Program Acquisition Budget Specialist

About This Role

Support the U.S. Space Forces' mission by managing financial resources for DoD acquisition programs, defining novel acquisition strategies, and ensuring warfighter capability delivery. This role involves initiating and developing the next generation space-based geosynchronous surveillance and reconnaissance system.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage the operational aspects of new and ongoing projects and serve as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management
• Manage financial resourcing for current and future DoD acquisition programs with diverse funding types including Procurement, Research and Development, and Operations and Maintenance, using the DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Execution (PPBE) process
• Assist in the development and coordination of Program Objective Memorandum (POM) inputs, Unfunded Requirements (UFR) / Unfunded Priority Lists (UPL), and Acquisition Strategy Panel (ASP) documentation
• Assist in production and management of contract actions (RFP through award and execution)
• Help plan acquisition strategies for various projects ranging from tech developments to full Programs of Record (PoR)
• Coordinate financial issues, tasks, and requests for senior leader decision and information briefings
• Coordinate with subject matter experts to identify and refine budgetary estimates
• Coordinate and attend financial management meetings and reviews
• Interface with senior leaders and pentagon AQ staff members
• Participate in budget queries & prepare financial status reports
• Perform budget execution and administration work involving monitoring current year and prior year obligations incurred and actual expenditures of budgets
• Perform budget formulation work involving preparation of detailed analyses and estimates of funding needs for one or more budget years
• Coordinate with stakeholders and decisional offices in the PPBE process, including SSC, SAF/SQ, SAF/FMB, OSD/A&S & CAPE, USSPACECOM, USINDOPACOM, and OMB

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in the DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process and the DoD Planning, Programming, and Budgeting Systems (PPBS)
• Familiarity with Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E), Procurement and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) funding and Government Program Objective Memorandum (POM) process
• Extensive acquisition and program management experience, particularly in satellite acquisitions on DoD (SSC) or NRO programs
• Knowledge of POM, Future Year Defense Plan (FYDP) Defense Guidance, Unfunded Requirements (UFR) and Unfunded Priority Lists (UPL), Acquisition Strategy Panel (ASP), and Joint Strategic Planning Systems
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Advanced skills with MS Office tools particularly MS Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint
• Knowledge of commonly used budgetary methods, practices, procedures, regulations, policies, and processes
• Skilled in gathering, assembling, and analyzing factual information

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration or management, finance, accounting, or a related field
• 15+ years of experience in the DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process and the DoD Planning, Programming, and Budgeting Systems (PPBS)

Skills

* Required skills