Program Acquisition Budget Specialist

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage the operational aspects of new and ongoing projects and serve as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management.
• Manage financial resourcing for current and future DoD acquisition programs with diverse funding types including Procurement, Research and Development, and Operations and Maintenance, using the DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Execution (PPBE) process.
• Assist in the development and coordination of Program Objective Memorandum (POM) inputs, Unfunded Requirements (UFR) / Unfunded Priority Lists (UPL), and Acquisition Strategy Panel (ASP) documentation.
• Assist in production and management of contract actions (RFP through award and execution).
• Help plan acquisition strategies for various projects ranging from tech developments to full Programs of Record (PoR).
• Coordinate financial issues, tasks, and requests for senior leader decision and information briefings.
• Develop mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.
• Coordinate with subject matter experts to identify and refine budgetary estimates.
• Coordinate and attend financial management meetings and reviews.
• Participate in budget queries & prepare financial status reports.
• Perform budget execution and administration work involving monitoring current year and prior year obligations incurred and actual expenditures of budgets.
• Perform budget formulation work involving preparation of detailed analyses and estimates of funding needs for one or more budget years.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and decisional offices in the PPBE process, including SSC, SAF/SQ, SAF/FMB, OSD/A&S & CAPE, USSPACECOM, USINDOPACOM, and OMB.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or management, finance, accounting, or a related field.
• 15+ years of experience in the DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process and the DoD Planning, Programming, and Budgeting Systems (PPBS).
• Extensive acquisition and program management experience, particularly in satellite acquisitions on DoD (SSC) or NRO programs.
• Knowledge of Program Objective Memorandum (POM), Future Year Defense Plan (FYDP) Defense Guidance, Unfunded Requirements (UFR) and Unfunded Priority Lists (UPL), Acquisition Strategy Panel (ASP), and Joint Strategic Planning Systems.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Advanced skills with MS Office tools particularly MS Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of commonly used budgetary methods, practices, procedures, regulations, policies, and processes.
• Must have an in-scope security background investigation (T5 or SSBI), adjudicated for SCI eligibility and enrolled in the Continuous Evaluation program (if applicable).
• Must be willing to be nominated for access to Sensitive Compartment Information and Special Access Programs and willing to consent to a Polygraph examination.

Nice to Have

• None explicitly specified in the description.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or management, finance, accounting, or a related field.
• 15+ years of relevant experience in PPBE and satellite acquisitions.

Benefits & Perks

• Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000.