Program Analyst (Army / Acquisition) - EW&C

MAG Aerospace•Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

13d•$120,000 - $170,000

About The Position

MAG is seeking a Program Analyst to support Product Lead PdM EWI. Duties include the responsibility in the areas of program and financial analysis to include day-to-day and future program resource analysis and management. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast-growing team with multiple opportunities for upward advancement supporting EW&C. The EW&C program delivers critical capabilities to counter current and future threats, enabling the next generation of warfighting capabilities from sensor to Soldier worldwide. By applying game changing cyber technologies through agile development methodology, we enable battlefield dominance for our Warfighters.

Requirements

Clearance: Secret
Bachelor’s degree required
Experience using Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Proficiency
Excellent interpersonal skills, proven verbal and written communications, and the ability to work on multi-functional teams in a fast-paced development environment.
Years’ experience: Senior level : 10+ years of a combination of acquisition and program management experience / Intermediate level: 5+ years of a combination of acquisition and program management experience
Experience developing acquisition strategy documents for Major Capability Acquisition (MCA), Directed Requirements (DRs), Operational Need Statements (ONS), and/or Middle Tier Acquisition (MTA) programs.
Experience providing inputs and analysis for technical and programmatic risk mitigation strategies.
Experience assisting APMs and program teams with the creation of FY budgets, Spend Plans, and decision briefings to senior leaders.
Working knowledge of and experience preparing annual Program Objective Memorandum (POM) resourcing brief.
Excellent organizational, problem solving, and strategic thinking skills
Minimum of 15% travel required within CONUS
The position is contingent upon candidate’s ability to meet physical and medical requirements as needed by the position; including compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local jurisdictional requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience with developing contracting Task Orders (TOs) and Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs).
Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFARS)
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)
US Army P&R Forms Application; Procurement and RDTE (P&R) Forms
Ability to monitor and provide contractual briefings to Government leadership on various administrative statuses, including, current and cancelled funding appropriations, Burn Data analysis information, reconciliations, and work with the defense contractors to recognize where underruns exist to allow for a prompt de-obligation of excess funds to expedite contract closeout functions.
Prepare studies and/or analysis for further identification of funding requirements or for presentation of funds status.
Coordinate and develop Acquisition Strategy Reports, Budget Exhibits, Budget Execution and Planning, Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), Weapon System Reviews, and Programmatic Risk Reviews.
Analyze and evaluate cost estimates of projects for all Fiscal Year (FY) Functional Support Agreement (FSA) financial data requirements to ensure compliance with ASA (ALT), PEO, and PM policies.
Perform management studies and reviews pertaining to issues involving mission, organization, functions, and productivity management.

Responsibilities

Provide program analyst support to include updating and managing acquisition strategies, program status reports, and annual spend plans; assist with executing and forecasting of program investment funds for prototype development, testing, system integration, and system demonstration.
Coordinate with all internal and external stakeholders to ensure all actions occur in a timely manner with accuracy and in line with the program plan.
Consistently review latest guidance to ensure acquisitions comply with FAR, DFARS, AFARS, and Information Assurance regulations, policies, and requirements.
Analyze and refine program plans and acquisition strategies on a continuous basis, incorporating actual cost, test, and performance data as it becomes available.
Develop program briefings, Request for Information (RFI) responses, Impact Statements, Reclamas, and Information Papers.
Interpret findings for studies having significant impacts and for development of constructive recommendations for solving management problems regarding all funding for prior and current year funding requirements.
Assist with the development of budget implementation plans, define timelines, execute project activities and coordinate with internal and external product budget teams to ensure proper funds execution.
Assist with the creation of Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE), review and track funding MODs, respond to customer budgetary questions where applicable.
Provide budget input to PdM EWI and Assistant Program Managers (APM) for In-Progress Reviews (IPRs), Programs of Record (PoR), Spend Plans, Program Management Reviews (PMR), etc.
Assist program team and cost analysts with development of cost estimates, proposal technical evaluations, and analysis of data for Rough Orders of Magnitude (ROM).