Sr. Finance Manager

The Senior Finance Manager serves as the lead financial management subject matter expert for the Program Management Office (PMO) supporting the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) . The Senior Finance Manager is responsible for providing strategic and operational financial management support across a diverse portfolio of information technology programs, projects, contracts, and investments. This position works closely with OCIO senior leadership, program and project managers, acquisition professionals, budget personnel, Contracting Officer’s Representatives (CORs), and other Government stakeholders to ensure that financial resources are effectively planned, allocated, executed, monitored, and reported. The Senior Finance Manager will lead financial planning and analysis activities, oversee portfolio-level budget execution, maintain financial management artifacts and reporting, identify emerging financial risks, and provide actionable recommendations to support OCIO decision-making. The Senior Finance Manager will also provide leadership and quality assurance for PMO financial analysts and ensure consistent financial management practices are implemented across the OCIO portfolio. Key Responsibilities Financial Planning and Budget Execution Lead financial planning, budgeting, execution, forecasting, and analysis activities for OCIO programs, projects, contracts, and organizational investments. Develop, maintain, and manage annual and multi-year OCIO spend plans , funding plans, execution plans, and financial forecasts. Monitor funding from initial planning and allocation through commitment, obligation, expenditure, invoice payment, and contract closeout. Track financial execution against approved funding levels, operating plans, acquisition schedules, and program objectives. Analyze execution rates, burn rates, funding availability, projected requirements, and potential year-end balances to identify emerging funding requirements or execution risks. Monitor expiring funds, unfunded requirements, funding shortfalls, excess funding, carryover balances, and other conditions requiring management attention. Develop financial projections and alternative funding scenarios to support leadership decisions regarding resource allocation and prioritization. Support current-year budget execution as well as out-year budget formulation and financial planning activities. Assist Government leadership in evaluating funding requests and determining the financial impact of new or changing mission, technical, acquisition, and operational requirements. Maintain an integrated financial view of the OCIO portfolio encompassing programs, projects, contracts, task orders, licenses, labor, infrastructure, cloud services, and other IT investments. Establish and maintain authoritative financial tracking mechanisms that reconcile budget, acquisition, contract, invoice, and program information. Monitor planned versus actual expenditures and identify significant variances, anomalies, or financial trends requiring corrective action. Conduct periodic reconciliation of funding, obligations, expenditures, invoices, contract values, periods of performance, and remaining balances. Identify discrepancies between financial, acquisition, and program management records and coordinate with responsible stakeholders to resolve discrepancies. Develop portfolio-level analyses that allow leadership to evaluate financial performance across programs, organizational components, vendors, contracts, and investment categories. Evaluate resource requirements and provide recommendations regarding funding realignment, reprogramming, prioritization, or other corrective actions when appropriate. Maintain historical financial information to support trend analysis, forecasting, budget formulation, and management decision-making. Acquisition and Contract Financial Management Integrate financial management activities with the OCIO acquisition lifecycle and acquisition planning process. Coordinate with acquisition personnel, CORs, Program Managers, Contracting Officers, and financial management personnel to ensure funding requirements are synchronized with planned acquisition actions. Review contract funding requirements, funding modifications, invoices, burn rates, ceiling values, obligated amounts, expenditures, and remaining balances. Monitor contract periods of performance and funding availability to identify potential funding gaps or acquisition actions that could affect continuity of operations. Support development and validation of Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs), funding profiles, lifecycle cost estimates, and other acquisition-related financial analyses. Analyze historical contract expenditures and utilization to inform future acquisition and budget estimates. Support financial planning for new requirements, contract transitions, option-year exercises, contract extensions, and recompete activities. Assist Government stakeholders in determining whether available funding is sufficient to support planned acquisition strategies and program requirements. Financial Analysis and Executive Reporting Develop recurring and ad hoc financial analyses, dashboards, reports, briefing materials, and decision-support products for OCIO leadership. Prepare executive-level summaries of financial status, including funding availability, obligations, expenditures, execution percentages, forecasted requirements, financial risks, and recommended management actions. Translate complex financial and contractual information into concise, decision-oriented information appropriate for CIO, Deputy CIO, Division Chief, Branch Chief, and Program Manager audiences. Develop monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc financial reporting packages. Perform variance, trend, forecast, and root-cause analyses and clearly communicate findings and recommended corrective actions. Develop metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for assessing financial health and execution performance. Support data visualization and automated reporting capabilities that integrate financial, acquisition, contractual, and program data. Ensure financial information presented to leadership is accurate, current, traceable, and supported by authoritative source data. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Public Administration, or another related discipline. Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in financial management, budget analysis, program financial management, project controls, acquisition financial management, or a closely related field. Demonstrated experience supporting Federal Government financial management, budget execution, acquisition, or IT program management activities . Demonstrated experience managing financial activities for a large, complex, multi-million-dollar portfolio of programs, projects, or contracts. Experience developing and managing annual spend plans, forecasts, execution reports, funding analyses, or similar financial management products. Experience tracking commitments, obligations, expenditures, invoices, contract funding, and available balances. Experience reconciling financial data from multiple financial, acquisition, contractual, or program management sources. Experience developing financial briefings and presenting financial information and recommendations to senior management or government executives. Demonstrated experience identifying financial risks, analyzing alternatives, and recommending corrective actions. Minimum of five years of experience leading, supervising, or providing technical direction to financial management or analytical personnel . Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including financial modeling, data analysis, reconciliation, pivot tables, and advanced formulas. Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate complex financial information to both financial and non-financial audiences. Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. Ability to work independently with limited supervision while effectively collaborating within an integrated government/contractor team. U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain all suitability, background investigation, or security requirements necessary to support DHS/ICE. Preferred Qualifications Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a related discipline. Previous experience supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), or another Federal law enforcement or national security organization . Previous experience supporting an Office of the Chief Information Officer, IT PMO, CIO organization, or major Federal IT portfolio . Experience integrating financial management with federal acquisition planning and contract administration. Knowledge of federal appropriations, fiscal law, budget formulation, budget execution, and funds control principles. Experience supporting multiple contract types, including Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Time-and-Materials (T&M), Labor-Hour, and Cost-Reimbursement contracts. Experience supporting Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts, Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs), task orders, and call orders. Experience developing acquisition forecasts, IGCEs, lifecycle cost estimates, and other program cost analyses. Advanced experience with Power BI , Microsoft Power Platform, SharePoint, or similar business intelligence and data visualization platforms. Experience developing automated financial dashboards and integrating information from financial, acquisition, program, and contract data sources. #J-18808-Ljbffr