Acquisition Support & Financial Management Specialist (Active TS/SCI)

Acquisition Support and Financial Management Specialist We are seeking Acquisition Support and Financial Management Specialists to support the war fighter in combating narco‑terrorism worldwide. The results and end products of this effort will be used to inform senior leadership of United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) how the Counter Narcotics/Counter Transnational Organized Crime (C‑TOC) program is being executed, provide assessments of program effectiveness, and identify changes and improvements for future implementation. Responsibilities Provide services to support USSOUTHCOM SCJ8’s Counternarcotics, Planning, Programming & Resourcing Division (SCJ84) chartered mission to develop, acquire, evaluate, and initialize CN/C‑TCO solutions for operational and tactical customers and execute funding and contract management to meet acquisition requirements. Provide support with financial execution: review, track, and analyze status of funds, re‑alignments, and draft financial reports within system of record; assist with audits, internal controls and prepare financial summaries. Assist with development and execution of approved acquisition strategies for equipment and services to meet USSOUTHCOM’s CN/C‑TCO operations; support acquisition strategies; manage Interagency, DoD, and commercially contracted solutions; recommend prioritization of requirements and selection/sourcing of acquisition strategies judged to optimally meet CN/C‑TCO requirements within a fiscally constrained environment. Support Subtasks Develop and shape contract scopes of work, brand name justifications, request for CN support, delivery order requirements, and similar documents to procure material solutions and support services and guarantee long‑term maintenance and sustainment of CN/C‑TCO capabilities. Recommend procurement processes within U.S. interagency and military supply systems when warranted for the CN/C‑TCO requirements. Evaluate and provide recommendation regarding acquisition strategies with respect to projected long‑term cost‑benefit ratio and efficacy in realizing J84 strategy to satisfy identified CN/C‑TCO requirements. Coordinate with other agencies, staffs, and Security Cooperation Offices (SCOs) Keep all parties apprised of latest J84 acquisition initiatives and relevant contract vehicles. Ensure successful implementation and sustainment of executed acquisition strategies to meet USSOUTHCOM detection and monitoring mission. Recommend innovative solutions to meet highly dynamic acquisition support requests. Evaluate bona‑fide need and shape tailor‑made strategies to provide material solutions. Assist the Government in developing CN/C‑TCO FYDP budgeting plans, including annual spending, congressional budget reporting documents, and budget estimate submissions. In depth understanding of planning, programming, budgeting laws, regulations, policies, and techniques; plan, program, and fund control for various appropriations. Expert ability to track requirements, plans, and budgets through fiscal systems, compare obligations to estimates and measure effect of deviations. Develop systems, methods, procedures for financial management of directed programs and reimbursable work with differing appropriations. Conduct daily, iterative tracking of progress against spend plans and re‑evaluation, re‑prioritization, and re‑tooling of programmed acquisition within fiscal constraints. Coordinate USG interagency actions with SCJ8 plans to ensure program synchronization and prevent duplication. Support SCJ8 with comprehensive programmatic data capture, track and report fiscal and contractual execution, assist government program managers in yearly planning and budgeting processes. Specific Subtasks Provide data research, analysis, and compilation to meet internal and external data calls for USSOUTHCOM security cooperation and CN support; information may be needed quickly, data updated and published no later than previous quarter. Input data into the DASD‑CN/SP Web Portal for tracking of contracted and government deliverables. Provide periodic updates to SOUTHCOM staff on overall support to US and PN security forces to help shape CN/C‑TCO security cooperation decisions. Assist in preparation, collection, and packaging of data (briefs, spreadsheets, papers) for yearly USSOUTHCOM J84 events such as annual DASD‑CN POM and SC CN PMR. Assist SCJ84 Governmental Lead in providing data for all periodic reporting requirements requested by DASD‑CN/SP and other agencies. Serve as key coordination point of contact for logistics related to yearly J84 conferences and meetings. Provide financial data obtained from various platform applications used by DoD, primarily from GFEBS. Review and maintain accurate travel utilization of funds per Joint Travel Regulations; report discrepancies via Defense Travel System. Provide financial and program performance visualizations using analytical platforms (Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI). Optimize and maintain legacy database systems, ensuring integrity and collaboration across platforms. Troubleshoot data‑related problems to maintain compliance and continuous operations. Maintain Microsoft Teams real‑time collaboration, file data transfer, and meetings. Originate, manage, and identify all taskers in Task Management Tool under SCJ84, ensuring proper responses. Maintain, modify, and develop SharePoint portal applications, data collection systems, and internal file archives with compliance to classification levels. Provide auxiliary support to acquisition leads, including assistance in managing awarded contracts and consulting to improve acquisition process. Clearance Active Top Secret (TS) access with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance. Degree and Experience Bachelor’s Degree Five (5) years of experience in database design, development, and analysis; DoD joint/combined operations experience; DoD operational planning experience; comprehensive knowledge of DoD/federal agency CN/C‑TOC programs and operations. Familiarity with inter‑agency coordination, bilateral cooperation agreements, theater or geographic command process experience (USSOUTHCOM AOR desired); Spanish language proficiency. In‑depth understanding of planning, programming, and budget administration; fiscal law application of related regulations; planning, programming, and funds control for various appropriations (e.g., OMA, investment, R&D, MILPAY within CN/C‑TCO central transfer account). Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Access and other Microsoft office applications. Thorough knowledge of SECDEF/CJCS/JS to GCC/FCC interactions, directives, and adjudication processes; knowledge of command entities for overall planning and execution. Ability to travel CONUS and OCONUS as needed. Soft Skills Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing; negotiate complex issues; maintain good working relationships; gather, assemble, analyze facts; draw conclusions; conduct analysis; devise recommended solutions; package briefings, papers, or reports for top management. ADV is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer . We welcome and value differences that make us stronger. #J-18808-Ljbffr