Level 1 - Subject Matter Expert
Dulles VA
Posted 2 days ago

Labor Category: Systems Engineer
Position Title: Procurement & Finance Engineering Lead
Position Level: Level 1 – Subject Matter Expert
Salary: Up to $245,000.00 per year
Core Hours: 9am to 4pm
Location: Dulles VA

Description:

Position Requires a Top Secret (TS/SCI) Clearance with a Polygraph.

Procurement & Finance Engineering Lead – Senior Procurement, Finance Operations Lead, System Engineering SME EXPERIENCE: Minimum of 10 years in procurement, finance operations, vendor management, or related functions. Minimum 10 years in system engineering, with experience as Solutions Architect or Supply Chain Engineer.
The Senior Procurement & Finance Engineering Operations Lead oversees procurement and financial operations, ensuring accurate purchasing workflows, strong financial controls, and consistent reporting. This role manages vendor relationships, contract tracking, asset renewals, and financial transaction processing (including cash and crypto where applicable). The position supports leadership with timely reporting, proactive issue identification, and detailed documentation to ensure transparency, compliance, and continuity. This position requires engineering experience to examine the broader picture to determine other potential solutions for requirements and future program needs. An ability to see the full picture and bring Solution Architecture/Supply Chain Engineering experience to offer unique solutions to problem sets with mission insight.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES Manage end-to-end procurement processes, escalating as needed: Oversee supplier selection, negotiations, purchase orders, and contract administration. Assess urgency and impact of procurement needs and escalate complex or high-risk items as appropriate. Oversee financial operations for cash and crypto transactions: Ensure accurate processing, reconciliation, and documentation for all financial transactions while maintaining compliance with reporting and control requirements. Document and publish procurement, finance, and asset tracking procedures: Maintain SOPs, purchasing guidelines, renewal calendars, and financial tracking templates to support consistency and reduce operational risk. Coordinate contract renewals and vendor management: Track contract terms, renewal cycles, and vendor obligations to ensure timely renewals and uninterrupted service delivery. Demonstrated experience working with vendors on system troubleshooting. Monitor spending trends and implement operational improvements: Review spend patterns, identify cost-saving opportunities, highlight variances, and drive improvements that enhance procurement efficiency and financial visibility. Evaluate Alternatives and Solutions: Assess alternatives for new technology and engineering solutions, conduct analysis of alternatives, and recommend solution based on requirements, solution adoption timeline, and total cost.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES Collaborate with leadership and cross-functional teams: Partner with IT, operations, and management teams to present and discuss solution architecture options and procurement requirements, align procurement priorities with mission timelines, and support budgeting and forecasting. Engage in continuous improvement: Identify and implement process improvements and governance practices to enhance procurement operations and financial accuracy. Provide guidance and operational support: Clarify purchasing workflows, renewal timelines, program solution requirements, vendor requirements, and documentation standards across the organization. Develop and maintain procurement and finance policies: Create, review, and update policies aligned with best practices and compliance standards. Document assumptions and decisions made with regards to analysis of alternatives for solution recommendations for future procurement decision-making. Conduct regular reviews of contracts, renewals, and asset inventories: Validate accuracy, confirm renewal readiness, and ensure proper tracking and optimization of assets and subscriptions. Implement financial and procurement visibility enhancements: Improve reporting structures, dashboards, and documentation systems to provide leadership with clear insights into spend, renewals, and procurement activity. Proactively recommend alternative solutions or processes for future consideration: Excel in creative thinking and engaging with the team with alternative solutions to mission and program problems/opportunities.

Details:

Mandatory Requirements:

• Developmental (0-2 years’ experience)
• Full Performance (3-5 years’ experience)
• Senior (6-10 years’ experience)
• Expert (11-15 years’ experience)
• SME (16+ years’ experience)

1. Minimum of 10 years in procurement, finance operations, vendor management, or related functions.
2. Minimum 10 years in system engineering, with experience as Solutions Architect or Supply Chain Engineer.
3. Education: System Engineering Bachelors or Master’s degree, or equivalent is preferred.
4. Broad procurement and financial operations knowledge: Demonstrated experience in procurement execution, vendor management, financial controls, and maintaining accurate compliance-ready records.
5. Familiarity with tracking tools and enterprise platforms: Proficiency with Excel, SharePoint, and contract repositories for managing purchasing, vendor documentation, assets, and renewals.
6. Strong communication and reporting skills: Excellent written and verbal communication abilities with a demonstrated capacity for concise reporting and collaboration.

Optional Requirements:

1. Manage end-to-end procurement processes, escalating as needed: Oversee supplier selection, negotiations, purchase orders, and contract administration. Assess urgency and impact of procurement needs and escalate complex or high-risk items as appropriate.
2. Oversee financial operations for cash and crypto transactions: Ensure accurate processing, reconciliation, and documentation for all financial transactions while maintaining compliance with reporting and control requirements.
3. Document and publish procurement, finance, and asset tracking procedures: Maintain SOPs, purchasing guidelines, renewal calendars, and financial tracking templates to support consistency and reduce operational risk.
4. Coordinate contract renewals and vendor management: Track contract terms, renewal cycles, and vendor obligations to ensure timely renewals and uninterrupted service delivery. Demonstrated experience working with vendors on system troubleshooting.
5. Monitor spending trends and implement operational improvements: Review spend patterns, identify cost-saving opportunities, highlight variances, and drive improvements that enhance procurement efficiency and financial visibility.
6. Evaluate Alternatives and Solutions: Assess alternatives for new technology and engineering solutions, conduct analysis of alternatives, and recommend solution based on requirements, solution adoption timeline, and total cost.

B4CORP Company Information

B4Corp is a small defense contracting company that focuses on providing an optimum environment for mission-focused, highly skilled consultants to support the United States of America’s intelligence community and other defense organizations. B4Corp provides a low overhead, highly efficient, high salary environment that allows employees to excel at meeting the client’s needs. B4Corp is looking for information technology professionals that have a high sense of personal responsibility, self-motivation, and mission drive.

B4Corp’s dedication and care for its employees is reflected in our outstanding compensation and benefits package. B4Corp’s benefits reflect the company’s policy of putting the employees first. B4Corp’s maximum flexibility comp / makeup time policy, along with the company’s cafeteria-style benefit plan that allows employees to maximize their Benefit Dollars, reflects B4Corp’s commitment to its employees.

Compensation:

Outstanding Salaries

Retirement:

Full Vanguard 401k Plan – Featuring a full scope of investment options
– 100% employer matched contribution up to 6% of employee’s salary
– Ability to max out 401k savings $57k ($63.5k if over 50)
Employees receive B4Corp phantom stock each year (2-year vesting period)

Insurance:

Medical – United Health Care (UHC) (multiple plan options)
Dental – United Concordia (UC) Flex Plan
Vision – Vision Service Plan Insurance Co (VSP) Signature Plans
Mutual of Omaha short-term disability (60% of salary up to $2,000.00/week)
Mutual of Omaha long-term disability (60% of salary up to $10,000.00/month)
Mutual of Omaha life insurance ($200,000.00)

Employee Referral Bonus:

Refer a friend or a coworker and receive $3,000 per year for every year the person works for B4CORP

Paid Time Off (PTO):

Seven weeks of leave per year (including ten federal holidays)
Flexible work schedule with comp time (with customer approval)

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