Functional/Financial Analyst

QinetiQ US•Washington, DC

5d•$98,000 - $110,000

About The Position

QinetiQ US is looking for a Funtional/Financial Analyst. This is an excellent, highly visible opportunity for a strong financial/capital planning consultant to have a significant impact on the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) program. FHWA is seeking assistance in planning changes to the IT portfolio, such as investment consolidations and/or portfolio structure changes, as well as managing the granularity/level of detail of items in the IT Spend Plan.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree
Minimum of 4 years experience working in federal capital planning/budgeting/finance capacity
Strong written and oral communication skills
Ability to obtain/maintain DOT Public Trust

Nice To Haves

Experience implementing key Federal statutes and policies including the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform act (FITARA), Clinger Cohen Act, Government Performance Results Act, Paperwork Reduction Act, the Privacy Act, the E-Government Act, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars and Memoranda.

Responsibilities

Provide recommendations for improving process, data quality, and stakeholder communications
Assist FHWA in planning changes to the IT portfolio such as investment consolidations and/or portfolio structure changes, as well as managing the granularity/level of detail of items in the IT Spend Plan.
Support the management and implementation of FHWA’s CPIC Program, including support for Investment Review Board (IRB) processes.
Support the execution of all phases of FHWA’s CPIC process, including but not limited to stakeholder data calls, refining investment criteria, collecting, maintaining, analyzing, and improving data related to the IT portfolio and IT investments, supporting basic CPIC processes such as data entry of information into the Department’s tool(s) and templates, providing material and assistance to support the decision making committees and boards that oversee the IT investment management (e.g. Investment Review Board, Architecture Review Board), assisting with portfolio management tools and functionality, and providing advice and assistance to support customers
CPIC reporting following requirements set by the Department’s Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Annual Agency IT Portfolio Summary (AITPS) and Agency IT Portfolio Summary Details (AITPSD)
Major Investment Reporting (annual, Monthly IT Dashboard (MITDB), ad-hoc requests)
Budget Data Call Requests (BDR) as requested by DOT OCIO
Improvements to FHWA’s IT investment processes and procedures
Supporting the generation of the IT Spend Plan and interfacing this data with CPIC data
Stakeholder data calls,
Improving data quality (e.g. TBM framework fields, missing information, etc.),
Providing assistance and support to stakeholders,
Managing IT Spend Plan change requests,
Coordinating requests with the Department and requesting office stakeholders,
IT Spend Plan submissions as required by the DOT OCIO,
Ad-hoc reporting and/or information requests covering IT Spend Plan information
Supporting integration of Investment Planning processes with FHWA Strategic Planning, Enterprise Architecture and Budgeting processes
IT Budget Section 5 submissions as requested by FHWA Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Office
Ad-hoc reports to support FHWA decision making (e.g., Investment Review Board, Architecture Review Board, etc.)
Supporting and coordinating customer and stakeholder outreach, education, and training activities.
Providing support for investment management for major and non-major investments. This includes Monthly IT Dashboard (MITDB) process (projects, risks, operational metrics, etc.), risk assessments, earned value management, operational analysis, cost avoidance and cost savings reporting, or other analysis required
Providing advice and assistance to the FHWA CPIC Program on program improvement initiatives and projects, including: IT portfolio management, operational analysis, and other investment monitoring.
Strengthening FHWA’s portfolio analysis and decision-making capabilities.
Creating optional deliverables as specified by the COR or CPIC project manager
Develop and provide a Monthly Status Report