Program Control Analyst

We are seeking a skilled and dedicated Program Control Analyst to support contract efforts with an emphasis on financial analysis, resource planning, and development of decision-support products for program and contract leadership.

About the role

This role analyzes financial, operational, and program data to help leaders assess execution, identify trends, evaluate risks, support planning, forecasting, and reporting in a controlled government contracting environment. Responsibilities include collecting, validating, and analyzing budget, cost, funding, and execution data, task orders, or programs. The Analyst translates complex financial and program data into clear, actionable insights for program managers, functional leads, and government stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with program management, finance, contracts, and technical teams to support accurate and timely analysis.
• Ensure all analysis products meet accuracy and timeliness requirements, align with contract requirements, and support leadership priorities.
• Provide support for budget planning cycles.
• Participate in monthly financial reviews.
• Support earned value and performance reporting.
• Prepare and maintain funds status reports.
• Develop presentations and briefing materials for internal reviews and customer-facing reviews.
• Develop analysis products such as dashboards, briefs, spend plans, variance analyses, forecasting models, funding trackers, burn-rate assessments, and executive summaries.
• Support reconciliation of data from multiple sources, preparation of recurring and ad hoc reports, identification of cost and schedule impacts, and tracking of financial risks, assumptions, and issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, accounting, management, information systems, or a related field.
• 5 years hands-on experience with Deltek Costpoint.
• 5 years of experience with financial analysis, business analysis, program control, or government contracting support in DoD programs.
• Experience with contract financial management, budget execution, or defense resource environments.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel (VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, macros), data analysis, reporting, and briefing development.
• Familiarity with cost tracking, forecasting, variance analysis, and executive-level presentation materials is highly valuable.
• Depending on the contract, an active security clearance and the ability to maintain it may be required.
• Hybrid position with 2-3 days in office per week.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

About TRISTAR

TRISTAR is an SBA certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned professional services company supporting the U.S. Department of War programs. Our core competencies include Electronic Warfare, Enterprise Management, Full Spectrum Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Digital Transformation, Software Engineering and Development, Maritime Modernization and Engineering, and Technical Solutions.

TRISTAR was founded in March 1995 and has built an employee-focused collaborative environment which enables our team of professionals to create and deliver customized solutions to meet our customers’ mission critical challenges. For over 30 years, TRISTAR has demonstrated and perfected our ability to successfully manage any task, small or large no matter how difficult or complex.