FMS Program Analyst II

V2X•UNAVAILABLE, Washington, DC

About The Position

V2X is hiring a Program Analyst to support Department of the Navy and Department of Defense Security Cooperation, Security Assistance, and Foreign Military Sales activities. The role provides analytic, administrative, and management support for FMS case development, management, and administration, including support to country program directors and Building Partner Capacity (BPC) leads. The analyst tracks case and program performance, prepares reports and analytic products, and helps ensure work meets customer expectations and timelines. Because the position supports an Echelon 2 Activity, the analyst must contextualize information in relation to strategic and regional national security objectives and present it to audiences that include senior executive service and flag officers, as well as DoD and Department of State officials. BPC duties also include support for case planning, administration, logistics, training, financial matters, program assessments, and data calls.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and five years of relevant experience in areas such as data analysis, program management, and portfolio management; two additional years of relevant experience can offset the degree requirement, for a total of seven years.
Must have or be able to secure a Secret clearance.
Possess analytical and interpersonal skills.
Have negotiation and organizational skills or techniques.
Have effective English-language communication skills, including strong oral and written communication.
Be customer-service oriented, detail-focused, proactive, and able to manage multiple tasks.

Nice To Haves

Professional communication skills for requesting inputs from dotted-line entities and following up.
Ability to learn and apply cross-cultural understanding when participating in engagements with other countries.
Comfort working across different IT systems to move a product through a complex process and track its progress.
Skill in crafting presentations for senior government decision-makers.
Familiarity with or experience in FMS or BPC.
Willingness to work on-site at Washington Navy Yard two to three days per week, travel to government offices including DSCA, OSD, and Echelon 2 and 3 activities, and occasionally travel to supported foreign countries.

Responsibilities

Support DoN and DoD Security Cooperation, Security Assistance, and FMS assessments, staff organization, and administrative requirements.
Provide administrative, analytic, and management support for internal and enterprise-wide FMS case development, management, and administration.
Support specific country program directors by managing case portfolios and responding to executive-level issues and concerns.
Assist CPDs and BPC leads with case development, from receipt of a Letter of Request through issuance of an LOA, P&A, or Lease Agreement.
Enter individual requests into the system, track progress against individual and aggregate target metrics, and coordinate with case managers at Case Administering Offices upon completion.
Develop portfolio-level insights on case execution performance and case closure targets for completed cases for CPDs and regional divisions.
Support development and maintenance of analytic products, including country summary papers, engagement sheets, information papers, and briefs.
Provide statistics and metrics for analysis and management of security assistance activities.
Prepare advice, analysis, counsel, coordination, technical papers, and briefs related to meetings and conferences, Security Assistance Management Reviews, Case Management Reviews, and Case Reconciliation Reviews.
Support DoN-level reporting requirements and prepare assigned reports.
Support Navy IPO customer engagements, presentations, and client meetings as required.
Coordinate daily with the Navy IPO client to complete task milestones within estimated timeframes and budget constraints.
Attend FMS enterprise activities and high-level meetings for the CPD and maintain minutes.
Contribute to strategic plans, regional and country summaries, command briefs, process desk guides, handbooks, metrics reports, and internal and external communications.
Support BPC case planning, administration, management, logistics, training, and financial matters.
Analyze enterprise-wide BPC programs and recommend policy, program, and performance actions.
Routinely assess overall BPC program status and advise on progress and relevant timelines.
Prepare advice, analysis, coordination, and technical papers regarding strategic goals, meetings, symposiums, and conferences.
Support BPC data calls.
Work independently with limited direction, collaborate with contractors and team members, work closely with customers, and participate actively in team meetings.