Senior Program Finance & Control Lead (Hybrid, AI-Enabled)

The Geneva Foundation; United States; Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Senior Program Control Analyst at Uniformed Services University 4DBio Lab in Rockville, MD serves as a senior business partner responsible for complex program planning, financial control, forecasting, reporting, and contract performance analysis in a federal government contracting environment.

The role partners with PIs, Program Managers, and leadership to ensure successful program execution and financial stewardship.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or another relevant field, plus at least seven years of relevant experience in program control, financial analysis, or federal government contracting.
• Demonstrated experience independently managing complex program finances, including forecasting, budgeting, ETC/EAC, funding, billing, cash flow, revenue recognition, variance analysis, and closeout.
• Strong knowledge of Federal contracting requirements and multiple contract types, including FAR/DFARS and applicable cost and compliance requirements.
• Experience across multiple agreement and contract types, including Grants, CPFF/Cost Plus, FFP, T&M, OTAs, and IDIQs.
• Advanced analytical and reporting skills, including Excel, financial modeling, dashboards, and large-data analysis; Power BI experience preferred.
• Ability to operate effectively in an AI-enabled environment, using approved tools and interfaces such as Claude to enhance financial analysis, reporting, dashboards, and process improvement while validating outputs.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills with the ability to work independently, engage PIs and customers, manage competing priorities, and provide guidance to cross-functional teams.
• Ability to operate with minimal supervision, prioritize competing deadlines, identify issues proactively, and drive follow-through across cross-functional teams.
• Experience supporting complex research, academic, healthcare, or federal R&D programs preferred.
• Experience with work breakdown structures (WBS) and cost/schedule integration preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to present complex financial information and recommendations to executive leadership, customers, and PIs.
• Experience utilizing ERP systems such as JAMIS, Deltek Costpoint, Unanet, Netsuite or equivalent government-contracting platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead program-control activities for assigned programs and portfolios, serving as a key financial and operational partner to PIs, Program Managers, leadership, research teams, federal customers, and cross-functional departments.
• Assume ownership of assigned portfolios and ensure program financial information is accurate, timely, actionable, and aligned with organizational objectives.
• Manage project forecasts, estimates to complete and at completion (ETCs/EACs), annual budgets, spend plans, funding projections, and financial performance analyses.
• Lead monthly program financial reviews with Principal Investigators, Program Managers, and leadership to assess program health, staffing plans, financial performance, operational risks, and future funding requirements.
• Analyze cost, revenue, profitability, accruals, funding, schedule, and contract performance; identify variances and risks and recommend corrective action.
• Oversee project billing, cash flow, and revenue recognition to support accurate invoicing, customer approvals, month-end reporting, and financial results.
• Maintain program and contract financial controls, including WBS and time-charging structures, funding, subcontractor oversight, at-risk requests, contract modifications, budget revisions, period-of-performance extensions, reconciliations, and closeout.
• Develop financial reports and decision-support tools-including IPRs, Excel dashboards, AI-enabled reports

Skills

Excel

Financial modeling

Dashboards

Large-data analysis

Power BI

Forecasting

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or relevant field

Tools

JAMIS

Deltek Costpoint

Unanet

NetSuite

Job description

The Senior Program Control Analyst at Uniformed Services University 4DBio Lab in Rockville, MD serves as a senior business partner responsible for complex program planning, financial control, forecasting, reporting, and contract performance analysis in a federal government contracting environment.

The role partners with PIs, Program Managers, and leadership to ensure successful program execution and financial stewardship.