Senior Financial & Acquisition Management Analyst

 

Procurement & Acquisition Duties
• Support the development, coordination, and routing of service Procurement Request packages in accordance with NIWC LANT, Navy, and DoW requirements.
• Coordinate with program managers, project leads, business financial managers, contracting personnel, and other stakeholders to collect required inputs and resolve package deficiencies.
• Track procurement package status, action items, comments, routing, and key milestone dates to support timely submission and execution.
• Review acquisition and procurement documents for completeness, consistency, formatting accuracy, and alignment with applicable requirements.
• Support contract administration activities, including preparation and tracking of Procurement Requests, modification requests, Technical Direction Letters/Technical Instructions, funding actions, and deliverable status.
• Assist with coordination of acquisition planning activities, including recompete planning, new requirement development, contract modifications, incremental funding actions, and follow‐on contract support.
• Provide professional communication and coordination support across government and contractor teams to keep procurement actions moving through the acquisition lifecycle.

Financial Contract Management Duties
• Oversee the financial health, regulatory compliance, and contractual execution of high‐value government contracts.
• Lead financial monitoring for complex multi‐year programs and maintain oversight of financial burn rates for prime contractors and subcontractors.
• Manage vendor invoicing systems, ensuring accurate review, verification, and reconciliation of monthly invoices.
• Ensure alignment of all spending with statutory limitations, budget restrictions, and contract parameters.
• Analyze, structure, and track activities across complex CLIN, Sub‐CLIN (SLIN), and ACRN structures.
• Ensure proper mapping of multi‐year, single‐year, and no‐year funds to corresponding CLINs.
• Monitor contract ceilings, sub‐ceilings, and labor category caps, providing early‐warning alerts as funding approaches critical thresholds.
• Support contract modifications through financial impact modeling in coordination with CORs and Contract Specialists.
• Conduct recurring burn‐rate analyses for prime contractors and subcontractors.
• Establish financial baselines and calculate monthly variance metrics using standardized formulas.
• Generate monthly Estimate at Completion (EAC) and Estimate to Complete (ETC) forecasts to prevent overruns.
• Audit subcontractor labor hours to ensure alignment with planned billing and period‐of‐performance requirements.
• Identify, document, and resolve billing discrepancies, unallowable charges, and misallocated hours through coordination with vendor finance teams and DFAS.
• Apply principles of Federal Appropriation Law to all transactions, including Purpose, Time, and Amount compliance.
• Monitor Anti‐Deficiency Act compliance and prevent unauthorized commitments or over‐obligation of funds.
• Evaluate funding requests to ensure adherence to the Bona Fide Need Rule.
• Develop and maintain executive‐level financial dashboards, cost‐to‐complete models, and risk registers.
• Conduct regular financial compliance briefings highlighting funding gaps, de‐obligation needs, and subcontractor performance.
• Organize and maintain audit‐ready financial documentation for internal and external audits.

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a closely related quantitative field.
• Master’s degree (MBA or MS in Finance/Public Administration) highly preferred.
• 5–8 years of progressive experience in financial analysis, contract management, or project control within government contracting or a federal/municipal agency.
Professional Competencies & Technical Skills
• In‐depth knowledge of FAR, DFARS, and FMR.
• Demonstrated training or practical experience in Federal Appropriation Law (anti‐deficiency, color of money, life‐cycle of funds).
• Advanced Excel skills: XLOOKUP, INDEX‐MATCH, dynamic arrays, pivot tables, conditional logic, macros, and financial modeling.
• Hands‐on experience with Navy ERP, Power BI, and Qlik.

Preferred Qualifications
• Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM)
• Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM)
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Project Scheduling Professional (PMI‐SP)
• Four or more years of professional experience supporting government acquisition, contracts, procurement, program management, or business operations
• Direct experience supporting NIWC LANT, Navy acquisition programs, or service contract procurement actions
• Secret clearance acceptable with ability to obtain TS/SCI

Salary $110,000+ dependent on education and experience