Senior Financial Analyst

Company Overview :

ANSER enhances national and homeland security by strengthening public institutions. We provide thought leadership for complex issues through independent analysis, and we deliver practical, useful solutions. ANSER values collaboration, integrity, and initiative and we are client focused in all that we do. Because we were established for the purpose of public service and not for profit, we measure our success in the impact of our service.

Position Summary : Analytic Services, Inc (ANSER) is seeking an experienced Senior Financial Analyst to provide comprehensive budget execution support to the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) program within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (IBP). In this key role you will support the IBP's mission to provide detailed analyses and in-depth understanding of the increasingly global, commercial, and financially complex industrial supply chain essential to our national defense. The Senior Financial Analyst plays a critical role in managing day-to-day financial operations of the Program and performs complex analytical and administrative duties to support execution, financial analysis, and reporting.

Day to Day Responsibilities :

• Prepare / Initiate Military Inter-Departmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs), Purchase Requests (PRs), and other funding documents to ensure timely obligation of funds
• Monitor program obligations, expenditures, and unobligated balances; provide regular execution reports to Financial Manager and Leadership
• Update and maintain program spend plans and expenditure plans in coordination with Leads, Finance Manager and IBAS Leadership
• Review and lead the Defense Appropriation Request and Query (DARQ) process, ensuring accuracy and compliance
• Coordinate with OSD Components, IBAS Stakeholders, and DFAS to resolve Unliquidated Obligations (ULOS)
• Support year-end closeout activities, reprogramming actions, and execution related data calls
• Prepare financial information for briefings, presentations, and status reports for Senior Leadership, Congress, CAPE, and OMB
• Lead financial meetings to discuss execution data and status of funds with Finance Manager, Senior Leadership and Leads
• Apply concepts of budget, program principles, policies, procedures, standards, terminology, and knowledge of the financial management and business operation systems of the organization, and knowledge of the DoD Financial Management Regulation
• Support the full range of DOD's complex Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution (PPBE) System to justify / defend / protect / execute resources within the program's financial portfolio
• Develop and justify program and budget submissions (i.e., Midyear Reviews, Issue Papers, and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Documents (R-DOCs) and Research and Development Descriptive Summaries (R-2s) and Program Office Memorandum (POMs) inputs)
• Respond to and coordinate Request for Information (RFIs) from OSD's Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE), OSD Comptroller, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other government organizations as required
• Analyze prior year execution and current performance to inform future year budget requests
• Provide recommendations on funding realignments with programs strategic priorities

Required Qualifications :

DoD financial system(s) and processes

Preferred Qualifications :

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with ANSER, please call 703-416-2000 or e-mail Recruiting@anser.org

ANSER is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We seek individuals from a broad variety of backgrounds with varying levels of experience who have a desire to do meaningful work. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.