Program Analyst III

Tatitlek Corporation; Alabama; On-site; USD 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

The Tatitlek Corporation is seeking a capable financial and programmatic analyst to support the Directorate across missile, aviation, sensor, and test programs in Alabama. You will oversee budgeting, funding allocations, and performance metrics to ensure compliance and effective expenditure management.

Responsibilities include pre-commitment reviews, data fidelity across ADSS/PRO3/CIMS, and executive briefing materials for Directorate leadership.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree or seven years of related experience.
• Experience in accounting or finance.
• Mastery of MS 365 with focus on Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary analytical support to Government Program Manager and Directorate across test programs.
• Ensure compliance with FAR principles, DoD guidance, and funding rules.
• Analyze multi-million dollar test programs and prepare burn-rate metrics and DLH variance tracking.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Excellent communication

Team collaboration

Education

BA/BS Degree in a technical, science or business discipline

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

MS 365

Job description

Overview

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILTIIES:

• Directorate Financial & Programmatic Advisory: Serve as primary contractor analytical counterpart to the Government Program Manager. Provide daily programmatic and financial analysis supporting the Directorate and its five subordinate Test Divisions across missile, aviation, sensor, and component developmental test programs.
• FAR & Financial Governance Compliance: Maintain working familiarity with FAR principles (including FAR Part 15.404 cost and price analysis concepts), DoD Financial Management Regulations (FMRs), and Army Fiscal Law to ensure pre-commitment spend plans, cost estimates, and resource packages adhere to statutory funding rules (bona fide need, anti-deficiency, and funding appropriation lifecycles).
• Test Program Financial Performance: Analyze and track the financial performance of multi-million dollar reimbursable test programs and direct-funded mission accounts. Compile and deliver recurring performance metrics, burn-rate analyses, and Direct Labor Hour (DLH) variance tracking across active test divisions.
• Funding Ceilings, Allocations & Pre-Commitment Review: Formulate, review, and maintain funding ceiling and allocation trackers across customer test projects. Prepare executive-ready reports tracking available customer project funding, unliquidated obligations (ULOs), and expiring fiscal year allocations. Perform pre-commitment validations of spend requests before handoff to the Government Program Manager for official GFEBS ledger commitment.
• Automated Systems & Data Fidelity (ADSS / PRO3 / CIMS): Maintain and manage data integrity within directorate-level automated financial and project management tracking systems, including the ATEC Decision Support System (ADSS), RTC PRO3, Project Management Dashboards, and the Contractor Input Management System (CIMS). Troubleshoot system discrepancies, audit labor and non-labor cost records, and resolve weekly contractor input variance errors.
• Stakeholder Liaison & Inter-Agency Coordination: Act as the primary programmatic and financial liaison between Division Chiefs, Test Coordinators, Joint Test Management Office (JTMO) Account Managers, and RTC Resource Management (S-8) staff to ensure timely data exchange, billing verification, and program milestone alignment.
• Directorate Budget Development & Workload Planning: Support the Government Program Manager in the annual formulation and maintenance of the Directorate operating budget. Synthesize operational costs, facility usage rates, contractor labor utilization, and testing throughput to build integrated long-range budget forecasts, tables of distribution workload models, and succession planning estimates.
• PMRs, Executive Briefings & Decision Material: Develop high-level decision-support materials, Program Management Review (PMR) briefings, executive summaries (EXSUMs), and white papers for Directorate leadership and external DoD/non-DoD project sponsors.
• Expiring Funds & Lifecycle De-Obligation: Act as direct liaison to RTC S-8 to monitor funding expiration thresholds, identify lingering accruals or idle balances, and expedite project financial closeout and de-obligation packages.
• Labor Utilization & Timekeeping Audit: Audit and verify contractor labor distribution, direct test hours, and material charge entries in tracking applications (including CIMS and cloud-based tracker tools) to ensure proper cost-center allocation across diverse test projects prior to billing submission.
• Process Improvement & Best Practices: Continually evaluate financial tracking methods and recommend innovative analytical approaches, custom Excel data models, and SOP improvements to elevate resource management efficiency across the Directorate.

EXPERIENCE,E DUCATION, & LICENSURE:

• BA/BS Degree in a technical, science or business discipline from an accredited* college/university. Alternatively, seven (7) years of experience performing the job duties in the assigned specialty area or seven (7) years of military training, or a combination thereof, in the specialty area may be substituted for the education requirements.
• Requisite experience working in accounting or finance.
• Requisite experience providing administrative and operations support to an organization.
• Mastery of MS 365 software with a focus on MS Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication skills.

REASONABLE ACCOMODATIONS:

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the following essential functions.

SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITY:

There is none, but the employee may be a coach and mentor for other employees.

WORK ENVIORNMENT:

A professional office in which typical office equipment and information technology is used; indoor and outdoor test and evaluation support facilities; and, outdoor equipment and vehicles storage facilities.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Necessary to perform the essential functions: able to see, hear, and speak; lift objects weighing up to 50 pounds; sit for extended time; and, use a personal computer and typical peripheral devices.

WORK AUTHORIZATION/SECURITY CLEARANCE:

DoD Secret or higher security clearance, or the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance. U.S. Citizenship is required.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFYING FACTORS:

Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance. In addition, a satisfactory background screening, negative drug test, positive references and proof of identity and legal authorization to work in the United States are required.

As an equal opportunity employer, The Tatitlek Corporation recognizes that our strength lies in our people. Discrimination and all unlawful harassment, including sexual harassment, in employment is not tolerated. We encourage success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected Veteran's status or employment.

BENEFITS:

For more information please visit:https://careers-tatitlek.icims.com/

Salary

$40.25/hour