Mid-Level Financial Systems Analyst

Sayres is a prominent provider of defense support services to the DOD. With a team of over 300 program support experts, we empower senior leadership by offering comprehensive long-term planning, data analytics, and insightful decision-making capabilities. Headquartered in Washington, DC, Sayres operates offices in California, Maine, and Alabama, strategically positioned to serve our clients. Since 2001, Sayres and Associates have consistently delivered excellence in service to the Federal Government.

Sayres is seeking Financial Systems Analyst located in Washington, D.C. with Secret clearance, verifiable in DISS.

You will have the opportunity to directly support the PEO USC program via PMS 495 at the Washington Navy Yard.

Responsibilities:

Financial analyst supporting the Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Execution (PPBE) process and financial management strategy for PEO USC program office. Work with project management, schedulers, and task leads to build an actionable plan for client to secure the funding needed to achieve their goals. Use knowledge of laws, regulations, and policies, to provide analytical support for the development of well-formed requirements. Once funding is in place, help manage the funding efficiently through consistent tracking and communication with project management and task leads.

Required Experience and Abilities

Minimum five years of experience supporting Department of Navy (DON) and/or Department of Defense (DoD) Financial Management (FM) and applying FM processes. Operational understanding of FM policies, regulations, and meeting financial management milestones that support organizational strategic goals. Works independently, performing analysis and providing recommendation with limited direct supervision.

• Knowledge of the PPBE process and the difference between the three budget cycles (DON, OSD, and PB)
• Knowledge of appropriations law, fiscal policy, and appropriated funds via Financial Management Regulations (FMR) and Financial Management Manual (FMM) for Naval Budget Policies
• Ability to interpret information on a funding document/purchase requisition (PR)
• Understand and support development and management of budget requests/spend plans
• Ability to manage the status of funds and recommend alternative solutions, tracking funding documents from obligations to expenditures
• Compile support documentation for PRs, such as Statements of Work, draft contract modifications, for reimbursable, direct cites and contracts.
• Working knowledge of financial transactions to ensure programmatic obligations and expenditures are within benchmarks
• Experience performing financial analysis with mid-level budget analysts
• Experience developing content for program financial execution reviews and participation in those reviews, including answering questions from senior Navy staff at tri-annual, mid-year, and year-end closeout reviews
• Experience coordinating, composing, and processing PRs using the Navy Enterprise Planning Financial System (NEPS), to include proper documentation for processing PRs to execute in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) (i.e., reimbursable, contracts, direct cite, etc.)
• Bachelor's degree in management, Engineering or Scientific discipline or preferred experience.
• SECRET security clearance or above, verifiable in DISS

Education, Work Experience, and Skills Requirements

• Financial team leadership experience
• Experience with data visualization software and apps (e.g., Tableau)
• Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Accounting, Finance, Business, or Economics
• 8 years' experience in financial or management discipline.

The salary for this position is likely $80,000 - $120,000. Salary ranges are not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary; rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

The position description is only meant to be a representative summary of the major responsibilities and accountabilities performed by the incumbents of this position. The incumbents may be requested to perform position-related tasks other than those stated in this description. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.

At Sayres, our employees enjoy an atmosphere conducive to realizing their potential through personal and professional development while simultaneously exceeding customers' expectations.

We offer a broad spectrum of technical, engineering, and administrative services including acquisition, financial and program management; fleet synthetic training; logistics; ship construction engineering; systems engineering and integration; wargaming; test and evaluation; security, counterintelligence and policy analysis.

Sayres is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices throughout the United States and has a presence abroad.

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