Senior Budget Analyst/Program Controller (On Client Site)

Position Overview

The Senior Budget Analyst/Program Controller supports a Department of War client in Chantilly, VA. They provide financial management and program execution support to a fast-paced DoD Research & Development (R&D) office.

About the Role

The Budget Analyst will support the Program Manager in overseeing strategy and financial execution across a portfolio of projects. This role emphasizes budget planning, funds execution tracking, PPBE-informed analysis, and integration of financial planning with program schedules and execution activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide program control and financial management expertise to support a fast-paced DoW Research & Development (R&D) office.
• Support the Program Manager in overseeing budget formulation, financial execution, and resource tracking for complex development and prototyping efforts.
• Leads program control activities, developing and managing comprehensive financial execution plans, spend plans, and budget baselines.
• Maintains cognizance of the program's adherence to financial and acquisition processes in the development, production, and test of system-level and sub-system products.
• Maintains cognizance over program control activities within project sub-IPTs and ensures horizontal integration of financial practices across the project.
• Reviews Vendor Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) to ensure product plans align with financial outlays and overall project schedule constraints.
• Works with the Program Management team and chief engineer to understand priorities and drive project execution in alignment with those priorities.
• Develops presentations, recommendations, and written communications to explain financial status, program health, and resource allocations to program management and all stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, mathematics or similar area.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance; #qinetiqclearedjob
• 10+ years supporting DoW operations and/or programs.

Skills

• Strong DoD financial management experience.
• Understanding of appropriations.
• Able to work full-time in a Chantilly VA office within SCIF/SAPF spaces.
• Skills in PowerBI and/or MS Project (tracking, analyzing, projecting, and visualizing funding/execution).

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with classified budgets and accounting systems/practices.
• Masters degree in finance, account, mathematics, business or similar area.
• Certified Public Accountant, or Chartered financial analysts certificates desired but not required.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $135,000 - $185,000 USD.