Senior Financial Manager

Savantage Solutions is seeking a Sr. Financial Manager to join our professional services team.

The mission of this government agency is to enable the Department of Defense (DoD), the U.S. Government, and international partners to counter and deter Weapons of Mass Destruction and Improvised Threat Networks. The Comptroller Department, Financial Management Division, is part of the agency's Vice Director Strategic Integration Directorate (SI-FM). Financial Management's mission is to provide high-quality mission and decision-making support on budgetary, financial, and civilian pay issues while continuously improving the quality, efficiency, and customer focus of the agency's financial services and operations. The department provides financial management support for the entire agency.

The objective of this project is to provide an overarching vehicle to deliver financial and program management support services agency-wide to assist the agency in achieving its stated objectives. Program objectives include:

• Assist the Comptroller Department in fulfilling its responsibilities for the overall preparation, execution, and management of the agency's resource portfolio. This includes program and budget formulation, integration, budget execution, and analysis of programs and resources.
• Provide support for a variety of resource planning, analysis, and execution efforts, as well as program management, cost estimating, analysis, and cost accounting.
• Aid in the development of operational and information systems to meet program objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist in the planning and execution of agency resource allocations.
• Analyze financial execution performance, establish projections, build analysis, and update this analysis daily.
• Provide executive-level analysis and leadership strategic briefs on a routine basis to meet customer and management decision-making requirements.
• Provide assistance to budget analysts in preparation of spend plans and use of the agency's automated spend plan management tool.
• When required, prepare Purchase Requests, investigate and process Unliquidated Obligations, and perform other financial tasks to support budget analysts.
• Using established systems and databases, research and analyze unliquidated obligations, and assist procurement close-out reconciliations, including assistance to program offices.
• Provide customer support for assigned programs.
• Provide support for training analysts on the use of financial tools that provide execution and program analysis, along with other comptroller-required functions.
• Provide Help Desk support at a Tier II level for issues related to the Spend Plan Tool.
• Assist in the development of enhancements, initiatives, and other financial tools for spend plans and execution.
• Document development efforts and produce guides, job aids, and other information to support the agency's automated spend plan management system and other financial tools (including but not limited to DAI, Joint Integrated CBRN Analytic Platform (JICAP), and Dormant Account Review Quarterly (DAR-Q)).
• Support the Comptroller's Integrated Process Team for business systems and develop effective means to capture and prioritize requirements, develop costs, and document efforts.
• Provide support to Financial Managers by conducting research and analysis on budget and financial management-related policies and issue.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office products with an emphasis on MS Excel, along with the aptitude and desire to become an advanced user
• Minimum audit and accounting experience; DoD PPBE experience desired; DoD experience desired
• Minimum 8+ years of experience

Education and Certifications:

• Active Secret Clearance
• Minimum education/degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) or
• Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) / DoD Financial Manager (FM) Cert preferred; CPA preferred

Savantage Solutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer