Portfolio & Strategic Planning Analyst

Arcfield was purpose-built to protect the nation and its allies through innovations in digital transformation, space mission engineering and launch assurance, miniaturized sensors and satellites, advanced modeling and simulation, cybersecurity, and conventional and hypersonic missile support. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA with 16 global offices, Arcfield employs more than 1,500 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals with more than 60 years of collective proven experience supporting missions in cyber and space defense, space exploration, hypersonic and nuclear deterrence and warfighter readiness. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

The sponsor seeks a knowledgeable and motivated Portfolio and Strategic Planning Analyst with previous experience using the sponsors systems. Job duties and qualifications include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provides strategic and programmatic plans and budget support to the Groups responsible for a high-visibility Special Access Program
• Supports the Groups in formulating, justifying, and defending budget build
• Develops and maintains spend plans
• Reconciles spend plans with actual and planned expenditures and recommends options to address potential over- or under-utilization of resources
• Develops and implements long-range plans to accomplish office goals and collaborates in strategic planning for future years
• Stays current with all Customer and Resource Management Guidance and assists in creating and maintaining baseline practices and procedures that align with guidance
• Ensures that program execution is proceeding within available resource constraints and remains consistent with goals; proposes and implements resource alignment (including from multiple sources) as required or in response to unplanned circumstances
• Prepares budget exercise submissions; assimilates information about program goals, requirements, costs, and schedules; ensures that submissions are rational, defensible, and executable
• Routinely constructs and maintains background documentation on programmatic and resource analyses, discussions, thinking, and decisions to aid the component's resource management continuity
• Assists staff in researching and resolving resource and budget issues and questions wherever possible
• Prepares supporting documentation for budget exercises, over-guidance, unfunded calls, and re-programming
• Assists with writing congressional language for submission into the program build
• Performs short- and long-term financial trend analyses
• Prepares briefings, budget, spend plans and supports programmatic activities
• Coordinates and responds to budget requirements and budgets-related taskings
• Collaborates with Resource Management as required; attends/supports resource meetings
• Continually interfaces with executive-level management requiring the planning, presentation and briefing of information

• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph
• A degree (or equivalent experience) in quantitative analysis, financial analysis, social sciences, or a closely related field
• BS 10-12, MS 8-10, PhD 5-7
• Knowledge of strategic planning and resource management processes
• Knowledge of program planning and execution processes
• Knowledge of business resource planning practices and cost analysis methodologies
• Knowledge of quality assurance procedures to ensure data integrity and timeliness of the data
• Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices
• Knowledge of program risk assessment principles and processes
• Exhibits broad comprehension of relevant statutes, regulations, and policies in resource utilization and in the budget development and execution processes
• Demonstrated professional competence as a plans and budget officer
• Ability to analyze and evaluate financial data to resolve inconsistencies, identify key issues, and propose solutions
• Exhibits full awareness of financial resource requirements both for the execution year and budget out-years
• Ability to apply analytic and diagnostic techniques and quantitative techniques sufficient to identify, evaluate, and recommend to managers substantive solutions to resolve interrelated quantitative analytical problems and issues
• Knowledge of IC strategic planning and resource management processes
• Ability to work in a dynamic and challenging environment
• Demonstrates excellent writing skills and ability to craft clear concise requests for funding and responses to taskings.
• Demonstrates excellent oral communication skills to brief management on resource issues
• Proven ability to interact with customers, senior leadership, and program managers in a highly matrixed environment
• Exhibits strong organizational and time management skills

EEO

Arcfield proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active-Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.