Financial Analyst

About Pivot Path Solutions

Pivot Path Solutions, LLC is an enterprise IT and business solutions firm based in the National Capital Region. We support Department of Defense, federal civilian, and Intelligence Community customers with mission-focused technology, financial management, data, cybersecurity, and program operations expertise. Pivot Path is an SBA-certified 8(a), Women-Owned Small Business and holds an active Top Secret Facility Clearance.

Position Overview

Pivot Path is seeking two Mid-Level / Journeyman Financial Analysts to support the Defense Intelligence Agency Office of the Chief Information Officer. The specialists will provide cost/price analysis, federal IT portfolio and resource-management support, audit readiness assistance, and senior-leadership decision products. Successful candidates will work independently, handle procurement-sensitive information, and produce accurate, timely, well-documented work with limited advance notice.

This position is contingent upon contract award, funding, customer approval, and satisfaction of all security requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Business Management, Budget, and Cost Analysis

• Provide process analyses, operational reviews, business-policy reviews, and impact assessments that enable senior CIO decision-making.
• Track, control, analyze, and report obligations and expenditures, including validation of unliquidated obligations (ULOs), spend-plan changes, unfunded requirements (UFRs), and contract under-burns.
• Review current- and out-year budget information, program-build guidance, Congressional marks, DDDs/RMDs, passbacks, budget justifications, and related direction; assess effects on CIO programs and resources.
• Collect and analyze user and technical requirements to develop defensible, well-documented cost estimates and cost/price analyses for DIA/CIO operations.
• Support IT portfolio planning, programming, budgeting, execution, investment assessment, acquisition planning, and resource-consumption decisions.
• Develop and present accurate, professionally formatted financial-management briefings for senior CIO, CFO, and DIA leaders.

DAR-Q and Audit Readiness Support

• Manage Dormant Account Review - Quarterly (DAR-Q) activities by applying the prescribed sampling methodology, quarterly review percentages, and dollar-value weightings.
• Validate that sampling selections are statistically sound, fully documented, and compliant with Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) requirements.
• Provide responsive technical assistance to Fund Holders and DAR-Q Managers, clarify requirements, resolve questions, and facilitate timely reviews and certifications.
• Prepare complete DAR-Q packages, certifications, supporting documentation, and executive summaries for DIA Comptroller review and OUSD(C) Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness submission.
• Maintain complete, current documentation of DAR-Q procedures and quarterly activities; identify and support actionable process improvements.

Reporting, Process Improvement, and Knowledge Management

• Develop and implement business rules and repeatable processes consistent with DIA policies, practices, standard operating procedures, and plans.
• Maintain the CIO-5 ULO Microsoft SharePoint page, including accurate and current content, intuitive navigation, routine monitoring, content verification, and timely issue resolution.
• Contribute to monthly activity and expense reporting, close-out documentation, transition planning, operating procedures, and knowledge transfer.
• Safeguard Government-furnished and procurement-sensitive information and maintain clear audit trails for estimates, models, source data, and work products.

Required Qualifications

• Meet one of the following qualification pathways: (1) at least three years of professional cost/price analysis experience, including direct support for federal IT portfolio management, business-process establishment, and resource programming/execution, with relevant experience within the last two years; or (2) a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, economics, or a related discipline.
• Ability to independently examine, analyze, and interpret accounting records; prepare or evaluate financial statements; and advise on systems used to record costs and other financial or budgetary data.
• Demonstrated federal financial-management, cost-estimating, and resource-execution knowledge in a DoD or Intelligence Community environment.
• Strong analytical judgment, attention to detail, quality-control discipline, and ability to deliver accurate work under short deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including preparation and delivery of senior-executive briefings.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint in a controlled Government environment.
• Ability to work independently as a contractor employee under Pivot Path management, without exercising inherently governmental authority or obligating Government funds.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance with current SCI eligibility/access.
• Prior support to DIA, a DoD Component CIO/CFO organization, or an Intelligence Community financial-management office.
• Hands-on experience with DAR-Q, ULO/UFR management, OUSD(C) FIAR requirements, fund-holder support, and audit-ready supporting documentation.
• Experience with federal IT portfolio management, PPBE, Congressional marks, passbacks, resource management decisions, and independent cost estimates.
• Working knowledge of applicable federal cost, service-contract, and travel requirements, including FAR Part 31 and the Joint Travel Regulations.
• Security, Confidentiality, and Special Conditions
• Candidate must possess, or be able to obtain and maintain, a Top Secret security clearance with SCI access before contract start. Additional accesses may include HCS, GAMMA, and Special Access Programs as mission needs dictate.
• All assigned personnel must comply with the DD Form 254, customer security requirements, information-handling rules, and a nondisclosure agreement.
• Because the role may access spend plans, acquisition plans, RFIs/RFPs, source-selection plans, independent Government cost estimates, and other procurement-sensitive information, assigned personnel are subject to applicable conflict-of-interest restrictions during performance and for one year after the contract concludes.

Work Location, Schedule, and Travel

• Work is expected to be performed primarily onsite at DIA facilities across the National Capital Region. Any offsite unclassified work requires prior customer approval.
• Normal schedule is 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, within the customer's 0600-1800 core-duty window.
• Occasional preauthorized extended hours, overtime, or on-call support may be required to meet mission demands.
• Occasional travel may be required and must be approved in advance.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Pivot Path Solutions, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.