Financial, Budget, and Acquisition Support

Financial, Budget, and Acquisition Support

This position will provide direct support to the OUSD(I&S), I&S Enterprise Administration & Management Office. Support will encompass all phases of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) process, as well as the OUSD(I&S) areas of responsibility in the acquisition process.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical advice and analysis to ensure OUSD(I&S) appropriations are effective
• justified and executed, ensure acquisition packages are accurate and complete, and transactions are within financial and contracting laws, regulations, and policies.
• Supporting the Government lead in analyzing requirements, prioritizing resources, and executing funds. Coordinate with OUSD(I&S) directorates, OSD offices, Defense agencies and Services to integrate estimates, complete assessments, and execute funds. Interpret policies, regulations, and guidelines for budget request development and execution.
• Assist with maintaining the status of commitments and obligations of funds in coordination with Washington Headquarters Services (WHS) and budget and finance instructions and directives.
• Reconcile internal financial records with WHS and Defense Finance and Accounting System (DFAS) Accounting reports and prepare weekly briefing charts. Identify discrepancies and follow up to resolve. Actively pursuing closure of Unliquidated Obligations in concert with the Comptroller's Dormant Account Review, to include collecting customer status and following up to ensure completion. Support conduct of execution reviews, to include slide preparation.
• Support data collection and preparation of budget exhibits for all cycles of the Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution (PPBE); verify accuracy of financial data such as WHS and Comptroller controls, Comptroller Information System (CIS), and Program Resources Collection Process (PRCP). Collect, review, and input resources and text to the Select and Native Programming (SNaP) database for Congressional Justification Book development. Collect, review, and input data to the Budget Intelligence and Related Database (BIRD) for funding execution.
• Assist with maintaining files of each OUSD(I&S) contract including all contract modifications.
• OUSD(I&S) executes over 100 contract actions per year. Each analyst will be responsible for approximately 20 contract actions per year.
• Conduct periodic reviews of budget plans to support continuity of service with no breaks in support. Support the Contracting Officer's Representatives (CORs) in researching of invoicing issues or other funding issues that arise by providing funding documentation as appropriate.
• Review acquisition packages for completeness, accuracy, and consistency, initiating financial transactions through the Defense Agency Initiative (DAI) system for Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs), Interagency Agreements (IAs), and contracting office purchase requisitions (PRs). Each analyst is assigned a portfolio involving a $15M to $30M value.
• Assist with the review of Congressional marks for impact to OUSD(I&S) programs and support the Government with authoring appeals. Review Program Budget Decisions and Program Decision Memoranda for impact to the OUSD(I&S) programs, support impact evaluation, and maintain tracker of baseline-to-President's Budget changes. Memorandums and responses are typically required twice per year; may be ad hoc.
• Create, modify, and manipulate reports, spreadsheets, and presentations to capture and display historical, current, and planned financial data for management and senior leadership decision making. Prepare annual spend plans for assigned portfolios and monthly, quarterly, and annual execution reports.
• Assist with responses to ad hoc calls for budgetary and contracting data through collection, review, preparation, and input of submissions. Data calls may come from OUSD(A&S), WHS, OUSD(Comptroller), Congress, or other agencies. Estimated quantity is approximately six (6) data calls per month.
• Assist with the collection of in-coming and out-going reimbursable Joint Duty Assignment requirements and the execution of funds to support them. Track and implement extensions and early terminations as it applies to funding. Coordinate with the receiving agencies to ensure funding packages can be executed properly.

CLEARANCE:

• Active Top Secret / SCI is required.

WORK LOCATION

• Onsite - Washington, D.C.

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