Program Analyst III

Role overview

Financial and program support

• Track financial performance, burn rates, direct labor-hour variances, funding ceilings, allocations, available funding, unliquidated obligations, and expiring funds.
• Validate spend requests, support pre-commitment reviews, and help ensure spending follows applicable funding rules.
• Support annual budget development, long-range forecasts, workload models, and succession-planning estimates.
• Prepare Program Management Review briefings, executive summaries, reports, and white papers for leadership and sponsors.

Systems and coordination

• Maintain financial and project data in ADSS, RTC PRO3, project dashboards, and CIMS; troubleshoot discrepancies and resolve contractor input errors.
• Coordinate data exchange, billing verification, and milestones with division chiefs, test coordinators, account managers, and resource-management staff.
• Audit labor, test hours, and material charges before billing; support financial closeout and de-obligation.
• Recommend analytical approaches, Excel models, and standard operating procedure improvements.

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical, science, or business discipline; seven years of specialty-area experience, military training, or a combination may substitute.
• Experience in accounting or finance and in providing administrative and operations support.

Skills and knowledge

• Mastery of Microsoft 365, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, and excellent communication skills.
• Working familiarity with FAR principles, DoD Financial Management Regulations, and Army Fiscal Law.

Work environment

• Work takes place in a professional office using typical office equipment and information technology, as well as indoor and outdoor test and evaluation facilities and outdoor equipment and vehicle storage areas.