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Job Description
Job Description
Our client is seeking a Budget Analyst Audit Team Lead to support the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Research & Development Directorate (RD) Front Office. In this position, the candidate will lead a matrixed Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) budget audit team supporting all five RD departments.
The candidate will work with A&AS and government project managers (PMs) and budget specialists in across RD by providing expert audit readiness advice allowing government PMs to focus more on managing and leading RDT&E efforts.. This candidate will perform as an audit and financial management support specialist for one office and lead the overall multi-office audit support A&AS team effort. In the latter role, the candidate’s primary focus will be supporting, coordination and leading the directorate’s portfolio audit readiness as the senior A&AS audit analyst. The candidate must be familiar with Department of Defense (DoD) audit processes, financial management information systems, and research into Unliquidated Obligations. Candidate will also require knowledge of Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE), Program Objective Memoranda (POMs), Budget Estimate Submissions (BESs), and spend plans.
Principal Duties
- Track, analyze and resolve Unliquidated Obligations (ULOs) and Receipt, Acceptance and Inspection (RAI) issues for one office portfolio. Ensure documentation complies with DoD / DTRA standards.
- Utilize Financial information systems to research and resolve ULOs and provide insights into current and prior year actual and planned obligations and expenditures data
- Fully and effectively collaborate with an existing cross functional front office team
- Assist or lead audit activities as directed with priority placed on teamwork
- Schedule and hold weekly A&AS audit task team meetings and coordinate work efforts to include understanding process improvement efforts to streamline audit support
- Assist in the development of audit resolution processes and effective knowledge management practices and procedures
- Assist in the design and preparation of PPBE, POM and BES documents and workbooks
- Assist in developing annual budget plans, spend plans and budget justifications
- Assist in compiling and tracking department and directorate obligations and expenditures data
- Assist in preparing weekly, monthly, and annual financial management documents and briefings to help inform RD leadership of the status of the department’s budget
- Accurately record key discussion and senior leader direction during key leader engagements
- Prepare and staff senior leader correspondence given verbal guidance, meeting results and general direction
- Support development, version control, and quality control of briefings and other engagements with the RD Front Office and other organizations as directed
- Prepare leadership for weekly and other periodic RD meetings
Requirements
Desired Qualifications
Our client is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
