Program Analyst

Naval Sea Systems Command • Keyport, WA

23h • Onsite

About The Position

You will serve as a Program Analyst in the Unmanned & Theater Undersea Warfare Systems Department, Business & Planning Office, NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV Keyport, Washington. The role is the primary point of contact for financial matters on assigned projects, providing financial information and analytical advice to Customer Advocates and management on expenditures, tasking, monitoring, and final billing actions.

You will provide financial leadership for ongoing and emergent projects by gathering and analyzing workload execution, production status, fund expenditure, and manpower data across multiple execution areas. You will analyze program and system applications to improve procedures and project efficiency and economy, and provide guidance and mentoring on labor and service cost center rates and out-year planning.

The position also serves as a Comptroller Department liaison for one or more Customer Advocates, divisions, or branches, overseeing financial operations to ensure fiscal control and proper fund execution. You will conduct long-range workload planning, prepare reports and complex studies, analyze project performance, brief managers, and recommend financial improvements and corrective actions. The position may require travel to CONUS and OCONUS locations, including remote or isolated sites, and requires the ability to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods. It is designated Mission Essential.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment and participate in direct deposit pay.
• New Department of the Navy employees must successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• Current federal employees applying for GS positions generally must meet the one-year time-in-grade requirement by the announcement closing date.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
• Must obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance before entering on duty; failure to do so may result in withdrawal of an offer or removal.
• At least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
• Experience working with a financial team in the Department of the Navy or a similar federal financial environment, including financial reporting or analysis, tracking financial health and metrics, ensuring financial accuracy, and/or applying financial policy.
• Ability to collaborate on a team and provide financial analysis and advice to funds holders, technical project managers, and Customer Advocates.
• Experience advising on direct, overhead, service cost center, and capital investment fund expenditures, including funding tasking and allocation, monitoring fund execution, and initiating or recommending final billing actions.
• Experience gathering and analyzing workload execution, production status, expenditure projections, manpower, and other execution-phase data for ongoing or emergent projects.
• Knowledge of financial management principles and Defense Working Capital Fund accounting procedures, concepts, methodology, reporting, cost control, and budget execution, formulation, and review practices.
• Experience analyzing project or program performance, identifying issues, and recommending financial improvements, efficiency, and economy.
• Experience collaborating with technical project managers, Customer Advocates, and external sponsor financial personnel on fund management, workload forecasting, and fund execution.
• Experience performing long-range planning and generating analytical reports or studies related to workload planning for assigned projects.
• Must be able to travel from the normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS locations, potentially including remote or isolated sites, and travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods.
• Must support continuity of operations and/or completion of mission-essential tasks as required.
• Current federal employees generally must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements; retired military members appointed within 180 days of retirement are subject to 5 U.S.C. 3326.
• This is a bargaining unit position.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary contact for financial matters on assigned projects and advise Customer Advocates and management on fund expenditures, tasking, monitoring, and final billing actions.
• Provide financial leadership for ongoing and emergent projects by analyzing workload execution, production status, fund expenditures, and manpower across multiple execution areas.
• Analyze program and system applications and develop or troubleshoot procedures to improve project efficiency and economy.
• Guide and mentor Customer Advocates, department managers, employees, and project managers on stabilized banded labor rates, service cost center rates, and out-year planning.
• Act as the Comptroller Department liaison for assigned Customer Advocates, divisions, or branches and oversee financial operations to ensure fiscal control and proper fund execution.
• Perform long-range planning for assigned projects using the approved workload planning process and system.
• Generate reports and conduct complex studies and analyses to solve problems, identify trends, and document conditions.
• Analyze project performance, brief managers on findings, and recommend financial improvements and corrective actions.

Benefits

• The job announcement describes a comprehensive federal employee benefits package for employees and their families; specific benefits depend on position type and eligibility.
• A relocation incentive may be authorized for eligible selectees, subject to funding and policy.
• Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or recruitment incentives, depending on funding availability and policy.
• Certain incentives, such as recruitment, relocation, or student loan repayment, may be authorized for eligible selectees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed