DoW Budget and Funds Reconciliation Consultant

Job Title: DoW Budget and Funds Reconciliation Consultant
Clearance Required: Secret
Location: Hybrid (Mark Center in Alexandria, VA or Pentagon)

About the Role:

BizFirst is assisting our client with recruiting a DoW Budget and Funds Reconciliation Consultant to support a Department of War (DoW) customer's enterprise-level budget execution, funds control, and financial reporting efforts. This role focuses on applying deep knowledge of the DoW budget cycle, fiscal law, and appropriations management to ensure accurate budget tracking, reconciliation, and audit-ready execution across the department.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience navigating DoW budget formulation and execution processes, reconciling appropriated funds across the budget lifecycle, and ensuring compliance with financial management regulations and reporting requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a subject matter expert on the DoW budget cycle, including Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE)
• Track appropriations through apportionment, allocation, allotment, commitment, obligation, and outlay stages
• Perform complex budget and funds reconciliation across multiple financial and feeder systems
• Apply fiscal law and DoW Financial Management Regulation guidance to validate funding availability and use
• Identify, research, and resolve funding discrepancies, execution variances, and control weaknesses
• Support budget execution reporting and analysis to ensure regulatory compliance and audit readiness
• Advise leadership on funding status, execution risks, and corrective action strategies
• Reconcile budgetary balances between systems to ensure alignment with official records
• Support documentation and reporting requirements aligned with internal controls and oversight standards

Required Qualifications:

• Expert knowledge of the Department of War’s budget cycle from congressional appropriation through execution
• Thorough understanding of the PPBE process and OMB apportionment procedures
• Strong familiarity with allocation, allotment, commitment, obligation, and outlay stages within DoW
• Proficiency in applying fiscal law and DoW Financial Management Regulation
• Deep understanding of purpose, time, and amount limitations across appropriations (Military Personnel; Operation and Maintenance; Procurement; RDT&E)
• Demonstrated ability to perform complex budget reconciliation and resolve execution discrepancies
• Experience navigating DoW accounting and budget execution systems
• Ability to ensure financial activities are compliant, controlled, and audit-ready
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) or other major DoW components
• CPA, CGFM, or CDFM certification preferred
• Familiarity with enterprise resource planning (ERP) or financial systems such as DAI, DEAMS, GFEBS, DCAS, or similar
• Master’s degree in a related field

Benefits Include:

• Family Health, Dental, and Vision (54% cost covered for the entire family)
• Flexible Spending Account
• Bonuses for lifetime events (e.g., marriage, childbirth) and overutilization on T&M contracts
• Profit-sharing on work brought into the company
• Unlimited Leave with approval
• $1,000 annual training budget
• 401(k) with 100% employer match on the first 4% invested