Program Analyst (SME)

Chenega Corp • Ft Belvoir, VA

9h

About The Position

The Program Analyst (SME) provides senior subject matter expert support embedded within the Headquarters Budget Management Division (HQ BMD), executing Budget and Programming functions across subordinate project and product offices. The role supports recurring and executive-level reporting to BMD, CPE ES2 leadership, ASA (ALT), and other stakeholders. It also coordinates organizational workflow and enterprise task tracking, maintains a centralized information and knowledge repository, authors Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and job aids for complex operational and financial processes, and supports continuity across evolving programming requirements in classified and unclassified environments.

The position supports budget planning, execution, forecasting, contract expenditure monitoring, resource allocation, manpower planning, PPBE activities, financial analytics, interagency agreements, internal controls, audit readiness, and fiscal year-end closeout. It also provides operational and technical support for financial systems and transactions, manages directorate taskings, and maintains BMD records and process documentation.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• 10+ years of related experience in a government contracting environment.
• Secret clearance required.
• Successfully pass background and drug screening.
• Demonstrated strong business and organizational skills.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, especially Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and SharePoint.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Defense Finance Comptroller Program Certification.
• Executive Comptroller Course.
• Army Comptroller Course.

Responsibilities

• Interpret policies in accordance with regulations, higher-echelon directives, management principles, and ethics governing the work.
• Develop, maintain, and verify spend plans, obligation run-out charts, and budget execution forecasts across PM/PD functions.
• Monitor current and projected contract expenditures, analyze execution trends, and support ULO and NULO reconciliation.
• Develop methodologies for contract resource allocation and funding profiles, and evaluate program policy for compliance with Federal regulations.
• Develop, maintain, and analyze manpower data and workforce tracking models for BMD resource planning and capability allocation.
• Identify and evaluate cost, schedule, and performance tradeoffs; prepare data-driven risk assessments and actionable courses of action for leadership.
• Collaborate with POs, APMs, and the Acquisitions Team on budget planning and execution oversight while avoiding inherently governmental functions.
• Support the annual PPBE cycle, including POM builds, BES, Command Requirements consolidation and review, President’s Budget exhibits, and other POM products.
• Support access, review, and coordination for budget justification materials and exhibits, including R-Forms and P-Forms, across RDTE, OPA, O&MA, and AWCF appropriations.
• Support the operational transition and data management of Programming activities from NIPR to SIPR under civilian-guided oversight.
• Provide technical and functional support, including transaction preparation, error resolution, recording obligations and de-obligations, training, help desk ticket submission, and account reconciliation.
• Develop, optimize, and maintain business intelligence dashboards, such as GFEBS BI/BOBJ, for executive financial analytics.
• Process, track, and reconcile interagency agreements through Treasury G-Invoicing and DoD FS Form 7600A/B Support Agreements in coordination with legal and program offices.
• Consolidate internal controls, risk management, and GRC activities, including user access management and system control compliance.
• Support FIAR audit readiness by gathering, reviewing, and organizing compliance artifacts, KSDs, and audit sample packages.
• Support annual fiscal year-end closeout operations, including regulatory compliance, de-obligation tracking, issue resolution, and timely statutory reporting.
• Serve as the directorate focal point for distributing, routing, compiling, and tracking taskings in TMT and ensuring organizational suspense dates are met.
• Learn and use tools and applications such as GTAR, cWork 1.1, Vantage, Advana, and BI Dashboards.
• Administer a centralized SharePoint/Teams data repository for BMD records and internal policies, and author SOPs and job aids for complex or recurring business process issues.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Professional development opportunities, including on-the-job learning and formal development programs.
• Well-being programs.
• Flexibility to make daily choices that support personal well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED