Program Control Analyst Principal

SAIC•Chantilly, VA

10d

About The Position

Oversees budget and financial management for NRO facilities, construction, and other infrastructure projects. Serves as a liaison among project management and planning, project teams, and line management. Reviews project and budget status, manages schedules, prepares status reports, assesses project issues, and develops resolutions to support productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals. Establishes ways to monitor progress and address problems with project managers, line managers, and clients. Ensures contract requirements and subcontractor responsibilities are fulfilled, including defining and implementing project-planning techniques that provide visibility into contract performance. The role may develop budgets and schedules for assigned program portions, establish program-plan requirements, and monitor and report performance against contractual, cost, and schedule objectives. It applies a broad understanding of relevant principles, concepts, practices, standards, and industry practices. The incumbent works toward established objectives, with work reviewed by management, administers company policies that directly affect employees, and recommends team-policy changes. The position manages financial resources across a large NRO portfolio, organizes program reviews, analyzes funding and contract data, supports financial reporting and oversight, and prepares and briefs materials for senior government management. It also helps identify funding alternatives, realign resources, and maintain compliance and internal controls for NRO funds.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, required to remain on the program.
Bachelor’s degree and 10 or more years of related experience; alternatively, a master’s degree and 8 or more years of related experience. Additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
Budget or financial management experience.
Critical-thinking ability 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 support 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.
Collaborate with COTRs and CLIN managers to accurately fund government contracts and recommend funding options for 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 support intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.
Ensure contract requirements and subcontractor responsibilities are being accomplished.
Develop budgets and schedules for assigned portions of programs, establish program-plan requirements, and monitor performance against contractual, cost, and schedule objectives as needed.