IC Finance Resource Lead

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The Influence and Integration Department advances ODNI's enterprise priorities by translating policy intent into integrated, executable approaches across the Intelligence Community. The department supports ODNI's policy and mission integration efforts by shaping policy frameworks, strengthening governance and oversight, and guiding capability development that connects strategic direction to mission execution. Through disciplined analysis, enterprise coordination, and sustained partnership, the department aligns policy, mission priorities, and analytic leadership to enable coherent implementation of modernization initiatives and reinforce ODNI's role as the strategic leader of the IC.

Roles & Responsibilities:


The Influence and Integration Department seeks an IC Finance Resource Lead to provide expert and strategic support to our Government sponsor in budget analysis and execution. The sponsor requires trusted advisors to perform strategic financial analysis and provide unbiased and independent recommendations on programming resources to achieve planned objectives.

Responsibilities Include:

• Ability to conduct in-depth financial analysis to include the production of funding documents, burn-rate analysis, independent cost estimates, spend plans, and various ad hoc task necessary to perform as an essential embedded financial support to the sponsor.
• Ability to support operational execution within a government office
• Ability to develop enterprise cost models
• Ability to leverage existing and future IT systems to collect, monitor, and analyze current budget allocations and execution.
• Ability to provide clear, concise, and unbiased recommendations based on detailed review and analysis of budget data
• Proficiency in Excel
• Ability to deliver analysis results and recommendations within these products: Congressional Budget Justification Book (CBJB) documents and supporting analyses, Budget execution and trend reporting/analyses, Contract analyses, Contract documentation, Contractor resource analyses, Policy analyses, and/or Programmatic budget support and analyses.

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years with a Master's degree; or 3 years with a PhD; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Experience with the Congressional Budget Justification Book (CBJB), the National Intelligence Programs (NIP), or Military Intelligence Programs (MIP).
• Experience with the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) cycle or the Intelligence Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Evaluation (IPPBE) cycle.
• Must have an active Top Secret/SCI w/Poly U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
• Due to the lengthy clearance process and our urgent need, candidates without an existing TS/SCI clearance with polygraph cannot be considered for this opening.
• This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Accounting, Data Science/Analytics or related field.
• Experience with government budget systems and processes.
• Experience with analysis conducted using Microsoft Excel.
• Familiarity with concepts covered in the Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) or the Certified Government Finance Manager (CGFM) certifications.
• Strong professional writing and editing abilities.
• Ability to lead a financial-related study, conduct research, collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team, and communicate results for decision makers.
• Ability to interact with senior level government officials in a fast-paced environment.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph

Salary compensation range and midpoint:
$147,200 - $184,000 - $220,800 Annual

Work Location Type:
Onsite

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