Budget Analyst/Acquisition System Specialist

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ARServices is seeking a Budget Analyst / Acquisition System Specialist to work in the Albuquerque, NM area.

A Budget Analyst will use their passion to identify and integrate vibrant funding management solutions and analyses with formal Acquisition System Support expertise to help a Department of Defense (DoD) customer manage a complex research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) portfolio.

The specialist will work onsite at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and will provide advisory and assistance services to help develop solutions that integrate financial planning, programming, budgeting, and execution resources with the acquisition system support needed for safe and successful execution of test and evaluation events.

The successful candidate will have the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment to support safe and successful execution of the customer’s mission.

A qualified candidate will perform the following duties and responsibilities, but are not limited to :

• Assist with development of the Test Division's current Spend Plan and Unfunded Requirements list.
• Monitor, analyze, and report on Commitments, Obligations and Disbursements for Operations and Management (O&M), Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) and Procurement Appropriations.
• Craft supporting financial documentation required to commit funding IAW DTRA's financial policy and procedure to send Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPR) or Interagency Orders (IO) to a performing agency.
• Create data visualizations (tables, bar and pie charts) that inform leaders of budget position to drive decisions.
• Research unobligated commitments and unliquidated obligations.
• Review Monthly Status Reports (MSR) provided by the performers and reconcile the reports to disbursements as recorded in the Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI) system.
• Monitor Test Division spending to ensure that it is within budget, identify potential shortfalls, and recommend funding solutions to division leadership.
• Inform program managers of the status and availability of O&M, RDT&E, and Procurement funds.
• Estimate future financial needs of programs to feed out-year programming.
• Support the Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP) in developing exhibits and articles for government leadership approval.
• Support the development of the Budget Estimate Submission (BES).
• Coordinate and draft financial planning / programming correspondence and secure appropriate leadership approval prior to submission / distribution.
• Assist department program managers (PM) by providing advisory assistance for financial support functions to include the coordination and tracking of financial instruments, defense of budget requests, justification documentation, briefing materials, and other administrative documents.
• Planning and programming of future requirements and preparation of Program Objective Memorandum (POM), Budget Estimate Submission (BES), President's Budget (PB) and other products supporting requests and justification for funding.
• Review managers' budget proposals for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with laws and other regulations.
• Use the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Consolidated Acquisition Tool (CAT) to construct and receive approval for Purchase Request (PR) packages and Needs Statements that identify and provide the support needed for test planning and execution.
• Schedule, lead, and document results of Initial Strategy Sessions (ISS) for acquisition of required test event support and update the CAT ISS worksheet.
• Assist Test Project Mangers with scheduling, documentation preparation, and execution of Acquisition Strategy Review (ASR) meetings to obtain required support for test events.
• Serve as a vital member of test teams that plan, execute, and report on a variety of test projects, including experiments, demonstrations, assessments and tests for cutting edge science and technology capabilities and acquisition systems.
• Assist test teams with development of test event milestone presentations for review and approval by the members of the Senior Review Panel, chaired by the Test Operations Director.
• Provide support for and participate in Project Review Panel (PReP) meetings that constitute a screening process for acceptance or refusal of proposed new test projects, based on availability of adequate resources.
• Support development and tracking of Support Agreements (7600A) documents. Work includes collaborating with external and internal stakeholders, writing and editing support agreements, tracking and monitoring Support Agreements in routing, and leading or supporting regular and recurring meetings with stakeholders.

Security Clearance Requirement :

Active / current TS / SCI clearance or TS clearance with eligibility for SCI is required.

Required Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance or Mathematics.
• 5-10 years' experience forecasting future financial requirements and preparing associated documents Program Objective Memorandum (POM), Presidents Budget, and Budget Estimate Submission (BES).
• 5-10 years' experience managing budget execution, spend plan, and burn rate processes.
• 5-10 years’ resource management experience working with multiple DOD appropriations.
• Knowledge of Government accounting policy and / or regulation including but not limited to DoD Financial Management Regulation (FMR), Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and OMB Circular A-123.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and experience developing and presenting complex information to senior Government officials using Microsoft Office Suite applications.
• Demonstrated experience creating data visualizations to produce pivot tables, bar graphs, pie charts, etc.
• Ability to leverage multiple technologies to create data calculation efficiencies.

Preferred Qualifications :

• MBA Degree.
• Prior Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and / or military experience.
• Technology tool experience in : DAI system, Consolidated Acquisition Tool (CAT), DoD Acquisition System, Spend Plan Management and Reporting Tool (SMART), Electronic Document Access (EDA), Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF), and Joint Integrated Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) Analytic Platform (JICAP).

ARServices is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.