Senior Program Analyst

SAIC•Newport, RI

11h•Hybrid

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a proactive, detail-oriented Senior Program & Financial Analyst to manage the financial and project control aspects of ongoing projects essential to program success. This full-time position supports a recently awarded 5+ year DoD contract and is based in the Newport, RI area. The role involves analyzing financial data, creating predictive funding models, and supporting program managers with actionable insights. Success will be measured by the ability to maintain accurate financial records, prevent budget overruns, and deliver timely financial insights to stakeholders. This position is hybrid, with an expectation of at least 3 days in office in Middletown, RI.

Requirements

Detail-oriented
Proactive
Ability to maintain accurate financial records
Ability to prevent budget overruns
Ability to deliver timely and actionable financial insights
Proficiency in Excel for data analysis and visualization
Experience with financial analysis
Experience with project control aspects of projects
Experience with DoD contracts
Experience with budgeting and cost controls
Experience with data reconciliation and accuracy
Experience with reporting and communication of financial performance

Nice To Haves

Flexibility to choose from other available software or recommend new tools for data analysis and visualization.

Responsibilities

Regularly review actual financial performance reports to develop burn rates, accurately predicting funding utilization and project expenditure timelines.
Communicate funding status and expenditure forecasts directly to the Program Manager, providing timely warning of potential cost overruns and strategies for mitigation.
Collaborate with task leads to refine burn rates to reflect changes in workloads, staffing levels, or project demands.
Closely monitor funding increments to ensure project expenditures remain within predetermined budget constraints.
Proactively update and verify budget forecasts by considering changes in project scope, resource availability, and funding levels.
Review reports for accuracy and promptly address any discrepancies in collaboration with project controllers.
Prepare and deliver detailed financial reports and visualizations tailored to program and task requirements.
Perform process analysis, process improvement, and monitor/control processes.
Develop mechanisms for monitoring project financials and for intervention and problem-solving.
Participate in planning, tracking, and reporting of budgets and schedules.
Interpret and implement financial policies and procedures in support of projects.
Establish and maintain cost and schedule baselines.
Participate in firm fixed price proposal efforts.
Support other programmatic ad hoc requests as needed or requested by manager.