Budget Comptroller with Security Clearance

About the role

This position serves as a senior budget position serving the Comptroller's office, providing analytic support during the budget formulation process and assisting with development of budget information for inclusion in Congressional briefings.

Responsibilities

• Research and track Congressional marks and language; monitor Congressional language and assist preparation of responses to Congressional queries
• Produce Budget Formulation reports, including Secretariat Review Board (SRB) submission; maintain alignments within NCIS tracker and DON financial and reporting systems
• Assist year-end close out to ensure the NCIS obligation rate is 99%
• Maintain the integrated agency accounting and financial management system, including financial reporting and internal controls
• Achieve compliance with applicable accounting principles, standards, and requirements, and internal control standards
• Achieve compliance with policies and requirements prescribed by the Defense Financial Management Service (DFAS), Department of Defense Comptroller, and Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
• Develop and report cost information
• Systematically measure performance data
• Assess processes, procedures, and workload distribution
• Track obligations and expenditures; prepare and deliver financial status reports as needed
• Monitor and process invoice payments
• Assist development of year-end closeout funding recommendations for NCIS leadership
• Provide and maintain Government Purchase Card (GPC) reporting log accounting for quarterly expenditures
• Maintain accounting skills to meet accounting standards, including integrity of internal controls and financial reports within the integrated agency accounting and financial management system
• Perform other financial management assignments as required

Requirements

• Strong accounting skills and at least 10 years' experience with applicable accounting principles, standards, and requirements, including ability to meet internal control standards
• Experience developing year-end closeout funding recommendations to obtain a 99% obligation rate
• Experience with accounting and financial management systems, including financial reporting and internal controls
• Experience monitoring and processing invoice payments in the Department of Defense/Department of the Navy
• Experience tracking Congressional language, researching and tracking Congressional marks, developing budget inputs for Congressional briefings, and preparing responses to Congressional queries
• Experience creating Budget Formulation reports such as the Secretariat Review Board (SRB) submission to the Department of the Navy (DON) and balancing/maintaining internal tracking and DON financial and reporting systems
• Eligible and adjudicated to TS/SCI clearance level at contract start

Qualifications

• Preferred: Bachelor's degree in accounting
• Advanced degree(s) will be given preference