Senior Program Analyst

Saic; Rockaway Township (NJ); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC invites a Senior Program Analyst to provide senior-level cost, financial, programmatic, and business-analysis support for ammunition programs at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. You will liaise across government and contractor teams to inform decisions on cost, schedule, performance, and readiness.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree with eight years of relevant experience, expertise in ACEIT-based estimates, EVM, and acquisition support, and U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field and eight (8) years of relevant experience.
• Must have cost and financial analysis, life-cycle cost estimating, program analysis, acquisition support, business-case development, budget execution, and analysis of requirements impacts on cost, schedule, performance, and readiness.
• Must have experience supporting major defense acquisition programs, ammunition or weapon-system programs, ACEIT-based estimates, Earned Value Management, and senior acquisition reviews is preferred.
• Must be U.S. citizens and able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Prepare independent life-cycle cost estimates using the ACEIT suite for ammunition programs and assess reasonableness of PM baseline estimates.
• Conduct cost-benefit, business-case, ROI, and breakeven analyses; develop Independent Government Cost Estimates.
• Apply cost estimating methods including CERs, learning curves, sensitivity and uncertainty analyses.
• Perform Earned Value Management analysis and track cost baselines, identify risks or corrective actions affecting cost, schedule, and performance.
• Support strategic planning, workload modeling, efficiency studies, and business-process improvements for Maneuver Ammunition Systems.
• Evaluate workflows and controls; develop recommendations to improve cost efficiency and mission outcomes; prepare reports for senior stakeholders.
• Independently analyze complex cost, budget, contractual, and operational issues; defend estimates to validation authorities.

Skills

Cost analysis

Life-cycle cost estimating

Program analysis

ACEIT

Earned Value Management

Acquisition support

Budget execution

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, CS, IS or related field

Tools

ACEIT suite

Job description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Senior Program Analyst to provide senior-level cost, financial, programmatic, and business-analysis support for ammunition programs and other defense acquisition efforts at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. The analyst will serve as a liaison among program management, planning organizations, project teams, Government stakeholders, contractors, and subcontractors, supporting informed decisions related to cost, schedule, performance, and readiness.

• Prepare independent life-cycle cost estimates using the Automated Cost Estimating Integrated Tools (ACEIT) suite for ammunition programs of record and assess the reasonableness of Program Manager baseline estimates.
• Conducting cost-benefit analyses, business case analyses, return-on-investment analyses, breakeven analyses, and Independent Government Cost Estimates.
• Apply Cost Estimating Relationships, analogies, cost factors, learning-curve analysis, sensitivity analysis, uncertainty analysis, and other accepted estimating techniques.
• Perform Earned Value Management analysis, track Acquisition Program Baseline cost thresholds, assess financial execution, and identify risks or corrective actions affecting program cost, schedule, and performance.
• Support strategic planning, workload modeling, efficiency studies, research, fact-finding, and business-process improvement efforts in support of the Product Manager for Maneuver Ammunition Systems.
• Evaluate workflows, information requirements, internal controls, organizational processes, and performance measures; develop recommendations to improve cost efficiency and mission outcomes; and prepare reports and briefings for senior stakeholders.
• Independently analyze complex cost, budget, contractual, and operational issues; provide technical recommendations; and defend estimates and analytical findings to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Cost and Economics or other designated validation authorities.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field and eight (8) years of relevant experience.
• Must have cost and financial analysis, life-cycle cost estimating, program analysis, acquisition support, business-case development, budget execution, and analysis of requirements impacts on cost, schedule, performance, and readiness.
• Must have experience supporting major defense acquisition programs, ammunition or weapon-system programs, ACEIT-based estimates, Earned Value Management, and senior acquisition reviews is preferred.
• Must be U.S. citizens and able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.