Budget and Financial Analyst, Senior

Overview

As a Budget and Financial Analyst supporting a high-visibility, mission-critical Department of War (DoW) program you will deliver full-spectrum financial, budgetary, and acquisition support. Working directly with Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), competency leads, contracts teams, and program leadership, you will manage end-to-end budget formulation, execution tracking, cost analysis, and contract financial operations.

Responsibilities

• Formulate, maintain, and execute comprehensive spend plans across multiple fiscal years, appropriations, and budget lines.
• Conduct continuous financial tracking, forecasting, and cost analysis for program activities, commitments, obligations, and expenditures.
• Reconcile program budgets against contracts, invoices, and accounting records; identify variances, investigate anomalies, and implement corrective actions.
• Adapt and update spend plans; prepare responses for budget drills, data calls, Program Objective Memorandum (POM) submissions, and congressional inquiries.
• Prepare, review, and track funding documents, Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs), procurement requests (PRs), purchase card actions, and contract modifications.
• Assist in developing acquisition artifacts, including Performance Work Statements (PWS), Requirements Packages, Cost Assessment and Data Enterprise (CARD) inputs, Technical Assessment Reports (TAR), and pricing models.
• Support government contract negotiations and participate in contract status reviews and customer financial briefings.
• Support field activities and external organizations responsible for executing program funds.
• Ensure all financial activities, appropriation uses, and procurement actions comply with the FAR, DFARS, and DoW Financial Management Regulation (FMR).
• Maintain financial models, tracking ledgers, and official documentation to support internal controls, program reviews, and financial audits.
• Prepare, review, and submit detailed operational execution briefings, monthly status reports, cost reports, and funding notifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field (or High School Diploma / GED plus 6 additional years of directly relevant financial experience).
• Current COR Level II or Level III certification is desired.
• 5+ years directly supporting government defense finance, the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process, and budget formulation.
• U.S. Citizenship and active Secret clearance at time of hire.
• Ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI as required by the program.
• Ability to work 100% on-site.

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