Financial Analyst

Joint Activities; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Joint Activities in Columbia, MD seeks a Cyber Excepted Service professional to advise program managers on financial planning, develop cost estimates, and align requests with funding priorities. This federal position requires navigation of DoD rules and CES guidelines.

The successful candidate will contribute to strategic spending decisions, assess policy impacts on budgets, and provide timely financial analysis to leaders for funding approvals.

Qualifications

• Advising project managers on financial planning to deliver accurate cost estimates.
• Aligning project requests into a single budget to secure funding approvals from senior leadership.
• Formulating financial planning strategies for organizational leaders to drive funding decisions.
• Assessing the financial impact of new policy directives to proactively adapt spending strategies.

Job description

About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the Columbia Annex, Maryland.

CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT. YOUR FULL RESUME WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUR USAJOBS PROFILE USING THE DOCUMENT TYPE "OTHER DOCUMENTS". Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement". If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled.

Specialized experience would be demonstrated by: 1) Advising project managers on financial planning to deliver accurate cost estimates; 2) Aligning project requests into a single budget to secure funding approvals from senior leadership; 3) Formulating financial planning strategies for organizational leaders to drive funding decisions; AND 4) Assessing the financial impact of new policy directives to proactively adapt spending strategies.