Senior Financial Analyst

ACT1 Federal; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ACT1 Federal is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to provide budget formulation and execution, financial controls, forecasting, reconciliation, spend planning, variance analysis, and senior financial reporting in support of industrial base and fifth shipyard decisions. The role requires in-office work in the Arlington, VA area with Top Secret clearance expectations.

You will interact with senior leaders, coordinate with multiple stakeholders, and ensure accurate funding across programs and time

Qualifications

• Experience in budget formulation and execution for defense/industrial base programs.
• Ability to forecast, reconcile, and report on financials for defense programs.
• Strong analytical skills for funding and execution decisions.

Responsibilities

• Budget and Resource Analysis: review Navy budgets, funding plans, and execution reports to ensure proper funding and phasing.
• Funding Strategy and Fiscal Analysis: develop funding alternatives and assess use of various resources and authorities.
• PPBE and Senior Leader Support: advise leadership on planning, budgeting, and execution processes; prepare briefings and issue papers.

Job description

Schedule (FT/PT): Full Time

Travel Required: N/A

Shift: Day

Remote Type: In-Office

Clearance required: Top Secret required

***THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON CONTRACT AWARD***

Who is ACT1 Federal? ACT1 Federal LLC is a 100% employee-owned company. We’ve served the Department of War (DoW) for nearly thirty years. Our core missions include weapon systems engineering, logistics, space domain expertise, global defense and security, business and financial management for security assistance and major defense articles, as well as military training and arctic security. Join us!

Description: ACT1 Federal is seeking an experienced Senior Financial Analyst to provide budget formulation and execution, financial controls, forecasting, reconciliation, spend planning, variance analysis, and senior financial reporting in support of industrial base and fifth shipyard decisions.

Responsibilities:

Budget and Resource Analysis:

• Review Navy budget submissions, justification materials, program exhibits, financial plans, execution reports, acquisition schedules, spend plans, congressional actions, and other financial-management information.
• Identify potential funding sources for defense industrial base priorities, including underexecution, unobligated balances, revised or declining requirements, schedule delays, contract savings, quantity changes, and prior-year resources.
• Compare programmed funding with actual obligations, expenditures, contract activity, milestones, delivery schedules, and updated program assumptions to identify potential excess resources or inaccurate phasing.
• Trace funding across appropriations, fiscal years, budget activities, program elements, line items, projects, resource sponsors, systems commands, and program offices.
• Assess whether program funding remains required, executable, properly phased, and supported by credible acquisition and obligation schedules.

Funding Strategy and Fiscal Analysis:

• Develop funding alternatives that explain the amount potentially available, appropriation and fiscal year, timing, restrictions, decision authority, approval requirements, program effects, execution risks, and recommended next action.
• Evaluate the potential use of Operations and Maintenance, Research Development Test and Evaluation, Procurement, Military Construction, Defense Production Act, Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment, National Defense Stockpile, and other applicable resources or authorities.
• Apply purpose, time, and amount principles and identify when a proposed action requires legal, comptroller, acquisition, OSD, or congressional review, notification, reprogramming, transfer authority, or future budget action.
• Distinguish temporary execution delays from structural overfunding, changed requirements, or funds unlikely to be obligated within their period of availability.

PPBE and Senior Leader Support:

• Advise DASN DIB leadership on Navy Planning Programming Budgeting and Execution processes, timelines, decision forums, documentation, and organizational responsibilities.
• Analyze Program Objective Memorandum, Budget Estimate Submission, President's Budget, congressional adjustments, execution-year developments, unfunded requirements, and proposed industrial base investments.
• Prepare funding assessments, budget drills, decision memoranda, issue papers, executive briefings, and multi-year resource strategies for senior Department of the Navy leaders.
• Coordinate with ASN Financial Management and Comptroller, OPNAV resource sponsors, systems commands, program executive offices, program managers, OSD organizations, counsel, and other stakeholders.
• Present independent findings professionally, including conclusions that differ