Position OverviewPivot Path is seeking two Mid-Level / Journeyman Financial Analysts to support the Defense Intelligence Agency Office of the Chief Information Officer. The specialists will provide cost/price analysis, federal IT portfolio and resource-management support, audit readiness assistance, and senior-leadership decision products. Successful candidates will work independently, handle procurement-sensitive information, and produce accurate, timely, well-documented work with limited advance notice.
This position is contingent upon contract award, funding, customer approval, and satisfaction of all security requirements.
Key ResponsibilitiesBusiness Management, Budget, and Cost Analysis
- Provide process analyses, operational reviews, business-policy reviews, and impact assessments that enable senior CIO decision-making.
- Track, control, analyze, and report obligations and expenditures, including validation of unliquidated obligations (ULOs), spend-plan changes, unfunded requirements (UFRs), and contract under-burns.
- Review current- and out-year budget information, program-build guidance, Congressional marks, DDDs/RMDs, passbacks, budget justifications, and related direction; assess effects on CIO programs and resources.
- Collect and analyze user and technical requirements to develop defensible, well-documented cost estimates and cost/price analyses for DIA/CIO operations.
- Support IT portfolio planning, programming, budgeting, execution, investment assessment, acquisition planning, and resource-consumption decisions.
- Develop and present accurate, professionally formatted financial-management briefings for senior CIO, CFO, and DIA leaders.
DAR-Q and Audit Readiness Support
- Manage Dormant Account Review - Quarterly (DAR-Q) activities by applying the prescribed sampling methodology, quarterly review percentages, and dollar-value weightings.
- Validate that sampling selections are statistically sound, fully documented, and compliant with Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) requirements.
- Provide responsive technical assistance to Fund Holders and DAR-Q Managers, clarify requirements, resolve questions, and facilitate timely reviews and certifications.
- Prepare complete DAR-Q packages, certifications, supporting documentation, and executive summaries for DIA Comptroller review and OUSD(C) Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness submission.
- Maintain complete, current documentation of DAR-Q procedures and quarterly activities; identify and support actionable process improvements.
Reporting, Process Improvement, and Knowledge Management
- Develop and implement business rules and repeatable processes consistent with DIA policies, practices, standard operating procedures, and plans.
- Maintain the CIO-5 ULO Microsoft SharePoint page, including accurate and current content, intuitive navigation, routine monitoring, content verification, and timely issue resolution.
- Contribute to monthly activity and expense reporting, close-out documentation, transition planning, operating procedures, and knowledge transfer.
- Safeguard Government-furnished and procurement-sensitive information and maintain clear audit trails for estimates, models, source data, and work products.
Required Qualifications- Meet one of the following qualification pathways: (1) at least three years of professional cost/price analysis experience, including direct support for federal IT portfolio management, business-process establishment, and resource programming/execution, with relevant experience within the last two years; or (2) a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, economics, or a related discipline.
- Ability to independently examine, analyze, and interpret accounting records; prepare or evaluate financial statements; and advise on systems used to record costs and other financial or budgetary data.
- Demonstrated federal financial-management, cost-estimating, and resource-execution knowledge in a DoD or Intelligence Community environment.
- Strong analytical judgment, attention to detail, quality-control discipline, and ability to deliver accurate work under short deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including preparation and delivery of senior-executive briefings.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint in a controlled Government environment.
- Ability to work independently as a contractor employee under Pivot Path management, without exercising inherently governmental authority or obligating Government funds.
Preferred Qualifications- Active Top Secret clearance with current SCI eligibility/access.
- Prior support to DIA, a DoD Component CIO/CFO organization, or an Intelligence Community financial-management office.
- Hands-on experience with DAR-Q, ULO/UFR management, OUSD(C) FIAR requirements, fund-holder support, and audit-ready supporting documentation.
- Experience with federal IT portfolio management, PPBE, Congressional marks, passbacks, resource management decisions, and independent cost estimates.
- Working knowledge of applicable federal cost, service-contract, and travel requirements, including FAR Part 31 and the Joint Travel Regulations.
- Security, Confidentiality, and Special Conditions
- Candidate must possess, or be able to obtain and maintain, a Top Secret security clearance with SCI access before contract start. Additional accesses may include HCS, GAMMA, and Special Access Programs as mission needs dictate.
- All assigned personnel must comply with the DD Form 254, customer security requirements, information-handling rules, and a nondisclosure agreement.
- Because the role may access spend plans, acquisition plans, RFIs/RFPs, source-selection plans, independent Government cost estimates, and other procurement-sensitive information, assigned personnel are subject to applicable conflict-of-interest restrictions during performance and for one year after the contract concludes.
Work Location, Schedule, and Travel- Work is expected to be performed primarily onsite at DIA facilities across the National Capital Region. Any offsite unclassified work requires prior customer approval.
- Normal schedule is 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, within the customer's [redacted] core-duty window.
- Occasional preauthorized extended hours, overtime, or on-call support may be required to meet mission demands.
- Occasional travel may be required and must be approved in advance.
