Budget Financial Manager

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best! We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission. SPA: Objective. Responsive. Trusted.  

The Joint, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Interagency Division provides expert support services to a range of customers spanning across the Department of Defense, Federal Civilian, and international markets. JOID provides a diverse portfolio of analytical and programmatic capabilities to help our customers make informed decisions on their most challenging issues.

The Acquisition and Technology Analysis Group within JOID specializes in the application of multi-disciplinary analytic skills to support multiple clients within the Department of Defense (DoD). These clients include the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)), DARPA, the Joint Staff, and USINDOPACOM.  SPA provides critical decision support to enabling and executing a strategy of technological superiority and enabling the delivery and sustainment of secure, resilient, and preeminent capabilities to the warfighter quickly and cost effectively. Our team of experienced military, technical, and operations research analysts is skilled in evaluating military problems, identifying the driving factors, devising innovative approaches, collecting applicable data, developing necessary software tools, and performing thorough and timely assessments to inform technology and acquisition governance decisions to ensure U.S. military forces retain military superiority in the future.

We have a near-term need for a Budget Financial Manager to provide full-time onsite support in the National Capital Region (NCR).

The successful candidate will support the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Mission Capabilities (ASD(MC)) with financial management in support of the Assault Breaker II (ABII) initiative. ASD(MC) takes a unified, missions-level view across the entire DoD enterprise to analyze joint missions and identify crosscutting technology gaps critical to military readiness. ABII is a joint initiative chartered with the Services to analyze the hardest military challenges facing the U.S. and its allies. ABII is also intended to develop experiments to provide future warfighting architectures to address these challenges. Initially established at DARPA, the initiative is transitioning to ASD(MC) in Fiscal Year 2025. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy, timeliness, and completion of budgetary deliverables. Will provide expertise in assisting with the preparation and tracking of financial and budgetary data. The successful candidate will track and manage funding activities of obligations and expenditures; monitor program budget execution; prepare documentation to support the budgetary process; identify/trace financial discrepancies and coordinate corrective action; and provide data updates to financial management tools, as required; maintain cognizance of designated program funds; and provide inputs for recurring monthly budget execution meetings.

Required:

• BA or BS in business administration, finance, accounting, or a related discipline
• 5 years of specialized experience in budget formulation, planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE)
• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Expertise in assisting with the preparation and tracking of financial and budgetary data
• Expertise in financial planning, processing funding documents, and budget execution
• Demonstrated ability to track and manage funding activities of obligations and expenditures; monitor program budget execution; and prepare documentation to support the budgetary process
• Comfortable engaging with senior personnel, developing budget recommendations, and providing written or verbal assessments supporting financial recommendations in real-world impact terms

Desired:

• 3 years of DoD experience in budget formulation, planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE)
• Experience interpreting the tracking of funds for assigned projects and communicating with personnel to improve efficiency
• Experience with DoD financial activity/oversight systems, e.g., Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI), Hyperion, G-Invoicing