Location: Springfield, VA (NCE)

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.

We are seeking a highly motivated Program Budget Analyst to join our team. This position combines program management experience to include working with financial data with a technical background understanding the NGA mission. The candidate will support NGA Research's mission to be a premier R&D organization with the unique focus of leading GEOINT research. NGA Research is responsible for performing scientific research and transitioning innovative concepts and capabilities to solve NGA, NSG, Allied System for Geospatial Intelligence (ASG), IC, and DoD hard problems. NGA Research requires support staff who can assist in the day-to-day coordination and data management that support these activities.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinate with other national program managers and setup and facilitate technical exchange meetings.
• Actively communicate with the scientists and project teams and report the status of all projects in a monthly report provided to the NGA Research International Relations POC.
• Support the Government lead in the execution of their duties related to the governance of the international Government to Government relationships, including but not limited to support to senior/executive meetings, preparation of read-ahead materials, the drafting of briefings or papers, international travel, and occasional non-standard work hours to attend meetings across several time zones.
• Maintain cognizance of current status of technical projects being planned and executed across NGA Research to enable greater coordination and facilitation of joint and cooperative projects with international partners.
• Ensure Government personnel are aware of DoD and IC policies related to international cooperation, acquisition, disclosure & release, and technology transfer.
• Assist Technical Office Directors and Pods in forecasting, tracking, and updating the commitments, obligations, and expenditure data of RDT&E and O&M funding for prior fiscal year and current fiscal year office budget reviews.
• Provide program review support including support to annual Pod reviews and quarterly program reviews.
• Assist in the preparation of the Program Build and CBJB/IPBS descriptions. This includes updating the spreadsheets that track financial changes, as well compiling and reviewing program manager (PM) input for coherence and adherence to the guidance and inputting all required documentation and numbers into budget software tools.
• Employ knowledge of RDT&E budget activity codes and policies concerning two-year funding to assist Research in planning, programming, and budgeting activities.
• Generate custom ad hoc financial reports to provide data for presentations, meetings, briefings, suspenses, and any other requirements needing financial data.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive picture of the threats to NGA Research programs.
• Assist in the identification of potential program vulnerabilities that could be exploited.
• Assess the impact of losing NGA R&D information.
• Perform overall security risk assessment for NGA's research efforts.
• Provide pros and cons associated with proposed risk mitigation options.
• Attend staff meetings, technical reviews, working groups, kick-offs, VTCs/telecoms, management reviews, etc.

Required Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience in program and budget management
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
• Bachelor's degree (technical/STEM) or 36 credit hours in technical curriculum
• Willingness to sit for a CI Poly

Desired Qualifications:

• Master's degree in a technical field
• NGA experience

Education Qualifications:

Requires a Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline; 36 credit hours in technology related curriculum can be substituted for a degree.

Years of Experience:

• 15+ years

Position Type: Full-Time

Shift: Day

(Pay transparency is important at ACS and is one way we ensure we remain on a committed path to equality and fairness. However, note that salary offers are dependent on many factors, including a candidate's education, clearance, practicing skill level, scope of influence, and years of experience, and offers may fall outside of this advertised range.)

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. Minorities, females, disabled, and protected veterans are urged to apply. ACS' utilization of any external recruitment or job placement agency is predicated upon its full compliance with our equal opportunity/affirmative action policies. ACS does not accept resumes from unsolicited recruiting firms. We pay no fees for unsolicited services.

Export Control: For all positions requiring access to technology/software source code that is subject to export control laws, employment with the company is contingent on either verifying U.S.-person status or obtaining any necessary license. The applicant will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law. ACS may choose not to apply for a license for such individuals whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code may require authorization and may decline to proceed with an applicant on that basis alone.

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.

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