail, computer literacy; and well developed interpersonal skills. Responsibilities and attributes include: - Supporting management personnel by answering phones and maintaining Outlook calendar - Arranging domestic and international travel - Strong analytical skills to handle multiple projects - Ability to attend high level meetings - Ability to interact and converse with all levels of management - Have the ability to provide backup for multiple people on various tasks - Must have good writing skills - Handle onboarding of new employees - Have a willingness to educate themselves and work with current business processes - Ability to present new ideas or efficient processes - Provide program analytical support to the team - Must be articulate, ambitious, and a self starter

XLA is looking for a Senior Business Analyst to work at a federal customers location in College Park, MD. The Senior Business Analyst will be working directly with Program Management and investment stakeholders to develop the High-Level Business Requirements (HLBRs) to support an acquisition.   Participate in reviews of the Business Analysis work products such as: - Waterfall: stakeholder review, quality assessment and/or Requirements Stage Gate (RSG). - Agile: typically Scrum backlog grooming and Scrum ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, as well as the informal quality assessment of user stories in the backlog. - Authoring of user stories may be required for some projects. - Meeting defined schedules for the development of Business Analysis work products, for both Waterfall and Agile projects. - An individual Business Analyst may be required to support multiple programs and projects concurrently.  Developing Business Analysis work products per IR’s processes and templates, including but not limited to the following types of work products: - Stakeholder Requirements Specification (StRS) - System Requirements Specification (SyRS) - Requirements Verification Traceability Matrix (RVTM) - Process Descriptions Document (PDD) - User Stories - Eliciting the information from stakeholders as needed to develop Business Analysis work products, using a variety of techniques. - Facilitating stakeholder reviews of traditional work products as needed. - Performing a quality assessment of Business Analysis work products according to IR’s standards, and generating the associated Requirements Review Report (RRR). - Supporting the use of a Requirements Management System as necessary. - Assisting IR as needed to update its Requirements Management Plan (RMP) and templates, as well as developing new templates as required. - Generating a BA Dashboard for the tasking supported by IR and the Contractor-supplied Business Analysts that documents the following information for each project: - The task status relative to IR activities. - Outstanding action items assigned to members of IR or the Business Analysts. - Problems, issues, or risks that affect IR’s activities.  Supporting the administration of the RSG, including but not limited to: - Communicating with reviewers and other interested parties, scheduling the RSG meetings, collating and assessing comments about the requirements artifact(s) being presented to the RSG, and generating the RSG Decision Report. - Supporting business process change activities spanning the continuum from incremental through transformational change. (These activities, based upon the degree of change, are frequently labeled Business Process Improvement (BPT), Business Process Redesign and Business Process Reengineering (BPR).) These activities include analysis of a business and its business processes and applying best practices and formal methods to streamline, simplify, and drive efficiencies. - Supporting Fit-Gap Analysis activities to determine how well an IT solution fits the documented requirements, revealing functionality gaps in the solution being evaluated. 

XLA is looking to fill an Jr. Financial Analyst position for support in the Relocation Management Unit to directly support a federal law enforcement customer in providing professional support within a federal acquisition environment. The specialist will sit on-site in Arlington, Virginia (metro-accessible). Responsibilities: - Preparing monthly management reports. - Applies all payments received for invoices generated. - Balances ledger on monthly basis. - Following departmental security and confidentiality policies and procedures. - Maintaining minimal accepted level of productivity and excellent quality. - Demonstrating sound moral and ethical conduct in all aspects of the position. - Maintaining strong detailed understanding of the various transactions necessary to this position. - Ensuring that daily transactions are property filed, documented and recorded. - Contributing to a positive work environment. - Performing a variety of projects as assigned by the Supervisor/Manager. - Presenting a professional attitude when working with customers and other departments. - Will Utilize analytical skills to research and resolve issues/questions.

XLA is looking to hire an E2 Travel Specialist to work on site at DEA in Arlington, VA (metro accessible). Members of the XLA team work within the Financial Operations Section (FNO) by providing the E2 help desk support, answering questions, researching travel documents, routing issues, and maintaining E2 Access Forms. Employees with the Travel Services Unit work closely with the E2 Travel Helpdesk. Team members provide helpdesk support to all inquiries pertaining to E2 travel responding and researching all questions.  This helpdesk support is provided to all personnel at DEA. Our team assists DEA employees to ensure all Travel Cards are being used in accordance with all regulations. In addition, our team members generate E2 usage reports and provide cost comparisons for E2 travelers creating documents tracking E2 progress.  This information is used to update quarterly travel savings and used in the Office of Finance newsletter.   The E2 Travel Specialist will be tasked with: - Creating new E2 accounts for travelers  - Advising travelers on how to complete authorizations and submit travel vouchers in E2 - Advising travelers on all agency travel policies - Troubleshooting and resolving issues with rejected E2 documents from UFMS - Maintaining database for documents on local intranet 

XLA is looking for a Junior Financial Auditor to sit onsite at our customer's offices in Washington, D.C. Duties and responsibilities include: - Knowledge of Federal Financial Management systems. - Basic understanding of financial management evaluations and reviews. - Support the development of recommendations related to financial audit reviews and the associated corrective action plans. - Field and assist Mid Professional Auditor with answering questions regarding finance, budget, and auditing matters. - Assist/support strategic planning efforts for audit/financial plans. - Assist with internal audit services and OMB Circular No. A-123 control testing. - Assist with the preparation and analysis of risk assessment. - Detail-oriented, with strong attention to detail. - Must be willing to travel to all District Offices as needed.

