Financial Services Lead

About the role

Leidos is seeking an experienced Financial Services Lead to support a high-visibility Intelligence Community customer within a challenging, dynamic, and mission-focused environment in the Virginia and Maryland area. The successful candidate will serve as a senior leader responsible for planning, directing, and overseeing financial services supporting a large DNI contract.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Financial Services Area supporting a high-visibility DNI contract, providing strategic direction, operational oversight, and financial management expertise across multiple customer portfolios.
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of budget analysts and financial professionals, including recruiting, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, performance management, succession planning, and professional development activities.
• Serve as a key member of program leadership responsible for financial planning, execution oversight, resource management, and mission support.
• Provide strategic recommendations to government and contractor leadership regarding priorities, funding allocations, staffing strategies, financial risks, and long-range planning initiatives.
• Lead special projects, strategic initiatives, and executive-level analyses in support of customer and program leadership requirements.
• Lead budget formulation, execution, and analysis activities across multiple organizations and customer portfolios.
• Develop and evaluate fiscal program builds and future-year budget requirements while coordinating with multiple Intelligence Community agencies and stakeholders.
• Participate in and provide subject matter expertise throughout the IPPBE process.
• Lead financial planning and forecasting activities.
• Lead customer engagement and stakeholder management.
• Conduct workforce planning activities to support mission requirements and future growth initiatives.
• Support program performance management activities through the development of performance metrics, key performance indicators, and management reporting.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate financial, operational, staffing, and programmatic risks while developing corrective action plans and recommendations for leadership.
• Ensure compliance with Intelligence Community, agency, and corporate financial management policies, procedures, regulations, and reporting requirements.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of relevant experience in financial management, budget formulation, budget execution, program control, or related disciplines.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working within or directly supporting the Intelligence Community.
• Demonstrated experience supporting the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI/DNI).
• Demonstrated expertise in IPPBE processes.
• Extensive experience with budget formulation, budget execution, financial analysis, resource allocation, and program financial management.
• Experience leading financial teams and managing personnel in a customer-facing environment.
• Experience developing and reviewing EACs, BOEs, spend plans, CBJB submissions, and executive-level financial briefings.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with experience presenting to senior government and contractor leadership.
• Proven ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively with customers, subcontractors, and cross-functional teams.