Programming Planning Budget Execution Analyst
About The Position
SAIC is seeking a Programming Planning Budget Execution Analyst for its Horizon 2 program, supporting development of a new surveillance satellite system for the U.S. Space Force in El Segundo, California. The role supports the Program Executive Office’s Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power portfolio and the development and deployment of warfighter capabilities, including a program involving more than 10 satellite vehicles over the next 5–10 years. The analyst develops, manages, and executes financial plans, execution reviews, Program Objective Memorandum (POM) inputs, financial excursions, baseline and midterm execution reviews, and congressional taskers. The role ensures compliance with government standards, program requirements, and financial criteria, and coordinates regularly with program managers, contracting officers, system engineers, and external and partner organizations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration or management, finance, accounting, or a related field.
- 18 or more years of experience in the DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process and DoD Planning, Programming, and Budgeting Systems (PPBS).
- Extensive acquisition and program management experience, particularly in satellite acquisitions on DoD Space Systems Command (SSC) or NRO programs.
- Knowledge of POM, Future Year Defense Plan (FYDP) Defense Guidance, UFR and UPL, ASP, and Joint Strategic Planning Systems.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Advanced skills with Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
- Knowledge of commonly used budgetary methods, practices, procedures, regulations, policies, and processes.
- Skill in gathering, assembling, and analyzing information, such as accounting reports, payroll records, work reports, or inventory and supply data.
- Must have an in-scope security background investigation (TS or SSBI), adjudicated for SCI eligibility and enrolled in the Continuous Evaluation program, if applicable.
- Must be willing to be nominated for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information and Special Access Programs, and to consent to a polygraph examination.
Responsibilities
- Oversee operational aspects of new and ongoing projects and serve as a liaison between project management and planning, project teams, and line management.
- Manage financial resourcing for current and future Department of Defense acquisition programs across Procurement, Research and Development, and Operations and Maintenance funding, using the DoD PPBE process.
- Assist with developing and coordinating POM inputs, Unfunded Requirements (UFR) and Unfunded Priority Lists (UPL), and Acquisition Strategy Panel (ASP) documentation.
- Assist in producing and managing contract actions from request for proposal through award and execution.
- Help plan acquisition strategies for projects ranging from technology development to full Programs of Record.
- Coordinate financial issues, tasks, and requests for senior-leader decision and information briefings.
- Develop mechanisms to monitor project progress and support intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.
- Coordinate with subject matter experts to identify and refine budgetary estimates.
- Coordinate and attend financial management meetings and reviews.
- Participate in budget queries and prepare financial status reports.
- Monitor current-year and prior-year obligations and actual expenditures as part of budget execution and administration.
- Prepare detailed analyses and estimates of funding needs for one or more budget years as part of budget formulation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
