Management Analyst (Finance Team)-Journeyman

The Position:

AMEWAS is seeking a highly motivated and talented Management Analyst (Finance Team)-Journeyman to support Battlespace Modeling & Simulation. The salary range of this position is $75,300.00 - $119,300.00 and is commensurate with experience. This position is not eligible for remote work; on-site support is required.

About the location:

California, Maryland and Patuxent River, Maryland. To learn more about these areas, please visit: www.visitstmarysmd.com

Work Arrangement:

Remote or hybrid work arrangements are subject to business, contract, customer, and/or government requirements and may be modified or discontinued as needed. The Company reserves the right to require an employee to report to a designated Company or customer worksite when business or contractual requirements change.

Position Background:

The Simulation Support Branch is a government organization comprised of eleven teams that are dedicated to supporting warfighter training through enterprise-scale platform engineering and systems integration; test and evaluation (T&E); data analysis; live, virtual and constructive (LVC); research and development (R&D) activities for DoD agencies and its international partners. The teams include Finance, Development Operations, Configuration Management, Facilities Support (Pax River, Holly 3, and Orlando), Training, System Support, Business Operations, Information Technology (IT), Information Assurance (IA), Project Support Team (PST), and Interface Development Team (IDT). All processes and deliverables are government owned, developed and managed.

A typical day as aManagement Analyst (Finance Team)-Journeyman may include:

• Executes Power BI data refreshes, reconciles database metrics against Spend Plans to ensure reporting accuracy, troubleshoots feed errors, and builds custom views for stakeholders
• Pulls and synchronizes transaction records across Navy ERP and BMS models multiple times per week to support near real-time tracking, data cleaning, and error resolution
• Ingests and aggregates monthly contractor expenditure data across active task orders to standardize disparate vendor inputs
• Synthesizes ERP, SDW, Spend Plan, and technical inputs into comprehensive briefing decks to draft Sponsor Monthly Status Reports (MSRs) and coordinates monthly Direct obligations/expenditures with TPOCs
• Coordinates quarterly personnel rate adjustments and validating resource allocations with Division Director and TPOCs
• Audits expired and prior-fiscal-year funding lines monthly, identifies dormant funds, coordinates de-obligations, and compiles Work-and-Nowhere-Else-Recorded (WNR) metrics for Sponsor MSRs
• Develops and deploys standardized reporting templates for external vendors, builds automated burn-rate analytics, and establishes digital O&E request workflows to reduce administrative overhead
• Supports periodic cost and software data calls for CADE/CSDR compliance and provides rapid-turnaround financial analysis and decision support for leadership

Must-haves:

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical, scientific, or business discipline: Substitutions may qualify OR Associate Degree with 4 years of additional work experience (7 years total) OR HS Diploma/Equivalent with 6 years of additional work experience (9 years total)
• Degree obtained from an accredited college or university as recognized by the U.S. Department of Education
• 3 years of experience in financial analysis, data management, and reporting in support of budget execution and resource planning
• Proficiency in Excel functions and advanced data manipulation techniques
• Experience leveraging artificial intelligence tools to write, debug, and optimize complex Excel formulas, VBA macros, and Power Queries
• Proficiency with Power BI, Qlik or Advana (dashboard maintenance, dataset manipulation, and custom view building)
• Experience navigating Department of Defense/Department of the Navy enterprise data environments (Navy ERP, SDW, and IBST models)
• Experience with financial auditing, legacy funding reconciliation, de-obligation management, and Spend Plan tracking
• The ability to design and implement standardized data ingestion mechanisms and digital submission workflows
• The ability to build defensible, long-range financial forecasting models to support multi-year planning and POM submissions
• The ability to communicate with higher leadership such as BFM, TPOCs, Division Director, and COR
• Experience developing and delivering targeted training sessions or reference guides on financial governance and accounting logic to non-financial technical leads
• The ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team
• Strong problem-solving and customer service skills
• The ability to accommodate an onsite schedule at the Patuxent River and California, MD office locations
• Minimum clearance required to apply (candidates who do not currently hold the required clearance will not be considered): N/A
• Current clearance required upon onboarding: DoD Secret Clearance
• Additional Accesses: The ability to obtain and maintain the DoD security clearance eligibility and/or additional security access requirements necessary to perform the duties of the position, as required by the contract. U.S. Citizenship is required for all clearances.

Desired Skills:

• Proficiency with additional Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams)
• Experience working with a software development team
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint, Cost Distribution Accounts (CDA), Direct Product Accounts (DPA), and Atlassian Tool Set (Confluence and Jira)
• Experience with maintaining document management tools
• Experience supporting DoD, Navy, or government programs

Skills Crucial to Success at AMEWAS:

Candidates must demonstrate a customer-focused mindset, professionalism, and discretion, while working collaboratively with management and teams to meet objectives. Candidates should be hard-working individuals with strong attention to detail and the ability to foster a positive, team-oriented culture.

Physical Environment and Working Conditions:

The physical environment for this position requires the employee to work in an office, sitting in a cubicle or at a desk, looking at a computer for most of the workday. Work is physically comfortable. The employee has discretion about sitting, walking, standing, etc.

The employee may be required to travel short distances to offices/conference rooms and buildings on site or near the work site. On rare occasions, overnight travel may be required.

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Our Excellent Benefits and Perks:

Staying connected to our core values sets us apart from our competition! AMEWAS recognizes and rewards performance, dedication, and creativity. We are committed to investing in our employees and their future by providing them with competitive compensation, creative work teams, and the opportunity to grow in their career. We also provide a robust benefits package, including:

• Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), Life/AD&D/STD/LTD insurance
• Paid vacation, holiday and sick leave
• Generous tuition and training assistance program
• Relocation assistance
• Sign-on bonuses
• Employee longevity recognition
• Community involvement and outreach
• Team building events
• Recognition program
• Wellness program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Mobile service discount
• Fitness reimbursement program

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