Program Analyst III

Responsibilities

• Provides program control support services in the area of program finance and analysis.
• Works closely with Program Management and other functional departments to track budget, monitor cost, prepare project financials, explain variances and provide forecasts.
• Performs research tasks to obtain various types of data which is analyzed to derive relationships involving all functions of Program Finance.
• Analyzes budget, system, schedules, and cost variations including Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Interprets, assesses, and analyzes planning documents and directives received from higher echelon to determine effect on Program Management Office (PMO) objectives and plans.
• Serves as a cost analyst participating in the planning, coordinating, and conducting of program operations research studies of specific material/support systems.
• Affirms the impact of the various major components of hardware on costs and related support systems (i.e., maintenance, logistics, TOE, etc.).
• Maintains cost, schedule, technical, and operational aspects of projects for which responsible.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management, Engineering or Science required.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Six years’ experience required for a Bachelors level; 4 years required for a Masters Level.
• Eight years’ experience in defense program analysis required; Ten years’ experience preferred.
• Requires clear and concise communication, both written and verbal.
• Past Deltek/Costpoint Program Finance, Budget Analysis experience required.
• MS Office with excellent Excel knowledge/skills preferred.
• Earned Value Management (EVMS) and Deltek Cobra experience a plus.

Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain/maintain a DoD Security Clearance if/when required.