Senior Staff for Special Programs Budget Support

Guidehouse; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 133,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a Senior Staff for Special Programs Budget Support in Washington, DC to provide specialized budget support, monitor portfolio execution, and deliver actionable insights for FMZ leadership to keep programs on track.

Applicants must hold an active TS/SCI clearance, a Bachelor's in Accounting/Finance/Business, and 5+ years in DoD budgeting, including acquisition and project management; travel up to 10%. Salary range: $132,600–$198,800.

Qualifications

• ACTIVE TS/SCI clearance with SAP eligibility.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration (or equivalent with 4 extra years).
• 5+ years of experience with Department of War Budgets.
• 4+ years acquisition experience.
• 4+ years project management experience on large contracts.

Responsibilities

• Provide special program budget support and CFO compliance assistance.
• Monitor portfolio execution and recommend actions to resolve funding issues.
• Support routine execution analyses and budget events (Execution Reviews, PBR/CPRs).
• Prepare and deliver verbal and written communications to FMZ leadership.

Skills

Active TS/SCI clearance

Acquisition experience

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration

Tools

MS Office

Job description

## Senior Staff for Special Programs Budget SupportApply: US - DC, Washington: Full time: Posted Today: 45008**Job Family:**Financial Management (FIN)**Travel Required:**Up to 10%**Clearance Required:**Active Top Secret SCI (TS/SCI)**What You Will Do:**As the Senior Staff for Special Programs Budget Support, you will:* Provide special program budget support, including support for CFO Compliance and AFO.* Actively monitor portfolio execution and provide recommendations to resolve funding issues and protect DAF TOA in accordance with public laws, the DoD FMR, and Department Guidelines.* Maintain high-level knowledge of programs and provide a portfolio-wide perspective in support of routine execution analysis and support events such as Monthly Execution Reviews, Spring Program Reviews, and Summer Execution Reviews.* Provide decision support to FMZ leadership on a variety of budget issues.* Coordinate with OSW and FMB to ensure accuracy of FMZ data in budget systems.* Manage differing security levels and requirements of supported programs, ensuring compliance with all relevant security classification guides.* Manipulate data to develop actionable information products for FMZ leadership.* Consolidate and review information and documents provided by programs to ensure compliance with financial management laws, regulations, and best practices.* Provide customers and partners with timely fiscal analysis consistent with statutes and regulations; coordinate with fiscal lawyers as necessary.* Prepare and deliver verbal and written communications to keep FMZ chain-of-command, coworkers, and customers informed of issues and status of decision support analysis.* Process funds distribution documents in support of approved DoW, DAF, and mission partner budgets.* Review and process reprogramming and realignment requests.* Maintain FMZ budget data elements.* Track POM/PBR impacts, congressional marks, CR requests, UFRs, etc. for the FMZ portfolio; maintain trackers at the correct security level on all required networks; consolidate and present data to FM leadership.* Review, distribute, and compile responses to all taskers assigned to FMZ.* Collaborate with internal staff and external stakeholders to collect and consolidate data for budget integration products and data calls.* Provide guidance on legal and regulatory aspects of acquisition or use of funds; track and assess the long-term effects of new/revised legislation or policy.* Extract budget and program data from accounting records, forms, and reports; compile and summarize information for use by others. **What You Will Need:*** An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED \"TOP SECRET/SCI (TS/SCI)\" Federal or DoD security clearance with SAP eligibility.* Bachelors Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration or related field; FOUR (4) additional years of financial management, accounting, budget and/or audit experience can be used in lieu of degree.* FIVE (5) or more years' experience with Department of War Budgets. Experience should include but not limited to: + FOUR (4) or more years' acquisition experience. + FOUR (4) or more years' project management experience of similar size and complexity contract. **What Would Be Nice To Have:*** Ability to interpret executive orders, OMB guidelines and directives, policies, and precedents.* Required knowledge and skill in budget-related laws, regulations, methods, etc.* Ability to work in a dynamic environment and effectively interact with numerous DoD, military/civilian personnel, and industry partners.* Possess a high degree of originality, creativity, initiative requiring minimal supervision.* Willingness to travel within the organizational geographical area of responsibility.* Strong Microsoft Office skills, including experience using advanced features of MS Word and MS Excel.The annual salary range for this position is $132,600.00-$198,800.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.