Budget Analyst - Firebird AST

Firebird AST is seeking an onsite TS/SCI cleared Budget Analyst to support a U.S. Government client. This is for a pending contract. Contract award is anticipated early 2025.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides support in updating and maintaining financial data in various financial accounting systems (e.g., STANFINS, CCARS, GFEBS, DTS, etc.).
• Assists in administering a complex annual budget, receiving, processing, and allocating funding, managing financial execution, and preparing financial reports.
• Develops Procurement Work Directives (PWDs), Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs), checkbooks, Transportation Account Codes (TAC) logs, Funds Verification and Use Authorization (FVUA), and Status of Funds reports.
• Processes financial documentation such as return of funds, MIPR acceptance of reimbursable and direct cite, direct charges and others as assigned.
• Research expired funding ULOs, NULOs, IDoc Errors, and JRP (Joint Review Process) records.
• Tracks actual performance in financial databases (i.e., CCARS, GFEBS, DTS, ALTESS, AE2S, PMRT, LMP, cPROBE, PIEE, GT&C) and other electronic end-of-the-month financial execution reports to plan and update information.
• Reviews, updates, and maintains the financial data necessary to track current and prior year acquisition program funding portfolios.
• Provides information required to track program financial data/documentation (i.e., funding appropriated, obligated, and expended for each Program of Record, Quick Reaction Capability, and other applicable project efforts).
• Assists in financial analyses of programmatic impacts resulting from proposed technical changes to systems, equipment, and components (e.g., acquisition strategies, contracting methodologies, programmatic schedule adjustments, etc.).
• Assists in POM (Program Objective Memorandums) and budget year documentation (i.e., IOB, prioritization lists, functional support agreements, Spend Plans and Unfunded Requirements (UFRs).
• Attends financial working group sessions to maintain awareness of DoD fiscal policy and develop a greater understanding of current and emerging policy.
• Updates and maintains program budget exhibit submissions semi-annually (or as directed).
• Provides execution data, analysis, and updates in support of mid-year, year-end, and program reviews.
• Works with other financial analysts to research appropriate DoD fiscal laws, policies, guidance, regulations, statutes, and best practices to identify risks and develop alternative approaches to address assigned issues and challenges.
• Assists in the Development of contract requirements, modification packages, and awards.
• Provide financial oversight of contract deliverables.

REQUIRED

• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance
• 8 years' finance and accounting experience within the federal government
• Experience using financial databases
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, or statistics

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ATTRIBUTES

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical journals, reports, policy, legal documents, etc.
• Ability to prepare reports and presentations to company management and customer(s).
• Demonstrated leadership ability, strategic and innovative thinker, and passion for the mission.
• Ability to identify and solve problems.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, or statistics

CLEARANCE

• Active DoD Top Secret with ability to obtain CI Polygraph

About Firebird AST:

Firebird AST is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) based in Northern Virginia and a market-recognized leader within the IC, Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and Law Enforcement. We maintain a corporate culture deeply rooted in the US Military core values that gave us our start - honor, integrity, commitment, and selfless service. For this reason, our customers' needs and missions always comes first. We seek hard working, highly experienced, extremely motivated, professionally proven subject matter experts, trainers, leaders, innovators, and technical experts to serve on our team. Firebird AST has a firm understanding that our employees are our greatest asset and that, accordingly, they are to be provided the greatest level of respect and care possible.

Firebird AST is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.