Program Analyst II

American Association for the Advancement; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 99,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Paid sick leave

Paid holidays

Health insurance

FSA

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement benefits

Disability insurance

Additional benefits

Job summary

AAAS in Washington, DC seeks a Program Analyst II to join our Information Technology department. The role focuses on data, financial, and reporting processes across AAAS program and platform environments, including maintenance, implementations, and issue resolution of Finance systems.

You will work with IT, Finance, and business stakeholders to ensure data quality, reconciliation, and documentation, while applying ETL and financial control best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technology-related field.
• Experience using Excel, SQL, Power BI to manage, analyze, and validate data.
• Experience identifying and resolving data quality issues across systems.
• Ability to document processes, reconciliations, and findings clearly and accurately.
• Experience with General Ledger (GL) transactions and financial reporting and basic accounting concepts.
• Experience with financial reconciliation and audit best practices.
• Experience working with or supporting integrations involving payment processors and financial vendors.

Responsibilities

• Supports routine Finance system maintenance, configuration changes, and basic administration tasks.
• Meets with Finance system vendors to assist with implementations, updates, and issue resolution.
• Performs limited user access administration for Finance systems following established procedures.
• Acts as a liaison between Finance, vendors, and IT to communicate requirements and coordinate larger technical changes.
• Assists with testing, reconciliation, documentation, and audit support related to Finance including systems implemented by IT.

Skills

Excel

SQL

Power BI

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technology related field

Job description

Washington D.C.
Washington, DC 20005, USA

AAAS has an exciting opportunity for a Program Analyst II to join our Information Technology department!

This position supports the development, operation, and ongoing improvement of data, financial, and reporting processes within AAAS program and platform environments. The Program Analyst works with IT, Finance, and business stakeholders to support Finance system maintenance and configuration, assist with Finance system implementations and issue resolution, perform Finance system user access administration, and to provide support for Finance audit documentation.

The role focuses on hands‑on analysis, data quality assurance, financial reconciliation, and operational support, while following established best practices for ETL, financial controls and documentation.

Help us ignite the next era of science.

What You’ll Do

• Supports routine Finance system maintenance, configuration changes, and basic administration tasks.


• Meets with Finance system vendors to assist with implementations, updates, and issue resolution.


• Performs limited user access administration for Finance systems following established procedures.


• Acts as a liaison between Finance, vendors, and IT to communicate requirements and coordinate larger technical changes.


• Assists with testing, reconciliation, documentation, and audit support related to Finance including systems implemented by IT.

Minimum Qualifications

• The Program Analyst II requires a person with a minimum Bachelor’s level degree in a technology related field.


• Experience using Excel, SQL, Power BI to manage, analyze, and validate data.


• Experience identifying and resolving data quality issues and inconsistencies across systems.


• Ability to document processes, reconciliations, and findings clearly and accurately.


• Experience with General Ledger (GL) transactions and financial reporting and basic accounting concepts.


• Experience with financial reconciliation and audit best practices.


• Experience working with or supporting integrations involving payment processors and financial vendors

The anticipated initial rate of compensation for this position is $99,000 – $127,000 per year.

• paid vacation leave


• paid sick leave


• paid holidays


• health insurance


• flexible spending account


• dental insurance


• life insurance


• vision insurance


• retirement benefits


• short- and long-term disability


• each subject to the terms of the applicable program.


• Additional benefits may apply.

Any actual offer of employment, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be made in the sole discretion of AAAS and will be based on a variety of factors, including years of experience, depth of experience, and other relevant factors. AAAS reserves the right to amend or modify its employment benefits and compensation structure at any time.

AAAS is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category. AAAS uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. No visa sponsorship is available for this position.

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