Program Control and Budget Analyst

SAIC; Las Cruces (NM); On-site; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC seeks an experienced program control/budget analyst to independently oversee the budget and provide financial management of ongoing projects and portfolios in support of the NRO Budget Director and site leadership. You will analyze large datasets, communicate budget implications, and develop solutions to ensure proper funding and alignment with strategic priorities.

Ideal candidates have extensive experience with federal budgets, NRO financial tools, and the ability to brief senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of related experience; or Master and 8+ years; or PhD and 5+ years; experience may substitute degree.
• Clearance TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• Experience with NRO financial systems and tools.
• Ability to learn and utilize multiple financial systems and perform budget transactions to support budget execution.
• Ability to balance competing priorities in a dynamic budget environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed and complex analyses of budgetary and financial requirements and trends, balancing requirements against the budget.
• Develop budgets and spend plans; monitor and report performance against plans to meet objectives.
• Brief execution status to leadership and senior leaders using budget summaries and talking points.
• Collaborate with Contracting Officers and program managers to fund government contracts and prioritize projects.

Skills

Data analysis

Budget analysis

Critical thinking

Communication

Financial systems

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

NRO financial systems

Job description

SAIC is seeking an experienced program control/budget analyst to independently oversee and manage the budget and provide financial management of ongoing projects and portfolios in support of the NRO Budget Director, site senior leadership, and the NRO mission. In this role, you will regularly interface with technical planners, contract administrators, and multiple levels of government leaders and decision makers to facilitate understanding of the budget and resource requirements and brief the status of project execution and requirements to the Budget Director and other senior leaders. The ideal candidate will be able to analyze large and complex data; apply critical problem-solving skills and proactively develop creative solutions; and effectively communicate budgetary issues, strategies, and recommendations to customers and stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities:

• Perform detailed and complex analyses of contract and non-contract budgetary and financial requirements and trends, balancing requirements against the budget.
• Participate in establishing and defining program plan requirements; develop budgets and spend plans; and monitor and report performance against plans to meet contractual, cost and schedule objectives and requirements.
• Exhibit detailed understanding of the project's budget execution and status and be prepared to brief the execution status to leadership and/or support senior leadership briefings through the creation of budget summaries, charts, memoranda, issue papers and talking points.
• Collaborate with Contracting Officer Technical Representatives/CLIN managers to accurately fund government contracts and recommend options to fund high-priority mission essential projects.
• Identify and convey resource trade-offs within and among competing programs and propose resource realignments or other solutions to the Budget Director and site leadership to maintain program execution or to respond to unplanned circumstances.
• Develop mechanisms for monitoring project progress and work with technical planners and contract managers to apply critical problem-solving skills on complex issues.
• Assist in the design, implementation, and use of corporate resource information repositories, databases, decision support tools, strategies, processes, procedures and reports to ensure accurate financial reporting and management oversight in support of program initiatives.
• Maintain appropriate internal controls to minimize data inaccuracy and/or unauthorized use of NRO funds.
• Consolidate and review program level unfunded requirements, recommending changes and prioritization to senior management.
• Review final program level Tri-Annual Unliquidated Obligation review inputs and documentation for completeness prior to submission.

Bachelors and ten (10) years or more of related experience; or Master and eight (8) years or more of related experience; or PhD and five (5) years or more of related experience. Experience accepted in lieu of a degree.

Clearance to be able to remain on the program: TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Complete understanding and wide application of federal and agency-specific principles, concepts, practices, and standards, to include an understanding of the Federal Appropriations Law.

Experience on NRO Financial systems and tools.

Ability to learn and proficiently utilize multiple financial systems and tools to properly account for budget plans, requirements, transfers, and to complete any transaction necessary to facilitate budget execution.

Ability to work in a dynamic budget environment which requires balancing competing priorities and critical schedules.

Critical thinking and ability to work well with a wide variety of customers requesting financial data.