Financial Analyst – 5 month contract, Washington, DC   Responsibilities: ·          Process and/or peer review authorized payment files for all programs and contributors’ balance refund accurately and promptly via several financial systems (DAS, ABCD, Great Plains, etc.). ·          Consolidate, analyze, reconcile, report and monitor payment files for Red Light netting, withholding and releases. ·          Liaise with other Finance Team on disbursement related inquiries, recording prenotes, disseminating ACH rejection information for outreach/recording and process reissues where applicable. ·          Generate and send remittance statements to service providers immediately after payment processing. ·          Update and maintain disbursements logs as handoffs to Accounting, Billing, and Finance for mid-month and monthly reconciliation, reporting and program recovery. ·          Provide disbursement documentation support and research for Legal investigations and audit inquiries in compliance with agreed upon procedures and financial auditing. ·          Assist in research and analysis of discrepancies in operational reporting. ·          Participate in continuous process improvements, user acceptance testing, updating and documenting of policies and procedures. ·          Flexible in adjusting work schedule to meet business needs as required.   Requirements: ·          Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Management, and Computer Information Systems/Computer Science. ·          3 - 5 years’ experience in Disbursements operations. ·          Comfortable using a variety of custom systems to perform disbursements and research. ·          Strong background in Excel, Word, Access. ·          Familiarity with other MS Office applications (PowerPoint, Visio, etc.) desired.