Program/Budget Analyst - PNT

Credence

Aberdeen (MD)

On-site

USD 95,000 - 135,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan

Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Family Leave

Disability Insurance

Training & Development

Job summary

Credence, at Aberdeen Proving Ground, seeks a senior Program/Budget Analyst to support the PM PNT within the Business Management Directorate. This role focuses on formulating spend plans, monitoring obligations, and preparing budgets and briefings for milestone decisions.

Applicants should have a DoD clearance, 10+ years in Army programs, PPBE knowledge, and strong analytical skills, with proficiency in PMRT, PDAA, CCaR, MAR, GFEBS and ASAALT Live.

Qualifications

Active DoD Secret security clearance required.
Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, management, engineering, or related discipline with 10+ years of experience.
Proficient in PPBE, DoD financial regs, and Army acquisition policies.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
Strong independent work capability with senior analyst coordination.
Analytical, organized, and strong written communication skills.
Experience with Army financial and program management Enterprise applications listed.
Experience in fast-paced program/budget analysis environments.

Responsibilities

Formulation and justification of annual program spend plans; monitor RDT&E and Procurement obligations.
Participate in monthly, mid-year, and year-end budget reviews and year-end closeout.
Prepare for PM PNT program meetings, POM development, and program reviews.
Identify risks and recommend mitigations; interpret DoD laws, directives, and policies.
Develop, review, and justify P-forms, R-forms, APBBs, and RFIs responses.
Collaborate across directorates to provide programmatic/financial information.
Develop and update program acquisition docs to support milestone decisions.

Skills

Security clearance

PPBE knowledge

Army financial systems

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, management, engineering

Tools

PMRT

PDAA

CCaR

MAR

GFEBS

ASAALT Live

Job description

Overview

At Credence, we support our clients’ mission‑critical needs, powered by technology. We provide cutting‑edge solutions, including AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities, to the largest defense and health federal organizations. Through partnership and trust, we increase mission success for warriors and secure our nation for a better future.

We are privately held, are repeatedly recognized as a top place to work, and have been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 12 years. We practice servant leadership and believe that by focusing on the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success.

Credence has an immediate need for a Program/Budget Analyst at the senior level to support the Business Management Directorate within the PM PNT at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) Maryland.

Credence provides administrative, business management, contracting, information technology, program management, engineering, logistics management, test and evaluation, training, operations security, technology protection, foreign military sales, and acquisition and strategic planning services to the Army Project Manager for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PM PNT).

Responsibilities

Formulation, justification, presentation, and execution of annual program spend plans. Monitors, tracks, and analyzes program Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) and Procurement appropriation obligations and expenditures. (MUST)
Actively participates in monthly, mid-year, and year-end budget reviews of current and prior year funds. Participates in year-end budget closeout process to ensure complete and proper use of current and expiring funds. (MUST)
Prepare for and actively participate in PM PNT program/product meetings, including program acquisition/milestone decisions; Program Objective Memorandum (POM) development; program management reviews.
Identifies actual and potential programmatic and financial risks and issues and recommends mitigation actions and solutions. Interprets acquisition and financial laws, directives, regulations, and policies and provides guidance and recommendations to product office leadership and functional staff.
Develop, review, and justify program Procurement Backup Books (P-forms) and Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Descriptive Summaries (R-forms), Army Program Budget briefs (APBBs), and responses to Congressional Requests for Information (RFIs).
Collaborate with Project, Product, and functional support directorates and staff to provide programmatic and financial information as it relates to the development of program objectives and strategies, integrated master schedules, program office and independent government cost estimates.
Develop, review, update, and contribute to program acquisition documentation to support program milestone decision reviews to include acquisition strategies, acquisition program baselines, test and evaluation strategies, and life cycle sustainment plans.

Education, Requirements and Qualifications

An active DoD Secret security clearance.
Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, management, engineering, or related discipline with ten (10) or more years of experience in and a minimum of ten (10) years of experience supporting Army Commands, Capability Program Executive (CPE) or Project Manager (PM) acquisition pathway programs in program or budget analysis, or a Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) related function.
Working knowledge of PPBE, Fiscal Law, Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF) pathways, Army Acquisition policy (AR 70-1), Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation 7000.14-R (DoD FMR), and Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5000 series.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Demonstrated ability to work independently on assigned tasks while coordinating with senior analysts and other functional staff.
Strong analytical, organizational, and written communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast‑paced project management environment with minimal supervision.
Experience using Army financial and program management enterprise applications such as:
Project Management Resource Tool (PMRT)
Program Data Alignment App (PDAA)
Comprehensive Cost and Requirement (CCaR)
Management Acquisition Reporting (MAR)
General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS)
Assistant Secretary of the Army Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASAALT) Live