At MLT, we create solutions by empowering our people to fulfill their passion for service. In support of Product Manager Future Weapon Systems, we are seeking a Budget Analyst III with experience in supporting DOD Federal acquisition programs; knowledge of policy/principles/organizational protocols.

Responsibilities:

•  Identifies, analyzes, and resolves a wide range of budgetary challenges.
•  Develops alternative funding strategies and methods.
•  Formulates detailed budget estimates for programs with changing objectives, processes, staffing, and funding.
•  Develops and administers budget execution plans for industrially funded activities, managing reprogramming actions in response to fluctuating revenue and service demands.
•  Applies Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and adheres to financial policies from the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of the Navy (DON), and United States Marine Corps (USMC).

Will report directly to the Lead for Financial Management (Lead-FM) to support with the following tasks:

•  Create each Spend Plan ID (SPID) in the CERBERUS tool according to the program spend plan before the Prephasing Execution Plan (PEP) submission.
•  Update and maintain SPIDs to reflect changes in program requirements and phasing.
•  Ensure SPIDs are correctly linked with the Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI) system, and that financial data (commitments, obligations, expenditures) is accurately reflected in CERBERUS.
•  Identify and remediate daily discrepancies between the Microsoft Power BI dashboard, DAI, and CERBERUS.
•  Research, validate, and report, and follow up on funding records to support the Dormant Account Quarterly (DARQ) review.
•  Create and route funding documents in DAI with all required information and attachments, monitoring until fully approved.
•  Link approved DAI funding documents in CERBERUS for proper funds execution tracking.
•  Send funding documents to activities for acceptance. Upon acceptance, acknowledge Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs) and upload documents to the Managerial Account Office (MAO) system for obligation.
•  Monitor Periods of Performance (PoP) and delivery dates to initiate de-obligation/pullback actions upon contract completion.
•  Track and verify that de-commitments and de-obligations are correctly posted in the accounting system.
•  Attend financial meetings in support of the Program Office and assist in preparing financial briefs, Program Objective Memorandum (POM), and Budget Exhibits.
•  Reconcile discrepancies within the DAI system to ensure records are accurately created, approved, and recorded.
•  Develop, draft, and consolidate reports, documents, and briefs using financial systems such as DAI iProcurement, Program Budgeting Information System (PBIS), and the CERBERUS finance reporting tool.
•  Maintain and deliver consolidated Budget Execution Summaries that reflect the real-time status of commitments, obligations, and expenditures.

Education/Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED required. 
• Bachelor's in business or related filed is preferred with Eight (8) years of relevant work experience in public or private sector business/financial management, technical analysis, or logistic support analysis directly related to task area. Six (6) years of direct experience may be substituted for a Master's degree.

Specific/Preferred Requirements:

• This position requires an active Secret Security Clearance.
•  Working familiarity with financial and business applications which currently include the following systems:   Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI), CERBERUS, Dormant Account Quarterly (DARQ), Microsoft Teams, ADVANA, Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF), MyInvoice, and Electronic Document Access.
•  Working knowledge of the acquisition Planning, Programming, Budgeting, Execution, and Assessment (PPBEA) process and general characteristics of the Operation and Management Marine Corps (OMMC), Procurement Marine Corps (PMC), and Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E).
•  Proficient in MS Office products (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint).
•  Ability to adapt to fast paced and changing environment.
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak, hear, walk, sit, stand, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb and balance; regularly required to use hands and arms.  The employee may regularly lift and/or move objects up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move objects that weigh more than 100 pounds with team lift. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus with or without corrective lenses.

Work Environment: 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The work environment is typical of a normal open space warehouse environment. The noise level in the work environment may be high when operating power equipment. The employee may be required to work in restricted spaces and/or under difficult lighting and access conditions and may be exposed to outside weather conditions when transporting materials. The employee will be required to properly apply such safety equipment as is appropriate to the work to prevent injury to self or others.

MLT Systems is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. We provide Program Management, Engineering, Logistics, and Program Analytical Support Services to a cadre of professional people and organizations that are called upon to deliver state-of-the-art technology services to the men and women protecting our homeland.

At MLT Systems our vision is that we will continually strive to maintain a customer focused reputation noted for an active partnership, anticipating future needs, and providing methodologies and solutions that will allow our Customers to succeed. Our mission is to provide our Customers with a highly skilled professional workforce which brings unparalleled Acquisition, Life Cycle Logistics, and Engineering solutions that result in extraordinary customer service.

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