Founded in 1995, ESN is a Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB). ESN delivers trusted solutions that support our nation's defense. For more than two decades, we have been providing our military and government customers with mission-critical services including engineering and technical support, strategic and program management, testing and evaluation, operations support, and information technology. We are committed to proven, repeatable corporate quality management processes and are certified CMMI Maturity Level III - Services & ISO 9001:2015.

We are seeking a Financial Analyst (Mid-Level)

This is an on-site role at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC.

Qualifications:

• Experience with Project Work Schedule, Cost Management
• Experience with financial funding documents and SOWs
• Conduct customer requirements analysis and assessments on operational and contingency support issues and translating them into cogent plans.
• Monitor budget execution and negotiating program requirements for an Enterprise level organization
• Manage the integration of financial management and performance objectives and monitoring business plan execution against targeted goals
• Ability to collaborate with team members, multi-task, and adapt to change
• Ability to learn and utilize DoD/Navy financial processes and programs
• Ability to communicate comfortably with senior level Government employees
• Ability to work independently
• Assist in the development, maintenance and replacement of NAVSEA 05 financial metrics and measures of effectiveness
• Proficiency using MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word)

General Experience:

• Data gathering, analysis, recommended program strategies, requirements determination recommendations, and providing financial budgeting/programmatic coordination in support of customer's requirements, programming plans, portfolio management and other related financial management efforts
• Interpret guideline materials and instructions issued during the three annual budget cycles: Department of the Navy (DoN), Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), and the President's Budget (PB), as well as Mid-Year Review exhibits
• Formulates and justifies budget requests for the organizational in consideration of historical costs up to five years, the current period of execution, and the effects of multi-year procurement. (Ability to communicate clearly and effectively)
• Perform special studies and selective reviews of budgetary programs and procedures
• Serve as financial liaison and representative in business and financial matters

Specialized Experience:

• A candidate must have at least five (5) years of finance budget experiences and competencies that provided in-depth knowledge of financial principles and procedures.
• Candidate must have a comprehensive understanding of the principles and concepts of the Programming phase of the Program, Planning, Budget, and Execution (PPBE) process.
• N-ERP experience needed.

Responsibilities:

• Provide financial technical assistance and support to identify and resolve Unliquidated Obligations and Outstanding Commitments impacting funding reconciliation.
• Liaison with other Program Offices and points of contact to assist in monitoring obligation status
• Assist NAVSEA 05 with Program Objective Memorandum (POM) recommendation for the Programming phase of the Program, Planning, Budget, and Execution (PPBE) process, during the planning decisions, programming guidance, and congressional guidance conversion into a detailed allocation of resources
• Respond to inquiries from NAVSEA 00, Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) and Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management & Comptroller) Financial Management Branch (FMB)
• Provide financial management assistance during the annual mid-year review conducted by FMB
• Assist in drafting and compilation of responses to follow-up questions from FMB related to mid-year exhibits
• Assist NAVSEA 05 with coordination of the semi-annual Program Support Data (PSD) update
• Provide quality assurance recommendations of PSD sheets, including direct interface with PEOs, PMs, and Participating Managers (PARMs)
• Provide support during the three budget cycles as required for NAVSEA 05 managed appropriations
• Provide financial review and ministerial support to NAVSEA 05 in support of financial requirements, data calls, program reviews, conferences and meetings for all NAVSEA 05 appropriations
• Shall provide support to NAVSEA 05 in the area of draft white papers, point papers, reclamas, program presentations, and program highlights/summaries
• Provide financial technical assistance and support to identify and resolve Unliquidated Obligations and Outstanding Commitments impacting funding reconciliation
• Respond to NAVSEA and higher-level Data Calls and Budget Drills as required
• Check budget controls and issues in Program Budget Information System (PBIS)
• Execute funding documents and track benchmarks using Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (Navy ERP)
• Complete quarterly Dormant Account Review-Quarterly (DAR-Q) in Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)
• Develop budgets in Computer Optimized Batch Reconciliation Application (COBRA) and Procurement Documents (PDOCS), and spend plans
• Perform analysis of financial data from the following systems:

• Navy Sea System Command Enterprise Planning System (NEPS), Budget Planning system (BPS)
• Program Support Data (PSD) Automated Reporting and Tracking System (PARTS)
• Financial web sites such as Program Budget Information System (PBIS)
• Justification Management System (JMS)

Education Requirements:

• An undergraduate bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Business, or related field from an accredited college/university or 6 years of professional experience supporting the DoD. A graduate degree from an accredited civilian academic college or from an equivalent professional military education school is optimum.

Security Clearance:

Must hold an active Department of Defense (DoD) SECRET personnel security clearance