u/TallSomewhere6088

I’m an NH-03 Financial Analyst with 8-9 years of DoD civilian finance experience, most recently leading Finance for a large multi-site portfolio forecasting, budgeting, financial modeling, and managing a small team. I’ve also led initiatives that recovered significant prior-year/recoverable funds and supported enterprise-level funding decisions.

I’m looking to pivot to the contractor side for better comp, targeting lateral Senior Financial Analyst or Finance Manager roles, ideally remote (open to hybrid if local).

Base target is $125K+. I have an MBA (Cyber Security focus), FMVA certification, and DoD FM Level II.

A few things I’d appreciate input on:

•	Which primes/contractors are realistic targets for someone with NH-03-level DoD finance experience but no prior contractor-side experience?

•	Is $125K+ base realistic for a Senior FA/Finance Manager role coming from this background, or am I off on my market value?

•	What’s the NH-03 pay band roughly translate to on the contractor side and is there a rule of thumb people use?

•	Anything I should be doing differently in how I frame my DoD experience for contractor recruiters/ATS systems?

Appreciate any insight from people who’ve made a similar move.