Executive Budget & Resource Optimization Lead

Tecolote; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Major Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Group Life Insurance

Accidental Death and Dismemberment保险

Travel Accident Insurance

Long-Term Disability

Short-Term Disability

Supplemental Life Insurance

Flexible Spending Account

Money Purchase Pension Plan

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Tecolote is seeking a senior-level budget analyst expert to advise on critical financial metrics and program execution within USSF’s PAE framework. You will lead cross-program analyses, manage major system acquisition baselines, and craft budget documentation for executive review.

Requirements include a Master’s degree, 15+ years of IC budget experience, DoD/IC security clearance, and deep knowledge of IPBS, CBJB, CJB processes. On-site role with a strong benefits package.

Qualifications

• Requires a Master’s degree and 15+ years of relevant IC budget experience.
• Expert knowledge of IC budgetary principles and procedures.
• Expert-level knowledge of acquisition management regulations, policies, and procedures including major system acquisition lifecycle resource planning, APB development, and PMPs.
• Extensive experience applying advanced cost analysis methodologies in a major system acquisition environment.
• Expertise in various quantitative techniques used to analyze data, develop models, and interpret results.
• Advanced operational judgment and the skill to autonomously recognize when decisions or information should be referred to a higher authority.

Responsibilities

• Direct the consolidation of program baselines and spend plans at the Program Acquisition Executive level; lead cross-program analyses to determine performance impacts, resolve discrepancies, and recommend strategic resource trade-offs to executive managers.
• Oversee PAE wide budget tracks at the directorate, project, sub-project, and Major System Acquisition (MSA) levels.
• Lead the coordination of complex budget estimates, assessing funding impacts for cross-Directorate initiatives and recommending resource solutions within USSF constraints.
• Lead final reviews and resolve discrepancies for PAE level submissions for critical budget exercises including IPBS, CBJB, and CJB.
• Oversee PAE level data in NEXT, IRIS, and SNAP or similar systems; direct the reconciliation of FIRST to ensure requirement-to-budget validity.
• Direct the drafting of operating guidance incorporating Congressional marks; strategically assess the intent and impact of Legislative/Executive Branch actions to ensure incorporation into budget documentation.
• Employ advanced quantitative modeling and creative analysis techniques to perform complex trend analysis across disparate financial data sources for executive-level decision making.
• Architect and propose strategic design improvements for corporate resource repositories, decision support tools, and procedures to enhance PAE financial reporting.
• Oversee BLI requests in compliance with USSF policies (Contract, CLIN, Appropriations, ETs, BOCs) and evaluate PAE execution methodologies to ensure programs meet strategic goals.
• Direct resource realignments, maintain strict PAE-level financial controls, and lead the consolidation/review of PAE-level UFRs for executive prioritization.
• Prepare and finalize executive-level budget summaries, issue papers, and talking points; lead cross-USSF program meetings to develop responses to critical action items.
• Direct the development, data collection, and reporting of PAE-wide performance measures and coordinate with external oversight.
• Provide strategic feedback and recommendations to senior management on complex cross-program resource issues arising from PMRs and BMRs.
• Conduct expert reviews of ICE, Cost PMP/BAAR, and MSA resource reports; provide regulatory compliance guidance and assist in advanced cost estimate development.

Skills

IC budgetary principles

Acquisition management regulations

Cost analysis methodologies

Quantitative modeling

Regulatory compliance guidance

Executive-level decision support

Cross-program coordination

Data analysis in budgets

Education

Master’s degree (MA/MS)

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

NEXT

IRIS

SNAP

FIRST

Job description

Tecolote is seeking a senior-level budget analyst expert to advise on critical financial metrics and program execution within USSF’s PAE framework. You will lead cross-program analyses, manage major system acquisition baselines, and craft budget documentation for executive review.

Requirements include a Master’s degree, 15+ years of IC budget experience, DoD/IC security clearance, and deep knowledge of IPBS, CBJB, CJB processes. On-site role with a strong benefits package.