Resource Manager (US – Washington, DC)

Sikich•Columbia, WA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Sikich Federal is seeking a Resource Manager to support the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Finance, and its Office of Financial Systems Program Office (OFSPO). The role manages contractor resource processes and supports resource-related financial operations, asset tracking, forecasting, reporting, and process improvement. It works across federal teams, vendors, security stakeholders, and other HHS points of contact. The position is onsite in Washington, DC. The Resource Manager oversees contractor onboarding and offboarding throughout the lifecycle, maintains resource cost and government-furnished equipment records, and reconciles information across budget models, asset reports, billing records, and SharePoint. The role supports budgeting and forecasting, prepares recurring and ad hoc reporting, facilitates stakeholder meetings, and identifies and resolves operational risks and data discrepancies. It also maintains standard operating procedures, supports audit discussions, and mentors vendor staff on relevant accounting, budgeting, and resource management procedures.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship, required for HHS systems access, and the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
At least 7 years of experience in resource management, financial operations, or program/project support, including at least 3 years supporting a federal agency.
Hands-on experience managing end-to-end contractor onboarding and offboarding, including HSPD-12/PIV badging, background investigations, reinvestigations, and position sensitivity tiers.
Knowledge of accounting and budgeting concepts, including reconciliations, cost analysis, forecasting, and year-end projections.
Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and data modeling, and experience building and maintaining cost-tracking models, trackers, and dashboards.
Experience tracking government-furnished equipment and asset lifecycles and reconciling asset data against budget and billing records.
Ability to measure cycle times, analyze trends, and turn data into concise reports, presentations, and executive commentary.
Sound judgment in identifying risks, resolving billing and data discrepancies, and handling sensitive personnel information (PII) discreetly.
Proficiency with SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint, and project tracking tools such as Jira, Confluence, or MS Project.
Excellent written and verbal communication and relationship-building skills, including experience facilitating meetings across federal, vendor, and security stakeholders.
Demonstrated servant leadership, including engaging employees, supporting development, and fostering a positive culture.
Ability to identify business problems and develop, communicate, and implement solutions.
Ability to build relationships across organizational levels and business units.
Integrity, reliability, and follow-through that build trust and credibility.
Ability to influence others and gain support for ideas and initiatives, with or without formal authority.

Nice To Haves

PMP, CAPM, Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM), Microsoft Excel, or Power BI certification.
Prior experience supporting HHS, particularly the Office of Finance, OFSPO, PSC, or financial systems programs such as UFMS.
Familiarity with HHS onboarding, badging, and Asset Management processes, systems, and SharePoint workflows.
Experience supporting internal or external audits and federal financial management or compliance requirements.
Experience with report automation, Power BI, or continuous process improvement that reduced processing time or improved data quality.
Experience in a hybrid role combining project management with finance, budget, or resource management responsibilities, including mentoring vendor staff.

Responsibilities

Manage end-to-end contractor resource processes, including onboarding, offboarding, reactivation, badge renewal, reinvestigation, and tier upgrades, tracking resources across all nine onboarding phases.
Serve as the finance liaison among OFSPO, vendor program management offices, the federal security team, HHS Program Support Center, OCIO, and other HHS contacts; surface issues and drive resolution.
Lead daily coordination meetings with the prime systems integrator’s PMO and weekly and monthly meetings with other vendors; coordinate recurring sessions with the OFSPO Federal Lead and COR, and prepare agendas, minutes, and action items.
Maintain the Resource Cost Tracking model, recording transactions by resource, vendor, CAN, tier, phase dates, and government-furnished equipment (GFE) issuance and return details.
Track GFE assets from issuance through receipt by Asset Management and record returns in SharePoint so the Budget team can determine when charges end.
Reconcile budget and cost models, asset management reports, and SharePoint data; investigate and resolve anomalies such as duplicate GFE, unassigned equipment, and name discrepancies.
Support the federal Budget lead with cost analysis, forecasting, fiscal-year resource projections, and year-end resource tracking.
Work with the Billing group to investigate and resolve duplicate billing disputes and other outstanding reconciliation items.
Design and produce daily, weekly, monthly, and annual reports and dashboards, including resource management reports, cycle-time metrics, trend analyses, offboarding cost estimates, and ad hoc leadership requests.
Identify risks and blockers, maintain trackers and notes, delegate actions to PMOs and stakeholders, and keep OFSPO management and the COR informed of status, trends, and issues.
Maintain and update Standard Operating Procedures in response to federal policy and leadership direction, and recommend process improvements and automation consistent with the Continuous Process Improvement Plan.
Serve as a point of contact for internal auditors, lead discussions addressing findings, and formulate solutions.
Mentor vendor staff on accounting, budgeting, and resource management policies and procedures.

Benefits

Flexible Time Off policy, available from the first day of employment.
Paid holidays, including eleven paid holidays annually.
The company strives to allow time off during the last week of the calendar year when client and project work permits.
Wellness program with activities that can earn gift cards and other rewards.
Flexible work arrangements.
Health, dental, vision, life, and accident/death/disability insurance options.
Employer contribution to a health savings account (HSA).
Paid Parental Bonding Leave covering birth, adoption, and foster children.
401(k) with employer contributions.
Tuition reimbursement.
Employee referral bonus program.
Client referral bonus program.
Pet insurance.
Up to four hours of paid annual volunteer time through the FORCE community volunteer program.