Job Description

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Job Location

National Capital Region (NCR), Centreville, Virginia

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Salary Range

$150,000 - $175,000/Annually

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Position Overview

The Program Financial Manager provides strategic financial leadership and oversight for a large, complex, multi-billion-dollar federal program consisting of 38 concurrent projects. This role delivers authoritative leadership over program- and project-level budgeting, financial formulation, cost tracking, cash flow management, and compliance, ensuring fiscal integrity, transparency, and real-time financial visibility across the entire program portfolio.


The position serves as the primary financial authority and advisor to senior government leadership, program executives, and external stakeholders.

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Key Responsibilities

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Program Financial Leadership

Serve as the senior financial authority for the program, overseeing all budgeting, forecasting, cost control, and financial reporting activities. Provide strategic financial guidance to program leadership to support informed decision-making, risk mitigation, and long-term fiscal planning. Lead the integration of financial management practices across multiple project teams to ensure consistency, accuracy, and compliance.
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Budgeting & Forecasting

Develop, manage, and maintain multi-year program budgets totaling several billion dollars, ensuring alignment with agency priorities, Congressional appropriations, and execution plans. Oversee formulation, execution, and reconciliation of annual and life-cycle budgets. Lead financial forecasting and scenario analysis to anticipate funding needs, cost trends, and potential variances.
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Cost Management & Controls

Establish and enforce robust financial controls to monitor expenditures, obligations, and burn rates across all projects. Analyze cost performance, identify variances, and implement corrective actions to maintain cost efficiency and schedule alignment. Ensure accurate cost estimating, earned value management (EVM), and life-cycle cost analysis, as required.
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Compliance & Audit Readiness

Ensure full compliance with federal financial management regulations, agency policies, OMB guidance, and appropriations law. Support audits, inspections, and reviews by internal and external oversight entities, including GAO and OIG. Maintain audit-ready documentation and ensure timely resolution of financial findings and recommendations.
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Reporting & Stakeholder Engagement

Prepare and deliver high-quality financial reports, briefings, and dashboards for senior leadership and external stakeholders. Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for technical and non-technical audiences. Coordinate closely with contracting officers, project managers, engineers, and acquisition teams to align financial data with program execution.
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Team Leadership & Coordination

Lead and mentor project-level financial analysts supporting the program's 38 projects. Promote best practices in federal program financial management and continuous process improvement. Foster collaboration across program, acquisition, and operational teams.
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Required Qualifications

Extensive experience in federal program or portfolio financial management, preferably supporting large-scale infrastructure or construction programs. Demonstrated experience managing multi-billion-dollar budgets and complex, multi-project portfolios. Strong knowledge of federal financial systems, appropriations law, OMB guidance, and federal acquisition financial practices. Proven ability to lead financial planning, execution, and reporting at the enterprise program level. Exceptional analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
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Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting DHS or other federal homeland security, defense, or infrastructure programs. Familiarity with Earned Value Management (EVM) and large construction program cost controls. CPA, CFA, PMP, or equivalent professional certification.
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Impact

This role is critical to ensuring disciplined financial stewardship, transparency, and successful execution of a complex, high-visibility federal program. The Program Financial Manager directly contributes to safeguarding taxpayer resources while enabling mission success.

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Benefits

Peregrine Solutions is a women-owned small business dedicated to fostering a collaborative and supportive work environment where leadership, initiative, and purpose-driven work are highly valued. We genuinely care about our employees--and the things that matter most to them. Our team communicates with clarity and intention, embraces hard work, and knows how to enjoy the journey together.


We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that includes: Three weeks of paid time off, plus 11 Federal Holidays--giving you 26 days annually to focus on personal goals and recharge, 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance premiums, Tuition and certification reimbursement to support your professional growth, Employee referral bonuses, Annual bonus opportunities, tied to performance and company success


At Peregrine, you won't just find a job--you'll find a community where your contributions are valued and your potential is supported.


If you are a driven and experienced Project Controls Engineer looking for a challenging opportunity to support complex construction projects, we encourage you to apply to be part of the Peregrine Solutions team.