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Odyssey System is seeking a Budget Analyst to provide financial planning, programming, and budget execution (PPBE) support for ACC/A6X Offensive Cyber Operations. A core part of this role involves acting as a Program Element Manager (PEM) serving as the primary advocate and subject matter expert for specific funding lines (Program Elements). You will oversee PE financial execution, justify requirements, and defend mission-critical funding throughout the budget cycle. In support to the United States Air Force, Air Combat Command (ACC), Directorate of Cyberspace and Information Dominance (A6), and Acquisition Management & Integration Center (AMIC) at Langley AFB.

This is a full-time position located at Langley AFB, VA.

Duties include, but not limited to: 

• Program Element Management (PEM): Take ownership of assigned PEs by monitoring execution, articulating the resource environment, justifying operational requirements, and defending the PE against budget cuts or funding disconnects.
• PPBE & Budget Support: Facilitate the PPBE process (including CAM governance) for O&M (3400), Procurement (3080), RDTE (3600), and Military Personnel (3500) cyber-funding lines.
• Financial Baseline Analysis: Analyze current and projected financial baselines for assigned PEs to guide system modernization and migrations.
• Funding Validation & Tracking: Vet funding and unfunded requirements (UFRs) across MAJCOM, Wing, Group, and Unit levels to prioritize upcoming fiscal year budgets.
• POM Development: Draft POM initiatives, identify funding disconnects, and build advocacy briefings to close critical resource gaps.
• Coordination & Briefing: Consolidate financial taskings to meet suspense dates and provide fiscal briefings to the Branch Chief and Senior Leadership.

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Minimum Required Qualifications

Clearance: Must have Active Secret

Education: High School Diploma

Years of Experience: Minimum five (5) years of DoD financial resource management experience, including two (2) years of DoD budget cycle, POM, and baseline analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• PPBE Expertise: Thorough understanding of the PPBE process and USG budgeting principles supporting cyberspace requirements.
• Task Management: Strong ability to manage multiple complex tasks and coordinate efforts across the contract team.
• AF Cyber & Communications: A good understanding of Air Force communication networks, mission systems, and Cyber operations to effectively manage and advocate for the resources required to support them.

Additional Information

Location: Langley AFB, VA

Travel: None

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Odyssey is a world-class technical, engineering, and integration company serving the warfighting ecosystem with airborne integration, ISR, C2, and warfighter readiness capabilities. Odyssey meets the military's operational needs by integrating layered defense systems from equipment, technology, and services to data, information, and business operations. We streamline defense acquisition and sustainment, engineering the technical battlefield with domain-specific proficiency to ensure lethality. Odyssey is dedicated to excellent contract execution, peak organizational performance, and fostering a workplace built on employee care.

Odyssey is proud to live out our core values of commitment, ambition, and respect in our work and communities through OdysseyCares, a philanthropic group focused on giving back through direct donations, an employer match program, and volunteering events.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

This Role requires enhanced security processing, and you will be asked to fill out the following Personnel Screening Questionnaire Forms should you accept a contingent or official offer:

• Pre-Screening Questionnaire
• PSQ Template 1 - Foreign Affections
• PSQ Template 2 - Foreign Associations
• PSQ Template 3 - Foreign Travel
• PSQ Template 4 - Personal Conduct
• PSQ Template 5 - Financial Responsibilities

Final compensation for this position will be determined by various factors such as the Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications.

This position is filled through continuous recruitment and will remain open until a sufficient pool of applications has been received.Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, Tricare supplement, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, employee assistance program, learning and development benefit, paid time off, and holidays.Odyssey Benefits