Strategic Financial Analyst

Arcfield - Herndon, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Herndon, VA

1,001-5,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Strategic Financial Analyst at Arcfield plays a crucial role in providing expert resource management support to the PMO portfolio. This position involves strategic and programmatic planning, budget support, and financial analysis to ensure effective resource utilization and alignment with organizational goals. The analyst will be responsible for developing and maintaining financial records, preparing budget submissions, and collaborating with executive management to address resource and budget issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and programmatic plans and budget support to CLOUDworks activities.
• Support the Office in formulating, justifying, and defending budget builds.
• Develop and maintain spend plans.
• Reconcile spend plans with actual and planned expenditures and recommend options to address potential over- or under-utilization of resources.
• Stay current with Sponsor and Directorates Resource Management guidance and assist in creating and maintaining baseline practices and procedures that align with guidance.
• Assist personnel in researching and resolving resource and budget issues and questions.
• Prepare supporting documentation for budget exercises, over-guidance, unfunded calls, and reprogramming.
• Assist with writing congressional language for submission into the Sponsor's program build.
• Perform short- and long-term financial trend analysis for the office.
• Prepare briefings, budget, spend plans, and programmatic activities.
• Coordinate and respond to budget requirements and budget taskings.
• Collaborate with Directorate's resource Management Team and attend resource meetings.
• Interface with executive level management requiring planning, presentation, and briefing of information.

Requirements

• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI w/polygraph.
• BS 10-12 years, MS 8-10 years, PhD 5-7 years of experience.
• Demonstrates professional competence as a plans and budget officer.
• Proven ability to run reports in COGNOS, track and enter BCRs in BASIS, TITAN, P6.
• Exhibit full awareness of financial resource requirements for execution year and budget out-years.
• Ability to analyze and evaluate financial data to resolve inconsistencies and propose solutions.
• Develops and implements long-range plans to accomplish office goals.
• Prepares budget exercise submissions ensuring they are rational, defensible, and executable.
• Ensures program execution is within available resource constraints and implements resource realignment as required.
• Exhibits broad comprehension of relevant statutes, regulations, and policies in resource utilization and budget processes.
• Constructs and maintains background documentation on programmatic and resource analyses.

Nice-to-haves

• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent writing skills to craft clear concise requests for funding.
• Excellent oral communication skills to brief management on resource issues.
• Proven ability to interact with customers, senior leadership, and program managers in a highly matrixed environment.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401k plan
• Paid holidays
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible scheduling