Senior Business and Financial Operations Manager

The Analytical Solutions Division (ASD) of Applied Research Associates (ARA), Inc., has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Senior Business and Financial Operations Manager working onsite at a location in Arlington, VA. The potential candidate will provide expertise to support all Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution activities, supporting of Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)). This support includes interaction with the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, Comptroller, Washington Headquarters Services, and OUSD(A&S) components.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide programmatic, business, financial, and policy assessments to the Director, Business Operations (DBO)
• Maintain and update DBO-related funding profiles in official DoD financial databases including the Defense Agencies Initiative and the Comptroller Budget Extensible Markup Language database
• Prepare overview briefings for presentation to congressional staff members and other senior government officials
• Review current congressional language and budget marks, and assisting in preparing reports regarding each OUSD(A&S)-related mission areas
• Prepare background material, attend, and record minutes for scheduled meetings
• Process documents, data, and reports as needed to support OUSD(A&S) / DBO requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 10 years of related (accounting / financial management) experience is required
• Demonstrated leadership experience in Department of Defense, especially Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution
• Applicant must hold an active Top-Secret security clearance and be eligible to access Sensitive Compartmentalized Information to apply for this position
• Applicant must be a U.S. citizen

Desired Qualifications:

• A Master's degree with at least 7 years' experience is a suitable substitute

COMPANY INFORMATION:

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 1200 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company's success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, "Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit" sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com.

Please apply at www.careers.ara.com for theSenior Business and Financial Operations Managerposition.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)