Subject Matter Expert - Business Process Improvement SME Bethesda, MD

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Bethesda, MD

Harnessing Technology to Improve Financial Stewardship for the Welfare, Defense, and Security of Our Nation

Blake Willson Group (BWG) unites deep domain experts with technologists who leverage industry-leading financial management solutions to address the most critical mission objectives. Headquartered in the National Capital Region, the firm delivers measurable outcomes through technology-forward strategies and advanced solutions that drive mission success.

Blake Willson Group has a distinguished track record of exceptional performance, achieving operational efficiencies that allow our clients to do more with less. BWG has earned the confidence of its clients by consistently exceeding expectations through its unwavering commitment to best value solutions, implemented with speed.

Job Location:

This role is 100% onsite in Bethesda, MD.

Clearance:

Must have an active TS/SCI Security Clearance with CI Polygraph.

Job Description:

Blake Willson Group is seeking an experienced Business Process Improvement SME to support financial management and resource management initiatives across the Intelligence Community (IC). This position will identify, document, and analyze existing business processes supporting National Intelligence Program (NIP) formulation, analysis, execution, and financial management, while developing recommendations to improve efficiency, transparency, and alignment with federal financial management requirements. In this position, you will also:

• Identify, document, and map existing financial management and resource management processes within the IC Chief Financial Officer (CFO) environment and across the broader IC.
• Apply business process improvement methods, including process mapping, data collection, process analysis, reporting, gap analysis, and root cause analysis, to identify inefficiencies and non-value-added activities.
• Support process improvement initiatives related to NIP formulation, analysis, execution, resource management, and financial management.
• Assess existing IC capabilities and processes for alignment with federal government-wide financial management initiatives and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Identify common business and functional requirements associated with legacy financial system conversions and modernization efforts.
• Assess financial reporting and transparency requirements while accounting for the protection and appropriate handling of classified information.
• Analyze process documentation and study results to identify gaps, dependencies, risks, and opportunities to improve financial management operations.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders across the IC and other departments and services on audit, financial management, resource management, counterintelligence, and systems-related initiatives.
• Develop recommendations and solutions to complex business process and financial management challenges and communicate findings through executive-ready briefings, reports, presentations, and other deliverables.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by documenting current-state and future-state processes and tracking recommendations through implementation.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience supporting business process improvement within the financial management discipline, preferably within the Intelligence Community.
• 3+ years of experience applying process improvement methodologies to financial management, resource management, business operations, or related federal programs, including process…