As a Budget and Financial Analyst supporting a high-visibility, mission-critical Department of War (DoW) program you will deliver full-spectrum financial, budgetary, and acquisition support. Working directly with Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), competency leads, contracts teams, and program leadership, you will manage end-to-end budget formulation, execution tracking, cost analysis, and contract financial operations.
Responsibilities- Formulate, maintain, and execute comprehensive spend plans across multiple fiscal years, appropriations, and budget lines.
- Conduct continuous financial tracking, forecasting, and cost analysis for program activities, commitments, obligations, and expenditures.
- Reconcile program budgets against contracts, invoices, and accounting records; identify variances, investigate anomalies, and implement corrective actions.
- Adapt and update spend plans; prepare responses for budget drills, data calls, Program Objective Memorandum (POM) submissions, and congressional inquiries.
- Prepare, review, and track funding documents, Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs), procurement requests (PRs), purchase card actions, and contract modifications.
- Assist in developing acquisition artifacts, including Performance Work Statements (PWS), Requirements Packages, Cost Assessment and Data Enterprise (CARD) inputs, Technical Assessment Reports (TAR), and pricing models.
- Support government contract negotiations and participate in contract status reviews and customer financial briefings.
- Support field activities and external organizations responsible for executing program funds.
- Ensure all financial activities, appropriation uses, and procurement actions comply with the FAR, DFARS, and DoW Financial Management Regulation (FMR).
- Maintain financial models, tracking ledgers, and official documentation to support internal controls, program reviews, and financial audits.
- Prepare, review, and submit detailed operational execution briefings, monthly status reports, cost reports, and funding notifications.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field (or High School Diploma / GED plus 6 additional years of directly relevant financial experience).
- Current COR Level II or Level III certification is desired.
- 5+ years directly supporting government defense finance, the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process, and budget formulation.
- U.S. Citizenship and active Secret clearance at time of hire.
- Ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI as required by the program.
- Ability to work 100% on-site.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field; alternatively, a high school diploma/GED plus six additional years of directly relevant financial experience
- Current COR Level II or Level III certification
- At least five years of directly relevant experience supporting government defense finance, PPBE, and budget formulation
- U.S. citizenship
- Active Secret clearance at time of hire
- Ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI clearance as required by the program
- Ability to work 100% onsite
AMERICAN SYSTEMS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Equity Value & Accessibility — The ESOP provides an ownership stake that adds long-term financial value and complements base pay. This employee-ownership structure stands out within the overall package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with automatic enrollment and broad investment options, alongside the ESOP, strengthens retirement pathways beyond salary. These features are presented as competitive within the defense contracting space.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Base pay is considered fair or comparable to industry peers, particularly for technical roles. Starting compensation is described as solid for areas like cybersecurity, systems administration, and IT engineering.
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What We Do
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned government services contractor that delivers professional, technical, information technology, engineering, analysis, testing, evaluation, and training solutions for complex national-priority programs. Based in McLean, Virginia, the company supports federal customers—particularly defense and other Department of Defense missions—with mission-essential and information engineering, digital engineering, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, data, and lifecycle IT services across critical public-sector environments.
