Lifecycle Acquisition Financial Analyst

Apogee Engineering, LLC•St. Louis, MO

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Apogee is seeking a Lifecycle Acquisition Financial Analyst – Subject Matter Expert to support the Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy Program Executive Office at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency in St. Louis, Missouri. The role provides strategic acquisition and program management support across a complex portfolio, including long-term financial and acquisition planning, coordination of cross-functional dependencies, and alignment of procurement actions with agency strategic, financial, and architectural objectives. This is a full-time, on-site position at a government facility in St. Louis, contingent upon contract award. The role requires a U.S. citizen with a TS-SCI clearance and a Counter-Intelligence Polygraph completed within the last five years or within 90 days of hire. The position involves supporting program and budget execution, acquisition documentation, cost estimation, financial analysis, briefings, and lifecycle management. Travel is 10%.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
TS-SCI clearance and a Counter-Intelligence Polygraph completed within the last five years or within 90 days of hire.
Certification as a Program/Project Management Professional, DAWIA certification in PM (Advanced) or E&TM (Practitioner), or certification as a Scaled Agile Framework Agilist (SA).
Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, computer science, or an engineering-related field.
At least 12 years of senior-level experience in IT program/project management.
At least 18 years of expert-level experience with NGA, DoD, or other IC agencies’ 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, including 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 knowledge and application of Federal Appropriation Law and DoD Financial Management Regulations.
Expert knowledge of the proper application of funding categories such as O&M, RDT&E, and Procurement, and the ability to evaluate the Purpose, Time, and Amount of expenditures to ensure fiscal compliance and prevent Anti-Deficiency Act violations.
Industry-leading expertise relevant to the field and compliance with GSA standards.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or higher.
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, and/or Certified Government Financial Manager certification.
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 agencies’ acquisition processes and procedures, particularly creating RFP documentation such as SOWs, SOOs, PWSs, and IGCEs and performing technical evaluations of proposals.

Responsibilities

Advise the government on planning, managing, and executing programs and projects.
Evaluate performance and execution risks, and provide comprehensive recommendations to the Government.
Support designated efforts throughout their lifecycle, from concept through deactivation and disposal.
Create program documents, plans, and related artifacts; review existing requirements and artifacts for accuracy, consistency, and compliance.
Facilitate meetings and perform secretariat duties, including preparing minutes and notes for TEMs, reviews, and milestone events.
Support program management, business management, and budget execution reviews and provide feedback to the Government.
Support program finance matters, including assessing, coordinating, scheduling, and executing management 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 generating the annual spend plan and POM, articulating 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 program office cost estimates for future requirements, program activities, and acquisition processes.
Develop program-level cost models and documentation, and improve estimating methods through collection, normalization, and analysis of cost and technical data.
Support documentation for new acquisitions and follow-on contracts.
Collaborate and integrate with organizations within and outside the PEO, including program offices, partners, customers, financial management offices, contracting officers, and other named stakeholders.
Conduct briefings, Technical Exchange Meetings, and events.
Assist with preparation and coordination of delivery orders, task orders, requirements documents, briefings, and performance statements, as applicable.
Participate in major program milestones, identify programmatic issues, and raise potential 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 recommend 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 PM financial activities in PRISM, GEO-F, Orbit, and other NGA financial systems.
Track NGA/PM financial execution data and recommend improvements.
Support NGA/PM tasker processes.
Analyze dormant commitments and Unliquidated Obligations; research discrepancies, recommend de-obligations, and maintain Key Supporting Documents for audit readiness and compliance with audit mandates.
Lead NGA/PM Financial Review Boards and Budget Management Review Boards.
Represent NGA/PM at financial forums outside NGA/PM.
Develop and review complex financial briefings.
Support development and routing of acquisition funding documents.
Maintain official NGA/PM record sets and create business office artifacts using MS Excel.