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Ascension is seeking a detail-oriented Project Manager I to support the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s Activity-Based Costing and Financial/Analytics Support effort. This role will help coordinate project activities across BSEE and, where applicable, BOEM stakeholders as the Government maintains and improves its ABC structure, cost models, dashboards, reporting tools, workforce and position-costing analysis, and related financial processes. The RFI specifically identifies support for CostPerform, ABC coding, cost allocation, Tableau dashboards, staff questions, code usage reviews, workforce costing, and optional BOEM/MMA structure development.

This position is best suited for a project professional who can manage schedules, track deliverables, coordinate stakeholder inputs, document risks and issues, and keep technical, financial, and analytics workstreams moving without adding unnecessary overhead. Ascension mapped this role to Project Manager I because the GSA MAS labor category aligns with task execution, schedule control, stakeholder coordination, deliverable tracking, and risk/issue management. The labor category requires a bachelor’s degree and five years of experience, and includes managing quality, schedule, cost, scope, deliverables, client meetings, risks, and project documentation.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Project Manager I will provide day-to-day coordination and project execution support for a federal financial analytics and activity-based costing environment. The successful candidate will work closely with ABC, financial, analytics, and program stakeholders to maintain project visibility, support timely completion of deliverables, document action items, and help ensure the Government receives organized, accurate, and decision-ready project information.

The ideal candidate is organized, responsive, and comfortable working in a technical business environment where financial data, cost allocation, reporting, dashboards, and stakeholder coordination intersect. This role does not require the individual to be the senior ABC or CostPerform expert; however, the candidate must be able to coordinate technical inputs from subject-matter experts, understand dependencies, maintain trackers, and communicate clearly with Government and contractor personnel.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

• Manage project schedules, milestone trackers, action-item logs, and deliverable calendars.
• Coordinate meetings with BSEE, BOEM, technical SMEs, financial analysts, and reporting/dashboard stakeholders.
• Track risks, issues, decisions, dependencies, and follow-up actions through resolution.
• Support status reporting, meeting summaries, briefing materials, and project documentation.
• Maintain visibility into ABC-related workstreams, including cost model updates, coding reviews, reporting improvements, and workforce/position-costing analysis.
• Coordinate inputs for dashboards, reports, training materials, code-usage reviews, and process improvement recommendations.
• Assist with documenting business processes, project assumptions, stakeholder feedback, and change requests.
• Support quality control reviews to ensure deliverables are complete, accurate, timely, and aligned with Government expectations.
• Escalate schedule, data, staffing, or stakeholder coordination risks before they affect delivery.
• Use Microsoft 365, Excel, Teams, SharePoint, project trackers, and reporting tools to support project execution and documentation.