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Program Control Analyst Principal

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Chantilly, VAJob$120–160K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$120–160K/yr
Location
Chantilly, VA
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TS/SCI clearance

Job overview

The Program Control Analyst Principal oversees budget and financial management for NRO facilities, construction, and infrastructure programs. The role reviews budgets and project status, supports resource planning and realignment, and prepares financial reporting for senior management. It also coordinates with project teams, government stakeholders, and contract managers to support funding decisions, monitor performance, and ensure compliance with contract requirements and NRO policies.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Budget ManagementFinancial ManagementCritical ThinkingCustomer CollaborationFederal Facilities Budget ReportingConstruction Budget ReportingNRO Financial Systems

Qualifications

Bachelor's+10 or Master's+8 or Experience10+ Years Related ExperienceTS/SCI With Polygraph Clearance

Full job description

Description

Oversees and manages the budget and financial management aspects of ongoing NRO facilities, construction, and other infrastructure projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management. Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports. Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives. Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients. Responsible for ensuring contract requirements and subcontractor responsibilities are being accomplished including working on the definition and implementation of project planning techniques to provide visibility on the contract.

Responsibilities may include developing budgets and schedules to meet contractual/project requirements for an assigned portion of a program, participating in and establishing and defining program plan requirements, and monitoring and reporting performance against plans to ensure that contractual, cost and schedule objectives are met. Complete understanding and wide application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards. Full knowledge of industry practices. Performs assignments in the form of objectives and establishes goals to meet outlined objectives. Work is reviewed by management to measure meeting objectives. Administers company policies that directly affect employees. Recommends changes to team policies.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Perform budget and financial management for the large NRO portfolio of facilities, construction, and other infrastructure programs and projects.

  • Organize and facilitate regular Program Management Reviews for each portfolio with significant attention to accuracy and efficiency of data presentation plus organization of relevant action items.

  • Review program requirements and spend plans for accuracy and completeness.

  • Identify and convey resource trade- offs within and among competing programs and provide senior managers with resource alternatives.

  • Analyze contract budget and financial data to ensure appropriate use of government resources and efficient completion of work requirements.

  • Assist in the design, implementation, and use of corporate resource information repositories, databases, decision support tools, strategies, processes, procedures and reports to ensure accurate financial reporting and management oversight in support of program initiatives.

  • Propose resource realignments and sources at the Program and Directorate level as required to maintain program execution or to respond to unplanned circumstances.

  • Review funding documentation for accuracy and compliance with applicable NRO policies and instructions.

  • Maintain appropriate internal controls to minimize data inaccuracy and/or unauthorized use of NRO funds.

  • Consolidate and review program level UFRs, recommending changes and prioritization to senior management.

  • Edit and draft budget summaries, charts, memoranda, issue papers and talking points for senior management.

  • Prepare and brief senior government management, collaborate with COTRs/CLIN managers to accurately fund government contracts, recommend options to fund high-priority mission essential projects.

Qualifications

Clearance to be able to remain on the program: TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Required Education and Experience:

  • Bachelors and ten (10) years or more of related experience; or years of experience in lieu of a degree; or Master and eight (8) years or more of related experience. Additional years of experience accepted in lieu of degree.

  • Budget or financial management experience.

  • Critical thinking and ability to work well with a wide variety of customers requesting financial data.

  • Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance.

Desired Experience:

  • Experience with management and reporting of federal facilities and/or construction budgets.

  • Experience on NRO Financial systems and tools.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2618520

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

How this job compares

Set against the 5,798 open Financial Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$120–160K/yr
  • Virginia median$87–134K/yr226 salary ranges
  • US median$85–130K/yr3,723 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $140K, is 24% above the Virginia median midpoint ($113K) — in the top quarter of Financial Analyst salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 321 open Financial Analyst jobs in Virginia and 5,798 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Financial Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 4,581 postings).
Education
3,070 of the 5,798 open Financial Analyst jobs (53%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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