Business Financial Analyst with Security Clearance

Overview Business Financial Analyst (C):
Bowhead Program Management & Operations seeks a Business Financial Analyst to support the Business Support Managers (BSMs), Business Support Analysts (BSAs), and Business Operations Branch Head by performing a broad range of financial management, budgeting, project management, and business operations functions. The incumbent is responsible for planning, coordinating, executing, monitoring, and reporting on financial and project activities while ensuring compliance with applicable Department of the Navy financial policies, procedures, internal controls, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities
* Perform financial planning, budgeting, execution, and tracking of the Operations Budget and assigned projects.
* Review and process funding documents while monitoring commitments, obligations, expenditures, and project execution.
* Perform trend, variance, and predictive analyses to identify financial risks, funding shortfalls, execution trends, and opportunities to improve budget execution and resource utilization.
* Develop financial forecasts, spending plans, and budget projections to support workload planning, resource allocation, and organizational priorities.
* Conduct what-if analyses and evaluate alternative funding scenarios to support management decision-making, optimize resource utilization, and assess the financial impact of changing program requirements.
* Assist with financial recordkeeping, budget reporting, earned value management, business metrics, and program financial analysis.
* Develop, maintain, and continuously improve automated financial reporting tools, dashboards, and business intelligence solutions using Microsoft Excel, Power BI, SharePoint, Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), G-Invoicing, and other enterprise systems.
* Integrate financial and operational data to provide actionable insights, improve data quality, support audit readiness, enhance budget execution, monitor project performance, and enable informed, data-driven decision-making for Business Support Managers and senior leadership.
* Identify opportunities to improve financial management processes through automation, standardization, data analysis, and process improvement initiatives to increase efficiency, accuracy, transparency, and effectiveness of business operations.
* Coordinate technical project planning, scheduling, execution, status reporting, and resource management.
* Plan, coordinate, prepare, and process procurement actions, including MILSTRIP requisitions, Government Purchase Card (GPC) purchases, Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) requisitions, and supporting acquisition documentation. Ensure procurement actions comply with applicable Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, acquisition, financial, and organizational policies while monitoring procurement status, funding availability, commitments, obligations, expenditures, and execution.
* Coordinate with contracting, purchasing, supply, logistics, technical, and program personnel to support acquisition planning, procurement execution, inventory management, and timely delivery of products and services required to meet mission objectives.
* Provide recommendations to Business Support Managers and senior leadership by analyzing financial data, identifying issues, and developing practical solutions.
* Utilize Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), G-Invoicing, and other automated financial systems to execute, monitor, analyze, and improve financial management processes, procurement activities, budget execution, and business operations effectiveness.
* Coordinate with accounting, budget, finance, engineering, technical, and management personnel regarding financial, procurement, inventory, and related business matters.
* Develop reports, presentations, and other documentation to support program and business operations.
* Performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications
* Bachelors Degree and five plus (5+) years of experience conducting studies and preparing reports on feasibility and cost effectiveness.
* Knowledge of federal financial management principles, regulations, policies, procedures, appropriations law, and Navy Working Capital Fund (NWCF) operations.
* Experience with federal acquisition and procurement processes, including acquisition planning, procurement request development, MILSTRIP requisitions, Government Purchase Card (GPC) purchases, Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) requisitions, procurement documentation, funding validation, and coordination with contracting and purchasing organizations.
* Experience with project management, including cost estimating, procurement planning, schedule development, schedule tracking, project status reporting, technical writing, and presentation development.
* Experience performing financial forecasting, trend, variance, and predictive analyses; developing budget models and spending plans; and conducting what-if analyses to evaluate funding…