What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Financial & Acquisition Management Analyst position at Ignite Digital?
Procurement & Acquisition Duties
Support the development, coordination, and routing of service Procurement Request packages in accordance with NIWC LANT, Navy, and DoW requirements.
Coordinate with program managers, project leads, business financial managers, contracting personnel, and other stakeholders to collect required inputs and resolve package deficiencies.
Track procurement package status, action items, comments, routing, and key milestone dates to support timely submission and execution.
Review acquisition and procurement documents for completeness, consistency, formatting accuracy, and alignment with applicable requirements.
Support contract administration activities, including preparation and tracking of Procurement Requests, modification requests, Technical Direction Letters/Technical Instructions, funding actions, and deliverable status.
Assist with coordination of acquisition planning activities, including recompete planning, new requirement development, contract modifications, incremental funding actions, and followon contract support.
Provide professional communication and coordination support across government and contractor teams to keep procurement actions moving through the acquisition lifecycle.
Financial Contract Management Duties
Oversee the financial health, regulatory compliance, and contractual execution of highvalue government contracts.
Lead financial monitoring for complex multiyear programs and maintain oversight of financial burn rates for prime contractors and subcontractors.
Manage vendor invoicing systems, ensuring accurate review, verification, and reconciliation of monthly invoices.
Ensure alignment of all spending with statutory limitations, budget restrictions, and contract parameters.
Analyze, structure, and track activities across complex CLIN, SubCLIN (SLIN), and ACRN structures.
Ensure proper mapping of multiyear, singleyear, and noyear funds to corresponding CLINs.
Monitor contract ceilings, subceilings, and labor category caps, providing earlywarning alerts as funding approaches critical thresholds.
Support contract modifications through financial impact modeling in coordination with CORs and Contract Specialists.
Conduct recurring burnrate analyses for prime contractors and subcontractors.
Establish financial baselines and calculate monthly variance metrics using standardized formulas.
Generate monthly Estimate at Completion (EAC) and Estimate to Complete (ETC) forecasts to prevent overruns.
Audit subcontractor labor hours to ensure alignment with planned billing and periodofperformance requirements.
Identify, document, and resolve billing discrepancies, unallowable charges, and misallocated hours through coordination with vendor finance teams and DFAS.
Apply principles of Federal Appropriation Law to all transactions, including Purpose, Time, and Amount compliance.
Monitor AntiDeficiency Act compliance and prevent unauthorized commitments or overobligation of funds.
Evaluate funding requests to ensure adherence to the Bona Fide Need Rule.
Develop and maintain executivelevel financial dashboards, costtocomplete models, and risk registers.
Conduct regular financial compliance briefings highlighting funding gaps, deobligation needs, and subcontractor performance.
Organize and maintain auditready financial documentation for internal and external audits.
Required Qualifications
Education & Experience
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a closely related quantitative field.
Master's degree (MBA or MS in Finance/Public Administration) highly preferred.
5-8 years of progressive experience in financial analysis, contract management, or project control within government contracting or a federal/municipal agency.
Professional Competencies & Technical Skills
Indepth knowledge of FAR, DFARS, and FMR.
Demonstrated training or practical experience in Federal Appropriation Law (antideficiency, color of money, lifecycle of funds).
Advanced Excel skills: XLOOKUP, INDEXMATCH, dynamic arrays, pivot tables, conditional logic, macros, and financial modeling.
Handson experience with Navy ERP, Power BI, and Qlik.
Preferred Qualifications
Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM)
Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM)
Project Management Professional (PMP) or Project Scheduling Professional (PMISP)
Four or more years of professional experience supporting government acquisition, contracts, procurement, program management, or business operations
Direct experience supporting NIWC LANT, Navy acquisition programs, or service contract procurement actions
Secret clearance acceptable with ability to obtain TS/SCI
Salary $110,000 dependent on education and experience
Salary : $110,000