XLA is looking for multiple Administrative Security Assistants to support our government customer in Farmers Branch, TX.  Please note that all applicants must be eligible to obtain a US Government Security Clearance.    The Administrative Security Assistant will initiate, receive, review and determine the accuracy and completeness of personnel security forms.    Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: - Manages the security application process and assist applicants through the process. - Supports the development of contract deliverables. - Conducts database checks, inquiries, and performs data entry using a variety of U.S. Government database systems. - Prepare personnel security files (PSF).  - Receive, review and determine the accuracy and completeness of applicant forms required for Background Investigations (BI). - Determines the accuracy and completeness of the personnel security questionnaire. - Runs credit reports, processes fingerprint cards, conducts agency checks, and evaluates results. - Identifies potential reciprocity and previous investigations, issues on security forms and obtains any missing information from applicant. - Verifies the appropriate level of background investigation being requested. - Processes requests for clearances, withdrawal letters, declination letters, and prepares email notifications. - Performs general clerical functions to include:  data entry, database and file maintenance. - Provides customer service to internal and external customers via email and phone. - Maintains the PSU file and mailrooms. - Ensures all documents required for suitability processing are included, completed and ready for EOD (Entry on Duty). - Assists other teams (Investigations, Intake, EOD, File Room, etc.) on special projects as needed.

  XLA is looking for an experienced Senior Federal Proposal Writer to join our corporate team based out of Vienna, VA. Remote is available, but the candidate must be able to participate in virtual zoom meetings as necessary.   The Senior Proposal Writer collaborates with XLA Subject Matter Experts and program/technical team members to develop compliant, responsive, and compelling proposals in response to Federal Government solicitations. The ideal candidate will have experience working past performance, corporate experience, technical approaches and staffing resume volumes, which includes qualifying opportunities to align with solicitation requirements.  The candidate will also work to further mature and maintain a company proposal library repository. This position will work as a consultant.   Position Description/Responsibilities: - Writes and leads technical, management, staffing/resume, and/or past performance sections and volumes.  Ensures Pricing volumes are properly included in final work product. - Provides direction and oversight to supporting writers; maintaining tight deadlines and color team schedules for all participants. - Works as part of a collaborative team to clearly articulate solution and strategy, approach to performing the work, experience, win themes, and discriminators. - Applies communication and interviewing skills to gather needed information from internal and external personnel to support writing activities. - Writes clear, persuasive, and articulate proposal sections; translates complex ideas into easily understandable text. - Uses initiative to anticipate proposal challenges and contribute to team efforts without managerial prompting. - Engages Business Development and Technical/Operation Subject Matter Experts to develop and refine responses to government solicitations; Interviews pursuit stakeholders to obtain information, develop appropriate content, and garner approvals. - Works to both mature and maintain a company proposal library.  - Develops and implements process improvements to help improve proposal quality.

 XLA is looking for a Jr. Contract Specialist to support our federal customer. The job site is in a niche area in Arlington, VA that is close to restaurants, shops, and public transportation. The position is currently working remotely.   The responsibilities for the Jr. Contract Specialist are as follows:  - Develop acquisition plans and procurement  milestone schedules; - Coordinate tasks and attend meetings related to the development of a procurement  package; - Prepare procurement packages, including preparation  and review of requirements  documentation (e.g., Statements of Work (SOWs), Statements of Objectives (SOOs), Statement of Need (SON), Performance  Work Statement (PWS)), market research documentation, independent  government cost estimates (IGCEs), draft evaluation factors, applicable pre-award determinations and findings, and applicable pre-award clearances  and reviews (e.g., Small Business  Set-Aside Review and Information  Technology  Checklist); - Provide recommendations concerning the selection of contract type and method of acquisition; - Prepare and assist with the preparation of Justifications  for Other-Than-Full- and-Open-Competition (JOFOCs); - Prepare or assist with the preparation of Determinations and Findings; - Draft or assist in drafting and issuing applicable pre-award synopses; and - Present or assist in presenting acquisition planning documentation for higher level reviews and approvals - Review of acquisition requirements documents. - Review and improve customer statements of work and other pre-award documentation. - Participate in working groups. - Review and participate in training development and delivery. - Develop briefings and position papers, review drafts, and finalize documentation. 

 XLA is looking for a Contract Specialist to support our federal customer. The job site is in a niche area in Arlington, VA that is close to restaurants, shops, and public transportation. The position is currently working remotely and subject to change.   The responsibilities for the Contract Specialist are as follows:  - Develop acquisition plans and procurement  milestone schedules; - Coordinate tasks and attend meetings related to the development of a procurement  package; - Prepare procurement packages, including preparation  and review of requirements  documentation (e.g., Statements of Work (SOWs), Statements of Objectives (SOOs), Statement of Need (SON), Performance  Work Statement (PWS)), market research documentation, independent  government cost estimates (IGCEs), draft evaluation factors, applicable pre-award determinations and findings, and applicable pre-award clearances  and reviews (e.g., Small Business  Set-Aside Review and Information  Technology  Checklist); - Provide recommendations concerning the selection of contract type and method of acquisition; - Prepare and assist with the preparation of Justifications  for Other-Than-Full- and-Open-Competition (JOFOCs); - Prepare or assist with the preparation of Determinations and Findings; - Draft or assist in drafting and issuing applicable pre-award synopses; and - Present or assist in presenting acquisition planning documentation for higher level reviews and approvals - Review of acquisition requirements documents. - Review and improve customer statements of work and other pre-award documentation. - Participate in working groups. - Review and participate in training development and delivery. - Develop briefings and position papers, review drafts, and finalize documentation. 

XLA is looking for a Financial Analyst/SME to support a federal customer in Washington, D.C. The Financial Analyst shall have at least 6 years’ experience analyzing data from financial and case processing information systems.  Experience reviewing records to assure compliance with rules and regulations.  Prior knowledge of or experience with government audits is beneficial.