Program Analyst Associate

SAIC•Flexwork, VA

20d•Remote

About The Position

SAIC is currently seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Program Analyst Associate to join our Border Security Team and begin an exciting and challenging career. In this role you will accomplish program objectives by planning, supporting and implementing process and procedures to support the program, with a focus on time and travel expenses and billing. This group oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing programs and business pursuits. This position is 100% remote in the U.S. in Eastern and Central time zones.

Requirements

Motivated, career and customer-oriented
Focus on time and travel expenses and billing
Ability to make directed real-time updates to program forecast
Ability to update forecast with actuals weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly
Ability to incorporate information from multiple procurement reports into forecast
Ability to ensure forecast is free of errors, typos, and misallocations
Ability to update forecast with staffing changes
Ability to track leave and its impact on forecast
Ability to review timecard reports for errors and incorrect allocations
Ability to analyze allocation differences from forecast
Ability to communicate with program team regarding timecard issues, reminders, updates, or other items of note
Ability to interface with program managers, SAIC’s finance, accounting, contracts, subcontracts, and procurement organizations
Ability to participate in the development of budgets for assigned tasks
Ability to perform financial analysis on funding profiles and program financial variances
Ability to support the travel review and approval process
Ability to review travel approval requests for completeness, accuracy, and adherence to policy
Ability to contribute information and recommendations to processes and procedures
Ability to prepare and complete action plans
Ability to implement productivity, quality, and customer-service standards
Ability to resolve problems
Ability to complete audits and reconciliations
Ability to identify trends and determine system improvements
Ability to implement change
Ability to forecast task order costs and schedules
Ability to prepare an annual budget
Ability to schedule expenditures
Ability to analyze variances and initiate corrective actions
Ability to review status of projects and budgets
Ability to manage schedules and prepare status reports
Ability to prepare briefs to senior leadership
Ability to assess project issues and develop resolutions
Ability to participate in the development of solutions to a variety of problems moderate in scope and complexity

Responsibilities

Maintenance of program forecast by making directed real-time updates and taking note of anticipated future updates.
Updating the forecast with actuals on a weekly, bi-weekly and monthly basis as needed using different reports to pull in information.
Meeting with managers on a regular basis to get updates on level-of-effort (LOE) changes and updating the forecast accordingly.
Incorporating information from multiple procurement reports into the forecast.
Ensuring the forecast is free of errors, typos and misallocations.
Updating the forecast with staffing changes such a new hires, separations, promotions, etc.
Tracking leave and the impact on the forecast.
Review timecard reports for errors, incorrect allocations, and analyze allocation differences from forecast.
Communicate with program team regarding timecard issues, reminders, updates, or other items of note.
Interface with program managers, SAIC’s finance, accounting, contracts, subcontracts, and procurement organizations to address operational issues in a timely and effective manner.
Participate in the development of budgets for assigned tasks and perform financial analysis on funding profiles and program financial variances.
Support the travel review and approval process by ensuring it is followed by the program team and updates are made as necessary.
Review all travel approval requests for completeness, accuracy, and adherence to government, SAIC and program policy.
Achieves operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to processes and procedures; preparing and completing action plans; implementing productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits, completing reconciliations; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.
Meets financial objectives by forecasting task order costs, schedules; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports. Prepares briefs to senior leadership as required.
Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
Participates in the development of solutions to a variety of problems moderate in scope and complexity. Often refers to policies, procedures and practices for guidance.