Program Control Analyst

SAIC; United States; Remote; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Program Control Analyst to join its remote finance team. You will participate in planning, tracking, analysis, and reporting for a complex government contract. The role interfaces with Program Control Managers, Project Managers and other functions.

You will bring experience in project planning, control, variance analysis and financial planning & analysis, with exposure to FFP and T&M contracts. Strong Excel and reporting skills are required.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree plus 3+ years of related experience.
• Experience providing financial tracking and support for government customers in Program Control, Finance, Cost Estimating, Financial Analysis or Accounting.
• Ability to process and analyze large volumes of data in Excel and consolidate into management reports.
• Knowledge of government contracting regulations and accounting principles.
• Understanding of ROS, ROC, AOP, EAC, and pricing.

Responsibilities

• Participate in development of solutions to tasks moderate in scope and complexity.
• Report detailed information and analyze financial data to support project cost/schedule status.
• Support preparation of financial deliverables and reports including AOP, forecasts, LREs, and CDRLs.
• Distribute financial information within deadlines to assist management in decision making.
• Analyze and reconcile cash flow, profitability, invoicing, unbillable costs and subcontracts monthly.
• Assist with cash flow improvement initiatives by maintaining supporting reports.
• Support other programmatic ad hoc requests and ensure GAAP/SOX compliance.

Skills

Financial analysis

Excel data analysis

GAAP & SOX

MS Office

Data consolidation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Costpoint

Cognos

PowerBI

Job description

SAIC is hiring a Program Control Analys t to participate in the planning, tracking, analysis, and reporting on a complex Government contract. The candidate will have significant interface with the Program Control Team Managers, as well as Project Managers and other functional organizations.

This position requires proven experience across project planning, control and variance analysis and experience in financial planning and analysis. Candidate should be familiar with multiple program types (specifically FFP & T&M) with varying degree of complexities.

This role is 100% remote.

Duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Participate in the development of solutions to a variety of tasks moderate in scope and complexity.
• Report detailed information, analyze financial data in support of project cost/schedule status and follow established procedures while contributing to the completion of organizational projects and goals.
• Support preparation of financial deliverables and internal/external reports to include Annual Operating Plan (AOP), quarterly forecasts, monthly latest revised estimates (LREs), and monthly Contract Deliverables (CDRLs).
• Support the preparation and distribution financial information and analysis within required deadlines and ensure that the information provided is concise, relevant, and understandable to assist program management and operation leadership in making intelligent business decisions.
• Analyze and reconcile cash flow, profitability, invoicing, unbillable, costs on hold, and subcontracts on a monthly basis and attend briefings with functional staff to validate current project status.
• Support cash flow improvement initiatives by maintaining detailed, complex invoice backup reports that drive customer invoice approvals.
• Support other programmatic ad hoc requests as needed.
• Ensure adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Sarbanes-Oxley and all Corporate policies and procedures as they relate to contract financials.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors and three (3) years or more of related experience; Masters and one year of related experience. Additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree
• Experience in providing financial tracking and support for the government customer in areas of Program Control, Finance, Cost Estimating, Financial Analysis, or Accounting.
• Ability to process and analyze large volumes of data in Excel and consolidate into management level reports.
• Knowledge of general and corporate business practices, government contracting regulations and principles, and accounting and finance principles.
• Complete understanding of financial analysis such as return on sales (ROS), return on cost (ROC), annual operating plans, accounts receivable, and revenue & profit forecasts, as well as an understanding of the preparation of program baseline data, EAC development, and cost estimating/pricing.
• Strong decision making complying with policies, procedures, and accounting principles.Ability to balance long-term thinking with short-term execution.
• Strong organizational and communication skills with the ability to always meet deadlines.
• Proficient in MS Office Software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), with advanced Excel skillset.
• Ability to prioritize and work with minimal supervision and be persistent in follow-through.
• Ability to multi-task and support program with efficiency and accuracy.
• US citizenship.

Desired Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of Costpoint, Cognos and PowerBI.