Supervisory Financial Management Specialist

Air Force STEM$100K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of financial management experience, with a focus on defense acquisition programs
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and develop multidisciplinary teams
  • Experience managing large budgets across multiple service appropriations
  • Proven track record of communicating financial strategies to senior leadership
  • Knowledge of financial management laws and regulations relevant to the DoD and federal government
  • U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain a SECRET Security clearance
  • Must achieve DoD FM Level III certification and DAWIA FM Advanced certification within two years.

Responsibilities

  • Manage billions in funding across the F-35 program for multiple military branches
  • Lead a financial management team in programming, budgeting, and audit readiness
  • Brief and defend financial positions to senior leaders publicly and privately
  • Conduct comprehensive analyses of financial data to drive decision-making
  • Collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure cohesive funding management
  • Initiate and oversee special projects aimed at enhancing financial operations
  • Assess and improve the quality of financial programs to meet regulatory standards.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for relocation or recruitment incentives
  • Potential for upward mobility in a large government organization
  • Work within a complex and high-stakes defense acquisition environment
  • Gain experience in managing international defense funding
  • Engage in meaningful work supporting national security initiatives.
Full Job Description
The F-35 Joint Program Office is offering a rare opportunity for a rising financial leader to move from managing pieces of the puzzle to owning outcomes at enterprise scale...inside the largest and most complex acquisition program in the Department of War.

The Air Force Civilian Service (AFCS) is seeking a Full-Time Air Vehicle Chief Financial Officer (SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST) NH-501-04) to support the F-35 Joint Program Office within the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) in Arlington, VA.

This position can close at any time. Apply Now!

PCS is authorized

Relocation or recruitment incentive may be authorized

Position may require up to 25% CONUS and OCONUS travel.

Qualifications:

In this position, you will serve as the F-35 Air Vehicle Chief Financial Officer, managing billions of dollars across multiple service appropriations (US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps) and overseeing international Partner and FMS funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program at the enterprise level.

You will lead and develop a multidisciplinary financial management team responsible for programming, planning, budgeting, execution and audit readiness across U.S. Services, Partners Nations, and FMS customers.

Success in this role requires the ability to:

Operate independently with limited direction

Brief and defend positions to senior leaders

Balance competing priorities under scrutiny

Translate complex financial realities into clear, actionable recommendations
• Research, interpret, analyze, and apply financial management laws and regulations as established by Congress, DoD, and US Services.
• Coordinate with other organization managers and customers as appropriate.
• Identify need for changes in priorities and take action to implement such changes.
• Balance workload and provide advice, guidance, and direction on a wide range of functional area and administrative issues, including organizing, training and equipping the F-35 Financial Management functional workforce.
• Provide advice to program leadership on all financial matters related to the program.
• Represent the organization with a variety of stakeholder organizations.
• Establish, develop, and maintain effective working relationships with multiple organizations and agencies.
• Identify the need for special projects and initiates milestones and goals.
• Determine appropriate recommendations for unresolved or questionable programs and performs follow-up
• Continually assess the quality of the programs managed to assure regulatory and technical integrity and identify improvements to enhance quality, including FIAR initiatives.
• Recommend procedural changes designed to streamline financial management within the agency
• Promote and environment that encourages accomplishment of change management activities supporting OSD, AFMC, and F-35 Joint Program Office strategic goals and improving organizational business processes, coordinates with other US Service, Partner, and FMS customers and stakeholders.

Requirements of the position:

U.S. Citizenship

Obtain & maintain SECRET Security clearance

DoD FM certification Level III (not required at time of hire, but must be obtained within 2-years or appropriate time extension waiver granted)

DAWIA Certification FM Advanced (not required at time of hire, but must be obtained within 2-years or appropriate time extension waiver granted)

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