Acquisition Analyst

Acquisition Specialist
Fort Belvoir, VA

ARServices is seeking an Acquisition Specialist in the Fort Belvoir, VA area.

The successful candidate will serve as an Acquisition Specialist for a Division, providing timely and accurate information of multiple Program Managers' project milestone planning projections and monitoring and provide support for the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) processes.

Responsibilities:

• Support and protect a classified program executing government guidance;
• Develop acquisition strategies and procurement documents to include drafting statements of work, developing Independent Government Cost Estimates, and conducting market research among many other project management responsibilities;
• Develop, monitor and co-manage plans for assigned programs and/or projects;
• Coordinate and lead support to contracting officers up through contract award and administration functions to support the customer;
• Support the design of the program, develop and manage execution year program spend plan recommending acquisition vehicles within Economy Act or federal contracting mechanisms to fund technology development that closes warfighter CWMD gaps;
• Author correspondence, white papers, program briefings for government approval;
• Prepare and maintain program management execution reports including research on unobligated commitments and unliquidated obligations; and,
• Support the overall management of R&D projects related to cost, schedule, and performance to include thorough documentation preparation, monthly performance review and reporting reconciliation.

Requirements:

• BA/BS degree preferably in finance, accounting, Business Administration, or mathematics

• 10 years overall experience managing budget execution, working within the DoD preferably in Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation (RDT&E) and as such, familiarity with the Department of Defense Acquisition Life Cycle and various contracting/procurement methods the government uses to acquire goods and services
• 5 years of experience forecasting future financial requirements and preparing a spend plan associated with DOD documents such as Program Objective Memorandum (POM), Presidents Budget, and Budget Estimate Submission (BES) across multiple DOD appropriation lines and types
• 3 years of experience in DoD acquisition, project management or contracting is required
• Knowledge of Government accounting policy and/or regulation including but not limited to DoD Financial Management Regulation (FMR), Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), OMB Circular A-123, and DOD Directive-5000.01 acquisition management

• Ability to independently manage projects simultaneously tracking reporting from performers against planned milestones and execution against planned performance
• Able to synthesize information and deliver written and verbal executive summaries for senior leaders
• Experience developing and presenting complex information to senior Government officials using Microsoft Office applications such as experience creating data visualizations to produce pivot tables, bar graphs, pie charts, etc.
• Ability to manage stakeholder expectations within an integrated project team and recommend course of action based on an analysis of alternatives to government program manager
• Familiarity with multi-year fiscal planning and management at a program level with multiple projects
• Financial knowledge and experience in executing and tracking financial expenditures to include source documents such as monthly reports, invoices, spend plans, etc.
• Candidate must be able to travel 10-15 of the time in performance of duties of the position.

Desired Qualifications:

• Prior DTRA and/or military experience
• MBA
• Technology tool experience in: Defense Agencies Initiatives (DAI), Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF), and Joint Integrated CBRN Analytic Platform (JICAP)
• Professional experience culminating in a minimum of 5 years as a project manager or commensurate position of responsibility
• Work experience with the SOCOM community, experience with Special Operations, Counter-Proliferation (CP), CWMD technologies, familiarity with detection and defeat of chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons;
• Analytical research assessing defense threats and market research for state of art technology development
• Professional certifications (e.g. Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM), Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM).
• PMP certification from Program Management Institute
• Acquisition Program Planning and Project Management Training (e.g., met certification standards for DAWIA Level II Acquisition Project Management and/or Defense Acquisition University project management course work)

ARServices is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities