Job Description:

Personnel at this level shall perform tasks and demonstrate skills of an Entry Level Program Control Analyst. Intermediate Level Program Control Analyst tasks and desired skill sets include:

Tasks

• Review program requirements and spend plans in the NRO Financial Information Requirements Tool (FIRsT) for accuracy and completeness.
• Make recommendations regarding resource trade-offs within and among competing programs and provide senior managers with resource alternatives.
• Draft, review, and recommend revisions to budget estimates and requirements for new and existing initiatives.
• Review and validate analyses to develop and update current and future resource requirements, aiding recommendations to Government personnel.
• Make recommendations regarding final review of program-level submissions for budget exercises and Intelligence Program Budget Submission (IPBS), CBJB, and CJB.
• Interface/update/maintain NRO financial management systems, such as:
  • NRO Enterprise Application for Reports (NEAR)
  • NRO Financial Information System (NFIS)
  • FIRsT
  • Funds From Others Integration Tool (FIT)
  • Electronic Procurement Exchange (EpX) Studio
  • TALON
  • External Agreement Repository (XAR)
• Keep abreast of policies for NRO financial management, draft change recommendations during policy review.
• Provide guidance on financial regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Make recommendations regarding operating guidance incorporating Congressional marks and management decisions.
• Analyze resource information to draw conclusions and make recommendations for data analysis.
• Identify and resolve data discrepancies, verify and validate data.
• Assist in the design, implementation, and use of information repositories, databases, decision support tools, strategies, processes, procedures, and reports for accurate financial reporting and management oversight.
• Review Budget Line Item (BLI) requests at Program and Directorate-Level per NRO policies.
• Propose recommendations for resource realignments and responses to unplanned circumstances.
• Make recommendations for final Program-Level Tri-Annual Unliquidated Obligation review inputs and documentation.
• Recommend funding documentation for accuracy and compliance with NRO policies.
• Maintain internal controls to minimize data inaccuracy and unauthorized fund use.
• Consolidate and review Program-Level Unfunded Requirements (UFRs) for prioritization.
• Edit and draft program resource impacts from contract and engineering changes for senior management review.
• Draft, review, and edit correspondence, presentations, and briefings in response to action items.
• Participate in cross-NRO program meetings to develop responses for Government personnel.
• Consolidate and recommend inputs on performance measures development, revision, and reporting.
• Provide recommended Program Management Review (PMR) and/or Business Management Review (BMR) feedback.
• Integrate quantitative analysis techniques into planning, execution, performance management, and acquisition tasks.
• Review resource reports (ICE, PMP/BAAR, MSA) and make recommendations.
• Draft documentation for inclusion in program budget status reviews and various program reviews.
• Maintain budget tracking at program, expenditure center, project, and subproject levels.

Desired Skill Set

• Ability to apply analytic techniques for evaluating programmatic data and resolving inconsistencies.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel (pivot tables and macros).
• Proficiency in creating presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Experience in project management concepts and principles.
• Knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) techniques.
• Knowledge of Federal Appropriations Law, methods, and standards for financial activities.
• Knowledge of Federal Government budgetary principles and procedures.

Desired Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in a Technical or Business-related discipline (Advanced degree preferred) and a target of 6 years of experience within IC or DOD.
  OR
• Associate's Degree in any discipline and a target of 10 years of experience within IC or DoD, with 5 of those years within NRO.
  Preferred Order of Experience: NRO, IC, then DoD.

Additional Requirements

• Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Poly