NextStep Technology is seeking a Financial Manager PM professional with 10+ years' experience in Advancing Analytics (ADVANA), and Acquisition and Budget Management Tool (ABM) experience to support DCSA with financial management expertise to assist with the performance of financial management functions.
Salary $150K - $160K - Visit customers one to four days per month.
Job Description Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary point of contact for government leadership in the execution of contract requirements.
- Approve Time Sheets for the company's team.
- Ensure on-time delivery of all contract deliverables to the customer
- Maintain transparent (to the customer) online accountability of all employees.
- Based on your specific Quality Control Plan (QCP), conduct random checks of work quality products and, when necessary, provide a peer review to ensure high-quality deliverables to the customer.
- Project a positive image of the organization to customers, employees, industry, and community.
- Establish a performance review schedule with the customer to focus on the end-of-contract year Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) evaluation. This is a key performance indicator for our customers.
- Provide supervision and management of all employees (Prime and Subcontractors) assigned to the contract, including performance feedback, payroll, travel, and scheduling.
- Ensure trained employees are available to support customers at the required times.
- Work with recruiting and HR to screen and interview new employees, then sponsor and facilitate training and orientation of new employees.
- Initiate and coordinate company policy and contract process changes that support efficient contract operations and employee workplace satisfaction.
- Ensure that the contract is executed with legality and conformity to established laws and regulations.
- Ensure work environments are adequate and safe.
- Led the contract team in the execution of support functions specified in the PWS.
- Experience and understanding of acquisition planning in accordance with the DOD instructions, e.g. DoDI 5000.01, DoDI 5000.02, DoDI 5000.74, DoDI 5000.75, the Financial Management Regulation (FMR), or similar instruction.
- Prepare life cycle cost estimates that include all major components/phrases, develop cost Estimating/Analysis techniques, and conduct cost research.
- Perform a wide range of acquisition analytical technical, and advisory functions related to the budgetary process.
- Translate acquisition program requirements into properly priced budget submissions to support POM/PB decisions.
- Provide expert fiscal life-cycle advice to program and financial management officials of the employing agency, guide and/or develop acquisition budget policy.
- Develop spending plans by consulting with the program manager to support the program schedule and established targets.
- Understanding of Fiscal/Appropriation laws, policies, and directives as they align with the acquisition strategy.
- Assist with pollination of current and new FM practices at the directorate level and train to existing and new financial system capabilities and functions.
- Provide administrative support as required.
- Assist with creating efficiencies to best practice of current functions performed by providing feedback on user experiences.
- Liaison between Government program managers and OCFO resource advisors.
- Identify key program managers who play an integral and regular role in developing requirements.
- Coordinate with leaders to identify funding requirements for current and future/out years (RPR).
- Data entry of annual spending plan requirements.
- Maintain or update the requirements in the spending plan throughout the FY.
- Experience requesting funds through financial systems.
- Assist the directorate with the development of FM packages for the approval process. Ensure funds request package requirements are accurate and consistent with the type of package being submitted.
- Coordinate with resource advisors to correct any inaccuracies or additional information needed to approve the requirement package.
- Experience with requirement package submission into ERP systems.
- Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI) and Acquisition and Budget Management (ABM) or other ERP system experience.
- Experience with Operations & Maintenance (O&M), Research Development Test & Evaluation (RDT&E), and Working Capital Funds (WCF), as well as experience preparing financial reports and briefing senior leadership on fund status.
Required Skills and Qualification:
- Must be a U.S. Citizen and have an active secret clearance.
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in financial planning, analysis, budgeting, and modeling.
- Must be proficient in financial systems (DAI, ABM, ADVANA, and PIEE).
- Must be able to work onsite for the last two weeks in September for fiscal closeout.
Desired Skills and Qualifications:
- Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Certifications.
- Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) Certification.
- Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) Certification.
- Budgeting, Accounting, Funding Execution.
- Financial background and an understanding of government financial systems.
- Certified Federal Contracts Manager Course (CFCM).
- Certified Professional Contracts Manager Course (CPCM).
- Financial background and an understanding of government financial systems.
- Advancing Analytics (ADVANA) (Enterprise data repository for the DoD).
- Acquisition and Budget Management Tool (ABM).