Financial Management Analyst

Position Overview Type: Full-Time
Location: Huntsville, AL
Travel: Yes; 10% or less
Clearance: Active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance
Work Authorization: U.S. Citizenship required

Summary/Objective
Five Stones Research Corporation (5SRC) is seeking energetic candidates to join our established and growing Huntsville-headquartered family.

Essential Functions

• Serve as a Financial Management Analyst responsible for planning, managing, reviewing, and coordinating the program planning, execution, evaluation, and financial management functions of assigned program.
• Coordinate with the Product Office Management in the development of and implementation of plans and objectives to assure that actions are in keeping with the overall objectives of the program.
• Responsible for conducting review and analysis of program progress to determine the status of resources, coordinating special and recurring reports, and may include responsibility or any portion(s) of the financial management/budgeting program.
• Develops methodology for collecting, reviewing, and analyzing data from contractors and Government activities and develops and presents program data for program reviews through DOD levels for presentations, conferences display, and other management purposes.
• Collects pertinent management data from sources within the Product Office, various Government activities, and private industry. The work requires knowledge of the operating program and the interrelationship among such program; knowledge of basic statistical, accounting, and economic principles and techniques; and a knowledge of the principles, practices, procedures, and methods of the Federal budgeting process.
• Reviews and analyzes program and project schedules, technical and managerial reports, financial reports, and other pertinent data to determine program status and to provide timely information to supervisor and higher authority where potential or actual slippages occur. Analyzes causes for slippages, determine the impact on the program, confers with technical personnel where technical problem are involved, and recommends actions. Assembles, classifies, and summarizes reported progress results and presents verbally, graphically or in written form indicating status of program progress, deficiencies, outstanding accomplishments, reasons for deviations from plans, etc. Discusses problem areas with personnel concerned to find reasons for failures to maintain schedules and to discuss remedial action to be taken. Initiates actions to ensure program requirements are met. Recommends and coordinates amendment of program where changes in missions or requirements necessitate a change in program. Identifies need for correction of deficiencies in resources and advises supervisor on correction actions taken.
• Determines requirements for reports; develops and recommends reporting systems for dealing with other Government agencies and commercial contractors which will effectively measure progress against planned actions and internal program progress reporting system within the command management system. Analyzes regulations, directives, and requirements placed by higher headquarters, customers, or Department of Army regarding reporting progress. Determines the impact of such regulations and directives on current reporting procedures. Determines modifications to existing or proposed reports and reporting methods necessary to properly furnish information. Considers nature, type functions, contents, compiling and requesting organization, and other related information in making determinations. Analyzes frequency of submission with a view to reducing reporting through better scheduling. Surveys reporting procedures to evaluate general reporting structures. Recommends consolidation, elimination, revision or improving systems considering data available in other form. Determines degree to which reports are justified in terms of contribution of information, manhours, and cost in preparing reports and effectiveness of procedures. Recommends reporting techniques or methods to assure that adequate information is furnished.
• Coordinates the preparation of special and recurring reports covering all aspects of the system review and analysis program as required by higher echelons. Reviews reports, as required, to assure conformance to policy and consonance with data previously released by project personnel. Prepares or provides input to other analysts in preparation of product office briefings/documents and decision papers. Conducts briefings, participates in meetings, and provides advice and assistance to product office management.
• May perform a variety of duties in any or all phases of the budgeting process related to development, acquisition, and deployment of the assigned system. This includes duties such as reviewing and analyzing the major phases of the life cycle activities for a variety of programs in terms of major funding such as RDT&E, PA, etc.; compiling consolidating, reviewing, analyzing and editing the program work requirements, budgets, and related documentation for the life cycle bases of assigned weapon system(s) necessary to develop plans covering requirements, schedules, sources, development and production capacities, lead time, etc.; developing improved budget methods, procedures, formats, and justification used in controlling program authority and funding; accomplishing command responsibility of controlling the receipt and distribution of formal program authorization; coordinating, controlling and issuing program directives authorizing work; maintaining central control registers providing a continuous record of program authorization and execution status. Requires detailed, intensive knowledge of the budgetary policies, precedents, goals, objectives, regulations, and guidelines of the employing component which apply to assigned organizations and programs; the sources, types, and methods of funding for assigned organizations and programs; and budgetary and financial relationships between the assigned budgets and program. Requires knowledge and skill in the application of methods and techniques or analyzing and evaluating the effects of continuing changes in program plans and funding on the accomplishment of the organization's budget and program milestones.

Experience

• Experience with GFEBS &/or PIEE (SDW/EDA)
• Experience with comprehensive Cost and Requirement System (CCaR)
• 3 years experience in DoD financial management

Education

• Bachelors or better

Licenses & Certifications

• Secret Clearance

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)