LOCATION: Reston, VA or Bethesda, MD

CLEARANCE REQUIRED: Must be a U.S. Citizen and possess a current and active TS/SCI clearance granted by the Department of Defense or an Intelligence Community agency. Must be able to pass a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.

BACKGROUND: Assured Consulting Solutions provides strategic and innovative solutions for customer needs across the business, technology, and organizational spectrum. As a member of our team, you will have the chance to work with customers that are both Government and industry leaders and technology innovators.

The Finance and Acquisition SME will provide advisory and assistance support regarding planning, developing, implementing, and coordinating a variety of analysis, and evaluation of the DOMEX current and future architecture requirements.  The CAAS Contractor shall assist the Government in organizing and tracking technical investment plans to ensure execution of the current year spend plan to meet functional goals and fiscal timelines.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

• Assist the Government in organizing and tracking technical investment plans to ensure execution of the current year spend plan to meet functional goals and fiscal timelines.
• Develop and deliver the DOMEX Acquisition Strategy Plan in accordance with DIA/NMEC regulations/procedures/processes.
• Provide contract advisory and assistance support in generating technical details including market analysis, purchase justifications, material lifecycle plans, bills of material, cost estimates, as well as product and service oriented draft statements of work. 
• Provide contract advisory and assistance support in performing cost-benefit and market analysis to determine if requirements details meet DOD requisition policy for use of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) or acquiring COTS software and recommend the most efficient acquisition approach.  
• Provide services to coordinate and support development of customer needs statements, Requests for Information (RFIs) and Requests for Quotes (RFQs).
• Provide contract advisory and assistance support in coordinating activities within the Government procurement process to create purchase orders and support receipt of goods/services used to support IT related services.
• Identify opportunities for lower pricing and provide cost benefit analysis for procurement requests to meet Government requirements.
• Coordinate with the subject matter expert assigned to the organization to ensure that all supporting documentation that must be prepared for an acquisition is completed and accurate before a purchase request is initiated; generating the associated purchase request; assembling the required and coordinated supporting documentation for inclusion with the purchase request.
• Provide advisory and assistance services for software licensing by maintaining an inventory of software titles in use with relevant details to ensure proper provisioning of licenses that meet Internal Use Software requirements for auditability.  The inventory shall include software license cost, and lifecycle information. 
• Provide advisory information related to cost implications, penalties, and charges for changes to leases and licenses.
• Track and report lease and license renewal and end-of-life dates and provide notifications of these to appropriate personnel on a timely basis along with recommendations based on research and analysis. 
• Support the Government to identify service issues and compliance with contracted services.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in Government contracting/acquisitions to include analyzing and reviewing contract proposals and preparing technical reports; enterprise IT software, hardware, and services procurements, documenting IT requirements, developing purchase justifications and material life cycle plans.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS:

Requires a Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience or a Master's degree and 7+ years of relevant experience.

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE:

• 8+ years with Bachelor's degree
• 7+ years with Master's degree

POSITION TYPE: Full-Time SHIFT: Day

Assured Consulting Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact ACS Human Resources at (703) 662-5062