Finance/Procurement Analyst

Job Title:                    Finance and Acquisition Analyst

Job Location:            DC Area

Position Overview:  LSI requires the service of a Finance and Acquisition Analyst for a Department of Justice customer. Candidates should bring a combination of strong communication, analytical, and organization skills and experience in government procurement and budgets. The primary responsibility of this position is the submission of procurement documents, with follow up to ensure placement. The secondary responsibilities of this position are asset management and assisting in the management of all budget-related activities to include budget recommendation, forecasting, and tracking procurements and labor, and invoice processing. The ideal candidate will be an experienced acquisition analyst with strong knowledge of the federal procurement and budget processes. The candidate should have at least 7 years’ total experience.

Responsibilities:

• Provide support in the area of business administration and pre-procurement planning.
• Develop, prepare and present terms and conditions in proposals related to the award of contracts.
• Pre-Award Acquisition Support: Provide advice and recommendations, and document preparation support in all areas of the acquisition pre-award phase. Acquisition pre-award support includes: SOWs, PWSs, SOOs, Acquisition Strategy Support, Cost Estimates, Market Research, Market Surveys, Quality Assurance Plans, and RFPs/RFQs.
• Award/Selection Support: Provide support to technical offices in all types of source selections including formal, informal, and vendor screening processes.
• Source selection/award support includes: Contract Award Documents and Contract Award Acquisition Support
• Prepare, submit & track over 120 working capital fund procurement packages.
• Coordinate with Service Owners to verify requirements, request and receive Quotes, prepare and submit 508 / 508 Exception, prepare and submit ITAR, prepare 186, submit package to SDS Budget.
• Act as liaison for over 46 vendors for contract renewals.
• Create and process over 60 receiving reports for payment to vendors, and de-obligations for excess payments.
• Support inventory of over 220 lines of hardware and 41 software assets
• Effectively and routinely communicate procurement plans and status to team members, government management, and team management. This includes both the preparation and presentation of Procurement Actions status on a weekly basis, or as otherwise needed.

Requirements:

• Demonstrated skill in obtaining and analyzing product and price data for contract negotiations and conducting comparative analysis of vendor terms and/or price quotations with historical data to develop recommendations on vendor selection, terms, or prices.
• Experience with contract award, contract modifications, and/or subcontracts, developing, preparing, and presenting terms and conditions in bids or proposals related to the awards of contracts, and general administrative experience.
• Experience with contract administration and its associated workload and documentation.
• Knowledge of the FAR and DFARS
• 2 to 5 years of specialized federal government contracting experience.
• Comfortable communicating with several federal government agencies and senior leadership
• Well versed in procurement, labor tracking, and invoice processing
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel
• Ability to perform data research and validate data entries against applicable policies
• Ability to work independently and be self-motivated
• Ability to complete emergent tasks while maintaining current assignments
• Possess skills in data analysis, budget analysis, and problem solving with the ability to summarize information in concise reports for utilization in presentations
• Excellent Customer Interface skills
• IT equipment knowledge

Education and Certifications  

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Ability to receive a security clearance
• US Citizen