Program Control Analyst Principal

SAIC•Chantilly, VA

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About The Position

The Program Control Analyst Principal oversees budget and financial management for NRO facilities, construction, and other infrastructure programs and projects. The role serves as a liaison among project management and planning, project teams, and line management. It reviews project and budget status, manages schedules, prepares status reports, assesses issues, and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals. The analyst develops mechanisms to monitor progress and support intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients. The position also helps ensure contract requirements and subcontractor responsibilities are fulfilled and supports the definition and implementation of project-planning techniques that provide contract visibility. Responsibilities may include developing budgets and schedules for an assigned portion of a program, establishing program-plan requirements, and monitoring and reporting performance against plans to meet contractual, cost, and schedule objectives. The role applies broad knowledge of relevant principles, concepts, practices, standards, and industry practices. Assignments are given as objectives, with goals established to meet them; management reviews work against objectives. The position administers company policies that directly affect employees and recommends team policy changes. The role requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph. SAIC describes itself as a mission integrator serving defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets, with approximately 23,000 employees and headquarters in Reston, Virginia.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Bachelor’s degree and 10 or more years of related experience; alternatively, a master’s degree and 8 or more years of related experience. Years of experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
Budget or financial management experience.
Critical-thinking skills and ability to work well with a wide variety of customers requesting financial data.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing and reporting federal facilities and/or construction budgets.
Experience with NRO financial systems and tools.

Responsibilities

Perform budget and financial management for NRO facilities, construction, and other infrastructure programs and projects.
Organize and facilitate regular Program Management Reviews for each portfolio, ensuring accurate and efficient data presentation and organizing relevant action items.
Review program requirements and spend plans for accuracy and completeness.
Identify and communicate resource trade-offs among competing programs and provide senior managers with resource alternatives.
Analyze contract budget and financial data to ensure appropriate use of government resources and efficient completion of work requirements.
Assist in designing, implementing, and using corporate resource information repositories, databases, decision-support tools, strategies, processes, procedures, and reports for accurate financial reporting and management oversight.
Propose resource realignments and funding sources at the Program and Directorate levels to maintain program execution or respond to unplanned circumstances.
Review funding documentation for accuracy and compliance with applicable NRO policies and instructions.
Maintain internal controls to minimize data inaccuracy and unauthorized use of NRO funds.
Consolidate and review program-level UFRs and recommend changes and prioritization to senior management.
Edit and draft budget summaries, charts, memoranda, issue papers, and talking points for senior management.
Prepare briefings for senior government management and collaborate with COTRs/CLIN managers to accurately fund government contracts and recommend options for funding high-priority mission-essential projects.
Review project and budget status, manage schedules, and prepare status reports.
Assess project issues and develop resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals.
Develop mechanisms to monitor project progress and enable intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.
Help ensure contract requirements and subcontractor responsibilities are fulfilled and support project-planning techniques that provide contract visibility.
Develop budgets and schedules for assigned portions of programs, establish program-plan requirements, and monitor and report performance against contractual, cost, and schedule objectives.