The Capital Area Division (CAD) of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) us seeking a Mid-Level Financial Manager to support the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in the oversight and monitoring of International Cooperative Programs (ICP) funding. This position is hybrid, with occasional work on-site at Ft. Belvoir and from ARA offices in the National Capital Region/northern Virginia (and telecommuting where approved). This five-year-duration position is contingent on award of the ICP contract to ARA, expected August 2023.

This position requires a candidate with experience performing a variety of financial analysis, tracking, and administrative functions. The Financial Manager will maintain oversight of changes and cost impacts associated with ICP meetings, conferences, workshops, exercises, etc. The FM will provide expedient analysis of cost impacts due to increases and decreases in cost drivers (i.e., participant numbers, logistical requirements, shipping, interpreters, and labor hours) and provide monthly reports. The FM will also provide an event cost comparison outside of the monthly report.

Required Qualifications:

• BA/BS with 5-8 years of relevant experience
• Must possess a DoD secret security clearance
• Expertise with MS Excel and other Microsoft Office Tools
• Ability to track and evaluate large amounts of data
• Report writing and editing skills

Desired Qualifications:

• DoD Financial Management Certification
• MS/MA degree
• Experience with DoD planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE)
• DoD TOP SECRET clearance with SCI eligibility

This position is contingent upon award of a contract supporting the Department of Defense’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

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 generates 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 the Mid-Level Financial Manager position.

Experience

• 5 - 8 years: Relevant work experience

Education

• Bachelors or better

Licenses & Certifications

• Secret Clearance

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)