FMS Financial Manager

About the role

Odyssey Systems seeks a Financial Manager to support the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Electronic Systems PEO (AFLCMC/ES) Electronic Systems System (ESS) Division (Force Protection Division). The division’s mission is to manage modernization, design, development, testing, fielding, and sustainment of software and hardware within the ESS Portfolio. This full-time position is located at Hanscom AFB, MA, with a hybrid schedule requiring two days on-site per week.

Responsibilities

• Prepare program budgets, reports, and financial documentation; analyze data and recommend solutions to funding and budgeting challenges.
• Perform budget forecasting, variance analysis, execution reporting, schedule analysis, and earned value management (EVM) assessments; provide recommendations on budget, schedule, and EVM matters.
• Identify accounting discrepancies, recommend corrective actions, and ensure accurate financial records.
• Use automated financial management systems (e.g., CCaRS, CRIS, WAWF, FM Suite, classified systems) for data analysis, reporting, and decision support.
• Compile division-level financial materials for metrics, audits, management internal controls, self-assessments, and routine reporting.
• Support development of program-specific funds management documentation and financial control models for decision-making.
• Prepare financial briefings and documentation for events such as Budget Execution Reviews (BER), Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBR), Milestone Decision Reviews, Monthly Acquisition Reports (MAR), Program Management Reviews (PMR), Acquisition Strategy Plans, and IPT risk assessments.
• Draft and submit financial data documentation including procurement documents, Research Test Development and Evaluation documents, and Program Objective Memorandums (POMs).
• Generate reports on approved, deferred, and released funds; identify and correct posting errors in financial records.
• Prepare funding documents such as Purchase Requests, Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs), Project Orders, and others per FM policy and regulations; maintain an independent audit trail for compliance and accountability.
• Provide quick-turnaround funding drill assessments and support ad-hoc reporting requirements.
• Support AF or DoD exercises and simulations to assess financial readiness for real-world scenarios.
• Monitor, maintain, and report on reimbursable budget programs.
• Maintain financial databases, input financial and contracting data, and extract reports for decision-making.

Qualifications

• Must be a US citizen.
• Must have and be able to maintain a Secret clearance.
• Must have Foreign Military Sales (FMS) experience.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field.
• Minimum 3+ years of experience, preferably within the DoD sector.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and communicate financial insights to senior leadership.
• Strong planning, organizational, and time management skills; ability to work under short deadlines and adapt to evolving priorities.

Technical Skills

• Knowledge of financial analysis techniques, DoD acquisition requirements, and budget formulation/execution processes.
• Understanding of DoD contracting types, structures, and funding clauses.
• Experience with financial systems such as CCaRS, CRIS, WAWF, FM Suite, and others.