Job Description

Kearney & Company is seeking a Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution (PPBE) Business Consultant to join the team! The successful candidate will join a cross-functional team that applies federal budgeting practices to support OUSD(C)s’s annual submission of the President’s Budget, delivery of multi-media presentations, support of contingency reporting using Advancing Analytics, and other special projects in support of the Departments’ budgeting process.

Responsibilities :

• Manage task / project plan : prioritize activities, meet established deadlines, work closely with the client and contractor team, seek out and provide value-added services
• Drive improvements to achieve engagement goals
• Work closely with the client and contract team and serve as the primary client-facing point of contact for Kearney
• Manage project budget and forecasts, including vacation and work schedules
• Lead requirement discovery meetings; develop current and future state business process diagrams; author and maintain requirements
• Traceability Matrix
• Evaluate PPBE processes, anticipate requirements, uncover areas for improvement, develop and implement solutions
• Identify and implement PPBE data quality improvements
• Author and review system use cases and implementation of training material
• Become a technical expert in a Kearney core service offering

Qualifications

Required Qualifications :

• Willing to work onsite at the Pentagon daily
• BA / BS / BBA degree from an accredited college / university
• Must be highly proficient in using Microsoft Office Suite to include publishing books using Word, working on formulas and pivot tables in Excel, developing PowerPoint presentations for senior leadership, and managing SharePoint
• Must have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Must have the ability to quickly understand both business and technical concepts
• Must have extensive experience in translating business requirements into technical requirements to provide solutions and recommendations to the Government
• Excellent writing skills and ability to quickly deliver quality written products in constrained time periods
• Must also have outstanding communication skills to effectively collaborate with various stakeholders across DoD
• Must have experience in managing customer expectations and working directly with customers on various ad hoc requests
• Must have the ability to multi-task across multiple projects
• Must possess a Secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications :

• Military Department Headquarters PPBE experience with concentration on Program and Budget or Requirements Management
• Knowledge of Comptroller Information System (CIS) and Next Generation Resource Management System (NGRMS)
• Experience using Advancing Analytics (ADVANA) and other state-of-the-art software analytics
• Proficiency with M tools such as SharePoint, Lists, and Power BI
• Proficiency with multi-media development applications
• Proficiency with accounting reports such as AR(M) 2, AR(M) and SF
• Relevant Component(s) experience
• Relevant Federal Agency(ies) experience with OMB and / or Congressional experience highly preferred
• Program management experience demonstrating the ability to collaborate and deliver contractual services in a high op-tempo environment, coordinating between multi-disciplined functions of internal and external organizations.
• DoD experience is highly desirable.

Overview

Exclusively focused on the Government, Kearney & Company provides financial services, including auditing, consulting, and technology services.

Our commitment to our employees and clients as well as to dedication and trust, critical values to our Firm, have led to Kearney’s recognition as one of the leading accounting firms in the country.

Based on our employees’ feedback, we are also consistently rated a Best Place to Work. Employment at Kearney means a flexible, collaborative, and open-minded work environment.

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Last updated : 2024-05-23