Space Warfighting Analysis Center (SWAC) Financial Manager

Overview

Tecolote Research is seeking experienced, highly motivated Department of Defense (DoD) or Intelligence Community (IC) Financial Management (FM) professionals to join a small, high-performing team at the Space Warfighting Analysis Center (SWAC). Our Colorado Springs office has a unique opportunity to support SWAC's vision to "Design the Force that wins in, to, and from space" with end-to-end FM analysis. Can you translate your DoD planning, budgeting, and execution acumen to program advocacy at senior levels of Defense and Intelligence oversight? Join Tecolote today!

Responsibilities

• Provide on-site classified budget execution management and analysis through coordination with organization leadership, project officers, and external partners
• Prepare, coordinate, and transmit funding documents from multiple funding streams and appropriations across numerous partner organizations
• Conduct analysis of program spend plans and component requirements, develop reporting and real-time decision tools, and identify reconciliation recommendations
• Lead recurring reviews of resource utilization to identify, mitigate, and remedy issues that might impact the program's overall objectives
• Draft impact statements for budget shortfalls and/or opportunities to support fiscal-oriented decisions; identify trade-offs within program budget to support must-pays
• Manage collection, validation, and update of financial execution data to budget execution databases and other customized organizational decision-support tools
• Monitor and forecast spending on program-, project-, and component-level in recurring reports; modify database queries and reports to meet analytical demands
• Provide analysis, produce briefing materials, and generate documentation for wide array of projects and contracts to support government clients
• Assist unfunded request (UFR) process with drafting and tracking requirements
• Provide key support in development and implementation of a requirement validation and prioritization process for the program office
• Author memorandums and position papers on a variety of technical, procedural, and policy financial topics for senior-level audience

Skills Required

• 10 years of practical experience in Department of Defense (DoD) or Intelligence Community (IC) financial management tools, products, and decision support
• Analytical expertise with DoD budget planning; obligation and expenditure plans; execution monitoring through fiscal year; and reporting to Higher Headquarters
• Extensive knowledge of federal budget process and lifecycle for DoD/IC acquisition and/or sustainment program; federal travel and government purchase card policy
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools: Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Confident communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Expertise with Advana, CCaR, DEAMS, PIEE (WAWF/EDA), and PowerBI
• Competency with ASARS, DoD EDS, DTS, IDECS, SAFES, and AF accounting procedures
• Obtain/maintain Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance
• Daily, on-site work in DoD Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF)
• Consent to Counterintelligence (CI) polygraph
• Active TS/SCI with CI polygraph is preferred
• U.S. citizenship
• Open until filled
• Salary range: $100,000 - $125,000/Year, DOE

Education

Bachelor's degree required, preferably in math, engineering, or the sciences.