YRCI · 20 hours ago
Acquisition Analyst, SME Level II (Senior IT Acquisition Management Analyst)
Arlington, VA US (Primary)
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expYRCI is a leading professional services firm providing Human Capital, Acquisition Support and Financial Management Services to Government and Commercial customers nationwide. The Acquisition Analyst will provide IT acquisition management support and act as an advisor on various acquisition-related activities, ensuring the effective management of procurement processes.
ConsultingFinancial ServicesHuman ResourcesInformation Technology
No H1B
Responsibilities
Provide Information Technology (IT) acquisition management support, which includes acting as advisors on the acquisition development package and activities, including acquisition plans, request for proposals, proposal evaluations, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Operating Performance Indicators (OPIs) and Operating Level Agreements (OLAs) development and implementation, price evaluation memoranda, selection recommendation reports, agreements, task orders, contracts, and modifications
Synthesize and refine business and IT needs into an actionable draft requirements documents and provide recommendations regarding IT acquisition best practices in the areas of cloud, data, and security
Assist the Technical Manager (TM), Program Manager (PM), and Oversight Manager (OM) in drafting various artifacts required in the procurement request package while ensuring appropriate enterprise strategy, architecture, and governance requirements are incorporated
Participate in the development of milestone schedules; perform market research to assist with requirements definition and strategic sourcing
Assist with responses to vendor questions and facilitate vendor discussions; analyze cost or price proposals and provide recommendations to Agency personnel
Support and facilitate meetings as needed; provide acquisition governance program management support and maintain acquisition governance procedures
Perform coaching and mentoring in acquisition activities as needed; prepare and process multiple and varied documents required for all phases of technical evaluation of proposals received in response to solicitation
Develop comprehensive, well-documented, accurate, and credible cost estimates for new procurement requirements; account for all possible costs associated with the contract, document influencing assumptions and data sources, assess and benchmark costs most likely to be incurred, and standardize assumptions across contract vehicles when possible
Maintain electronic records; assist with Post-award functions including the creation of electronic files, SharePoint sites, financial tracking, and accruals
Perform analysis and provide recommendations related to acquisition policies and procedures
Review how the proposed SLA structure will be put into operation both in terms of what is to be expected from vendors and of Agency and how the information will be used to manage vendor performance
Address what information is to be provided, from where it will be derived, and in what format it will be presented to the Agency
Collect and analyze contract data for reporting purposes, support ongoing trends and detailed analyses across the vendor ecosystem with regard to performance, financials, and service delivery
Provide analysis and recommendations on single-points of failure and bottlenecks found in the acquisition process that inhibit the workflow
Assist in the development of artifacts to support the acquisition processes to include: Draft meeting schedules, agendas, expectations and standard processes
Creation of job aids and training materials
Develop acquisition best practices recommendations
Develop and maintain documents, which include, but are not limited to reporting templates and guidelines and policies for contract governance, creating tools where needed or utilize existing tools to support management of the governance framework
Support analysis of vendor responses and negotiation activities
Develop training materials for the panel members to review the scope and contract solicitation requirements
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree required with a minimum of Seven (7) years demonstrated experience in the Federal acquisition process
Extensive IT Acquisition experience from the program side. This experience must include successfully gathering and refining requirements for large-scale IT acquisitions
Demonstrated expertise applying knowledge of IT Acquisition best practices for cloud technologies, including SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS offerings as well as the complementary professional services for development and O&M
A proven highly skilled communicator, both verbally and written
An innovative leader who inspires teams to breakthroughs and success regardless of whether or not the team members are direct reports
Organize, direct, and coordinate the planning and production of all contract support activities, and is responsible for the supervision of all onsite Contractor Personnel
Experience in creating business cases for an executive audience
Perform the day-to-day management of Contractor's overall acquisition support operations
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
Short-term and long-term disability insurance
401(k) retirement plan with a defined company match
Flexible spending accounts
Flexible work schedules
Tuition and professional development reimbursement programs
11 paid holidays
Paid time off that accrues beginning your first day of work
A number of supplemental plans
Company
YRCI
YRCI is a management consulting company providing human capital and acquisition support services.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Hans Jaeger
Chief Executive Officer
Matt Hoyt
Vice President & Deputy CFO
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