Senior DoD Financial Management Specialist (Acquisition)

Applied Research Solutions; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Research Solutions is seeking a seasoned financial management professional to support DoD acquisition programs in Massachusetts. The role emphasizes budgets, forecasting, EVM, and financial analysis across development lifecycles, collaborating with program managers to deliver accurate documentation.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in DoD finance, knowledge of contracting types, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. US citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the policies, concepts, procedures, techniques, and methodologies pertaining to analysis of financial data.
• Knowledge of DoD acquisition requirements, development, and approval processes.
• Knowledge of DoD contracting types, contract structure, contract line item financing, and funding clauses relevant to spend plan formulation and forecasting.
• Skill in formulating, justifying, and/or analyzing financial requirements of an acquisition or sustainment program.
• Ability to communicate, plan, and organize work and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work in teams under short deadlines.
• Ability to gather, assemble, and analyze data using financial systems to prepare budget estimates, develop alternatives, and make recommendations to resolve budget/funding problems.

Responsibilities

• Assist, prepare, develop, and deliver support for acquisition-related financial management processes governed by AF and DoD comptroller policy.
• FM experience and knowledge to support financial management across multiple programs in their acquisition life cycle to include pre-engineering development, engineering development, testing, fielding and sustainment.
• Ability to apply knowledge of financial management and accounting functions, processes, and analytical methods and techniques to gather, analyze, evaluate and present information required by program or project managers and customers.
• Provide financial management support for: program budgets, reports and financial documentation; draw conclusions and draft solutions to funding/budgeting requirements & problems relating to improvement of financial management effectiveness, work methods, financial systems, and procedure efficiency.
• Perform budget forecasting tasks, variance identification and analysis, program or financial execution reporting and reviews, schedule analysis, earned value management (EVM) analysis, and/or provide recommendations to the program office on all matters relating to budget, schedule, or EVM.
• Identify accounting discrepancies and take appropriate corrective actions.
• Use automated management information systems in performing fact finding, analytical, and advisory functions.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job description

Applied Research Solutions is seeking a seasoned financial management professional to support DoD acquisition programs in Massachusetts. The role emphasizes budgets, forecasting, EVM, and financial analysis across development lifecycles, collaborating with program managers to deliver accurate documentation.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in DoD finance, knowledge of contracting types, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. US citizenship is required.