Description
Description
We are currently seeking a motivated, career and customer oriented Program Analyst Associate to join our Border Security Team and begin an exciting and challenging career with SAIC. In this role you will accomplish program objectives by planning, supporting and implementing process and procedures to support the program, with a focus on time and travel expenses and billing. This group oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing programs and business pursuits.
This position will be full time (Monday through Friday) onsite in Ashburn, VA.
Responsibilities:
Assist Program Leadership with:
o Maintenance of program forecast by making directed real-time updates and taking note of anticipated future updates.
o Updating the forecast with actuals on a weekly, bi-weekly and monthly basis as needed using different reports to pull in information.
o Meeting with managers on a regular basis to get updates on level-of-effort (LOE) changes and updating the forecast accordingly.
o Incorporating information from multiple procurement reports into the forecast.
o Ensuring the forecast is free of errors, typos and misallocations.
o Updating the forecast with staffing changes such a new hires, separations, promotions, etc.
o Tracking leave and the impact on the forecast.
· Review timecard reports for errors, incorrect allocations, and analyze allocation differences from forecast.
· Communicate with program team regarding timecard issues, reminders, updates, or other items of note.
· Interface with program managers, SAIC's finance, accounting, contracts, subcontracts, and procurement organizations to address operational issues in a timely and effective manner.
· Participate in the development of budgets for assigned tasks and perform financial analysis on funding profiles and program financial variances.
· Support the travel review and approval process by ensuring it is followed by the program team and updates are made as necessary.
· Review all travel approval requests for completeness, accuracy, and adherence to government, SAIC and program policy.
· Achieves operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to processes and procedures; preparing and completing action plans; implementing productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits, completing reconciliations; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.
· Meets financial objectives by forecasting task order costs, schedules; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
· Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports. Prepares briefs to senior leadership as required.
· Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
· Participates in the development of solutions to a variety of problems moderate in scope and complexity. Often refers to policies, procedures and practices for guidance.
Qualifications
Required Experience & Skills:
Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
· Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field and 0-2 years of related experience.
· Must have expert level Excel skills. Examples:
- Conditional formatting
- Pivot tables
- Vlookups
- Advanced formulas/calculations
· Must be extremely detail oriented.
· Ability to receive assignments in the form of objectives and established goals to meet outlined objectives.
· Experience with Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Microsoft Access a plus.
· Must be able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
· Must have good time management skills.
· Must be clearable; Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
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