Lifecycle Acquisition Financial Analyst

Apogee Engineering•St. Louis, MO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Apogee is seeking a Lifecycle Acquisition Financial Analyst - Subject Matter Expert to provide support for the Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy Program Executive Office at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency in St. Louis, Missouri. The position provides strategic acquisition and program management support for a complex portfolio, including long-term financial and acquisition planning, coordination with senior agency executives, management of cross-functional dependencies, and alignment of procurement actions with agency strategic, financial, and architectural objectives. The role is full-time and on-site at a government facility in St. Louis. The position is contingent upon contract award. The analyst supports the government throughout designated programs’ lifecycles, from concept through deactivation and disposal. Work includes financial planning and execution, cost analysis and estimating, acquisition documentation, program reviews, briefings, meeting support, operational issue tracking, financial system activities, and audit readiness. The role also supports collaboration across the PEO and its government and industry partners, maintains the PEO roadmap and official records, and provides recommendations on program strategies and alternative courses of action.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
Active TS-SCI clearance and Counter-Intelligence Polygraph completed within the last five years or within 90 days of hire.
Program/Project Management Professional certification, DAWIA PM (Advanced) or E&TM (Practitioner) certification, or Scaled Agile Framework Agilist certification.
Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, computer science, or an engineering-related field.
Industry-leader expertise relevant to the field, compliant with GSA standards.
At least 12 years of senior-level IT program/project management experience.
At least 18 years of expert-level experience with NGA, DoD, or other Intelligence Community budgeting and financial processes and tools, especially creating and updating spend plans and POM submissions.
At least 18 years of expert-level experience generating MIP and NIP base and OCO POM submissions, funding requests, and justifications at the budget program level or above for Congress and DoD or ODNI oversight authorities.
At least 12 years of senior-level experience with acquisition documentation and principles, contracting documents, the Federal Acquisition Regulation, contracting and acquisition processes, Performance Work Statements, and lifecycle management.
At least 18 years of expert-level experience with the IC or DoD budgeting and execution lifecycle, including fiscal-year management and appropriations.
Expert-level knowledge of Federal Appropriation Law, DoD Financial Management Regulations, the application of the Color of Money (including O&M, RDT&E, and Procurement), and evaluation of the Purpose, Time, and Amount of expenditures to ensure fiscal compliance and prevent Anti-Deficiency Act violations.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree or higher.
At least 18 years of expert-level experience with NGA systems architecture components and processes.
At least 18 years of expert-level experience with NGA, DoD, or other IC acquisition processes and procedures, particularly creating RFP documentation such as SOWs, SOOs, PWSs, and IGCEs and performing technical proposal evaluations.
Program/Project Management Professional certification or DAWIA certification in PM, Business FM, Business CE, or E&TM.
Certified Defense Financial Planner, DoD Financial Management Certification, or Certified Government Financial Manager certification.

Responsibilities

Advise the government on planning, managing, and executing programs and projects; evaluate performance and execution risks and recommend actions.
Support designated efforts throughout their lifecycle, from concept through deactivation and disposal.
Create program documents, plans, and artifacts; review existing requirements and documentation for accuracy, consistency, and compliance.
Facilitate meetings and perform secretariat duties; prepare detailed minutes and notes for Technical Exchange Meetings, reviews, and milestone events.
Support program management, business management, budget execution reviews, and management briefings.
Support program finance activities, including assessing, coordinating, scheduling, and executing briefings.
Analyze and coordinate program- and division-level financial management plans and reports, including POM inputs, fiscal-year spend plans, variance analyses, and corrective action plans.
Assist government representatives in developing the annual spend plan and POM, including short-, mid-, and long-term goals and deliverables.
Assess the realism of contractor cost estimates submitted in response to Government Requests for Change or impact assessment requests.
Generate independent cost estimates, program-level cost models, and supporting documentation; improve estimating methods through collection, normalization, and analysis of cost and technical data.
Assist with documentation supporting new acquisitions and follow-on contracts.
Collaborate and integrate across the PEO and with partner and customer organizations, including program offices, sensor and infrastructure teams, financial management offices, contracting officers, and Source.
Conduct briefings, Technical Exchange Meetings, and events; assist with preparation and coordination of delivery orders, task orders, requirements documents, briefings, and performance statements.
Participate in major program milestones, identify and raise programmatic issues, and recommend solutions.
Evaluate programmatic impacts of architectural direction and guidance and recommend paths forward.
Assist with drafting and presenting PEO and project presentations to external organizations and customers.
Monitor designated Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy operational systems; support resolution of operational issues and track test events and related software deliveries.
Provide program management advice and recommendations on alternative courses of action and strategies for delivering Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy capabilities.
Maintain the PEO roadmap in accordance with NGA policies.
Input, monitor, and manage financial activities in PRISM, GEO-F, Orbit, and other NGA financial systems.
Track NGA/PM financial execution data and recommend improvements.
Support tasker processes; analyze dormant commitments and Unliquidated Obligations, research discrepancies, recommend de-obligations, and maintain accurate Key Supporting Documents for audit readiness.
Lead NGA/PM Financial Review Boards and Budget Management Review Boards and represent NGA/PM at external financial forums.
Develop and review complex financial briefings and support the development and routing of acquisition funding documents.
Maintain official NGA/PM record sets and create business office artifacts using MS Excel.