Senior Budget AnalystProgram Manager

MDW Associates is seeking a highly experienced Senior Budget Analyst/Program Manager to support the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD) Office of the Associate Administrator for Budget and Programs/Chief Financial Officer in Washington DC. This position will also serve as MDWs Program Manager for the engagement.

The selected candidate will work directly with the MARADs leadership while also leading an integrated team providing federal financial management accounting budget grants reimbursable-work revolving-fund payroll and business-analytics support.

The successful candidate must be an accomplished federal financial-management leader who can operate with minimal Government direction provide candid and well-supported advice to senior executives and maintain accountability for the quality timeliness and continuity of MDWs performance.

Hybrid work location is available with efforts being performed both at the governments site and remotely.

The Senior Budget Analyst/Program Manager may perform a combination of some or all of the following duties:

• Serve as MDWs principal contractor representative and trusted strategic advisor to the MARAD CFO and Deputy CFO.
• Provide day-to-day leadership supervision and direction to an integrated multidisciplinary team of federal financial-management professionals.
• Translate executive priorities statutory deadlines reporting cycles and emerging requirements into clear work plans assignments milestones and deliverables.
• Establish and maintain an integrated program-management structure that supports effective communication workload management issue resolution staff accountability and timely delivery.
• Ensure continuous coverage of all key functions and key-personnel responsibilities through proactive staffing cross-training succession planning and workload management.
• Manage performance against the contracts Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan Acceptable Quality Levels cycle-specific milestones and other performance requirements.
• Establish and enforce quality-control procedures to ensure products are accurate complete consistent properly documented and delivered on time.
• Identify performance staffing schedule financial and operational risks; recommend mitigation strategies; and implement corrective actions when needed.
• Oversee support for federal financial reporting including financial-statement components schedules reporting packages variance narratives and executive-review materials.
• Ensure financial-reporting support aligns with OMB Circular A-136 Treasury Governmentwide Treasury Account Symbol Adjusted Trial Balance System requirements the United States Standard General Ledger and related federal guidance.
• Oversee monthly and quarterly reconciliations involving Treasury accounts intragovernmental balances suspense and clearing accounts reimbursables receivables payables and other financial activity.
• Direct budget-formulation and budget-execution support including apportionment tracking execution forecasting funds-control monitoring spending analysis and identification of potential over-obligation or Anti-Deficiency Act risks.
• Oversee budget and financial analysis for more than 300 active grant awards including obligation and outlay planning financial reconciliation and compliance with applicable 2 CFR Part 200 requirements.
• Provide executive oversight of reimbursable agreements earned revenue cost recovery reimbursable-order reconciliations and interagency-agreement lifecycle activities.
• Lead financial analysis supporting the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund and Working Capital Fund including cash-flow analysis rate and cost-recovery assessments and variance modeling.
• Oversee payroll-cost modeling labor-distribution reviews compensation analysis trend analysis and validation of payroll charges against available funding.
• Promote the use of advanced analytics automated reporting data visualization and interactive dashboards to identify financial anomalies and improve budget-execution visibility.
• Develop and deliver concise executive briefings decision papers issue analyses performance updates and actionable recommendations for senior leadership.
• Coordinate across MARAD financial budget program grants payroll acquisition and operational organizations to resolve complex or cross-functional issues.
• Recommend improvements to financial processes controls reporting methods documentation and analytical tools while ensuring that final approvals policy decisions certifications and other inherently governmental functions remain with Government officials.

Required Experience/Skills:

• Minimum of 10 years of recent and relevant experience in federal financial management accounting budget financial operations or a closely related field.
• At least five years of experience leading a significant federal financial-management program multidisciplinary professional-services team or CFO-level advisory engagement.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with federal CFOs Deputy CFOs Senior Executive Service officials or comparable executive-level leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to lead an integrated federal CFO-support program involving multiple funds organizations stakeholders and recurring financial cycles.
• Comprehensive knowledge of federal accounting financial reporting budget formulation budget execution funds control and appropriations management.
• Working knowledge of OMB Circular A-136 GTAS USSGL 2 CFR Part 200 federal financial-management guidance and Anti-Deficiency Act requirements.
• Experience with complex reconciliations suspense and clearing accounts intragovernmental transactions reimbursable agreements receivables payables and general-ledger analysis.
• Experience supporting revolving funds working-capital funds reimbursable operations earned-revenue analysis cash-flow forecasting or cost-recovery modeling.
• Experience managing performance-based federal contracts including quality-control plans QASPs AQLs deliverable schedules performance metrics and corrective-action processes.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise contractor personnel and independently manage staffing priorities deadlines and work assignments with minimal client direction.
• Ability to analyze complex financial and operational information identify risks and anomalies develop practical solutions and clearly communicate recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including demonstrated experience preparing executive briefings financial reports decision memoranda variance narratives and other senior-level products.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel PowerPoint and other tools used to analyze and present complex financial information.
• High degree of integrity discretion professional judgment accountability and ability to safeguard sensitive financial and personnel information.
• Ability to work effectively in a deadline-driven environment involving monthly quarterly and annual financial and budget cycles.
• Willingness to serve as mandatory key personnel and execute a contingent offer or enforceable letter of commitment for inclusion in MDWs quotation.

Preferred Experience/Skills:

• Previous experience supporting the U.S. Department of Transportation MARAD or another civilian-agency CFO organization.
• Experience with DOT Delphi/Oracle Federal Financials or a comparable federal enterprise resource planning system.
• Experience supporting federal grants interagency agreements reimbursable orders and revolving- or working-capital-fund operations.
• Experience developing financial dashboards automated reports or executive decision-support products using Power BI Tableau SQL or comparable tools.
• Experience leading financial-process improvement internal-control enhancement audit-support or data-quality initiatives.
• Current Certified Public Accountant Certified Government Financial Manager Certified Defense Financial Manager or Project Management Professional credential.

Education Requirement(s):

• Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance Business Administration Public Administration Economics or a related field is required.
• A masters degree in a relevant discipline is preferred.

Security Requirement(s):

• Public Trust - Candidates for this position must be submitted for a background investigation in order to satisfy government requirements.
• Eligibility to satisfy the applicable federal personnel-security requirements must be verified before onboarding.

Company Description

Incorporated in 2012 MDW is a small business headquartered in McClean VA with employees in various locations in the United States. We provide Federal government clients with consulting management services advisory and assistance services decision support strategic planning process planning and improvement task execution and metrics analysis. Our mission is to make our clients more successful by providing honest assessments exceptional analysis prudent advice direct communication and hard work.

Our core capabilities include:

• Strategic Planning
• Cost Estimating
• Budget Programming and Justification
• Budget Execution
• Acquisition Management
• Financial Systems Support & Integration

MDW Associates LLC (MDW) is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race religion color sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age marital status covered veteran status mental or physical disability pregnancy or any other unlawful basis unrelated to the ability to do the job. MDW seeks to employ talented ethical and entrepreneurial-minded persons. Our applicants and employees are protected from discrimination as required by Federal law.

Additional Information

We offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits and compensation package for our employees including but not limited to:

• Health
• Dental
• Vision
• Group Life Insurance/Long Term Disability/Short Term Disability
• Retirement/401(k)
• Flexible Leave Policy

All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Required Experience:

Senior IC