Description

The Capital Area Division (CAD) of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has an outstanding opportunity for an accomplished Financial Manager to support the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the Washington, D.C. area. The Financial Analyst will perform analyses of programs and projects and support services such as planning, programming, budgeting, executing (PPBE) and tracking data.

This position requires a candidate with experience performing a variety of financial analysis, tracking, and administrative functions including:

• Support across the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, & Execution (PPBE) process

• Preparation and execution of finance and budget materials, including in-year and out-year budgeting and forecasting

• Preparation of Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs), Inter-Agency Agreements (IAAs), and other funding mechanisms

• Development of responses and inputs to budget and financial related taskers include Triannual Review, OMB Cross Cut, NSF Federal Funds Survey, Spend Plan development, etc.

• Monitoring of program budget execution including unliquidated obligations and expenditures

• Identification of financial discrepancies and coordinate corrective actions

• Strong written and verbal communications skills

• Excellent time management skills

Required Qualifications:

• BA/BS with 8-10 years of relevant experience

• Minimum DoD SECRET clearance

• Experience executing funding via MIPRs and Interagency Agreements

• Experience with PPBE and tracking data

• Experience using OSD-specific financial databases, e.g., DAI, Hyperion, G-invoicing, OMB Max Collect, to obtain data to generate financial reports as needed

• Expertise with MS Excel

Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or higher

• DoD Financial Management Certification

• DoD TOP SECRET clearance with SCI eligibility

This position is contingent upon award of a contract expected in September/October 2024 supporting the Department of Defense.

COMPANY INFORMATION:

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2000 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership generates greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com .

Please apply at www.careers.ara.com for the Financial Manager position.

Qualifications

Behaviors

Required

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

• Loyal: Shows firm and constant support to a cause

• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest

• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Motivations

Required

• Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help

• Peer Recognition: Inspired to perform well by the praise of coworkers

• Job Security: Inspired to perform well by the knowledge that your job is safe

• Growth Opportunities: Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility

• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks

• Financial: Inspired to perform well by monetary reimbursement

Education

Required

• Bachelors or better

Experience

Required

• 8-10 years: Relevant work experience

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)