VISTA Technology Services, Inc. (VISTA) is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to provide Business Financial Management (BFM) support to a NAVSEA Program Office. This position reports on-site at the Washington Navy Yard 3 days/week.
The Financial Analyst will support the Program Acquisition Executive Robotics & Autonomous Systems (PAE RAS) Program Office by providing overarching budget, financial, and estimating support across all areas of the DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) System. They will work closely with BFMs and Program Managers to ensure funding sufficiency, maintain budgetary controls, and facilitate the financial execution of programs that bring critical maritime capabilities to the warfighter.
Responsibilities:
Financial Planning & PPBE Support
- Assist in the research, development, and preparation of Program Objective Memorandum (POM) and Program Review (PR) program requirements, issue papers, reclamas, and informational "white papers"
- Assist in the preparation, update, and review of FMB/DON, OSD/OMB, and Congressional budget exhibits and back-up material for all appropriations managed by Program Managers
- Participate in and provide financial status input during financial execution reviews, triannual reviews, and POM reviews
- Review projected budgets to determine adverse programmatic impacts due to appropriation delays, budget cuts, or procurement issues
Budget Execution & Systems Management
- Provide technical support and analysis for program funding and budgetary controls within Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), NAVSEA Enterprise Planning System (NEPS), and the Program Budget Information System (PBIS)
- Draft budgetary ledger/execution status reports summarizing budget controls established by the FMB against approved Task Planning requirements
- Monitor and update spend plans, adjust allocations to revised budget controls, and prepare reprogramming requests (e.g., populating Fund Allocation Request Forms)
- Monitor obligations and expenditures status, track performance relative to OSD/FMB mandated benchmarks, and monitor/reconcile Unliquidated Obligations (ULOs) and Negative Unliquidated Obligations (NULOs) in ERP
- Apply standard processes for monitoring and summarizing weekly execution status and conduct comparative analyses
Data Analytics & Reporting
- Streamline Navy ERP financial reporting and develop program "plans vs. actual" analysis tools
- Develop Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and help develop current year and out-year Task Planning Sheet requirements
- Assist programs in gathering and researching the latest contract funding