Program Analyst Job Description
Program analyst
provides ad hoc data analysis by creating customized Excel tools and performing advanced Excel modeling.
Program Analyst Duties & Responsibilities
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S/he will assist in the project planning and drafting deliverables including white papers and PowerPoint briefings
Provide recommendations for continuous improvement to the Aerospace & divisional Program Management procedures covering all subjects including but not limited to
S/he will provide regular updates to technical teams the collect data and serve as the client's primary interface
Assist with program briefing/report development, performance measure development and tracking, facilitation of the Division production process, and tracking of division training
Assist in tracking laboratory deliverables and in developing/implementing an annual project management cycle to include periodic update of Division priorities, review/tracking of laboratory project proposals, project selection, and providing feedback to labs on their performance
Engage with laboratory POCs on the behalf of the Division Director to address production discrepancies and process changes
Administer the Division’s interactions with a key foreign partner
Track Division training and assist in the establishment of training standards
Gather requirements and create requirements documents
Performs program management, technical, or business analysis
Program Analyst Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Program Analyst
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: DAWIA, DISA, PMP, III, II, PMI, CAPM, ANALYST, PROGRAM, ITIL
Education for Program Analyst
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the program analyst job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Education, Graduate Education, Graduate, Management, Department of Education, Business, Business/Administration, Technical, Engineering, Finance
Skills for Program Analyst
Desired skills for program analyst include:
Policies
Procedures
Excel
Tools
Budgeting
Policy
Regulations
Word
PowerPoint
Ability to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions
Desired experience for program analyst includes:
Strong planning, administrative, and organizational skills
BA and 2-5 years of work experience
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification not required
You possess superior written and verbal communication skills
Experience with Navy program and acquisition management efforts
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Program Analyst Examples
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Program Analyst Job Description
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Our growing company is hiring for a program analyst. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for program analyst
- Identify capability gaps and redundancies in programs and projects
- Develop strategic roadmaps in support of OIT initiatives in order to assist the organization in measuring and attaining its goals and objectives
- Prepare IT Program Management dashboards
- Evaluate portfolio risk
- Monitor budget authorizations, financial commitments, and obligated costs for various projects
- Track the status of various projects and prepare project milestone reports, obligation reports, validate cost status, and update Project Cost Plans
- Monitor and review capital asset transactions ensuring concurrence with the latest Federal Financial Accounting Standards
- Assist in the capitalization of new assets
- Evaluate whether equipment is eligible for capitalization and should be budgeted and charged on the capital project as moveable equipment
- Maintain proper coding of capitalized assets for the correct allocation of depreciation expenses
Qualifications for program analyst
- Must have graduated from an accredited college with a Bachelor's degree in computer science, environmental science or related field
- Knowledge and experience in populating existing environmental databases with data/lab analytical Electronic Data Deliverables (EDDs)
- Knowledge and experience in manipulation and importing of legacy tabular and relational databases
- Knowledge and experience in metadata preparation for data entry, file classification and sorting
- Proficient knowledge and experience with relational database theory and concepts
- Ability to communicate principles, methods, practices, and techniques for assigned programs effectively
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of program analyst. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for program analyst
- Prepares and conducts unclassified/classified briefings/presentations to convey agency policies, directives and instructions
- Prepares documents (correspondence, memorandums, reports, standard operating procedures, agendas, and email) and briefings
- Leads Marketing Leadership team regularly and provides strategic insights on performance trends recommendations on how to exceed, plan and accelerate growth
- Prepare recommendations for governmental decision regarding program objectives, operating schedules, resource requirements, and overall program plans
- Participate in program/budget reviews with all levels of the client organization and parent organization
- Perform program analysis, scheduling and planning that involves formulating both broad and specific guidelines for planning program elements and sub-elements
- Analyze all new program requests, changes to existing program operations
- Manage the command’s Enlisted Promotion system
- Own the daily maintenance and optimization of the Programs within the ecommerce toolkit
- Maintain subject matter expertise of the Programs by conducting competitive analysis and industry benchmarking exercises
Qualifications for program analyst
- Department of Defense Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) Process and Navy Concepts experience
- BA or BS degree in Business Management or Business Administration
- Knowledge of the LFS and food service subject-matter field
- Skill in written communication to organize ideas and present findings in a logical manner with supporting, adverse, criteria for specific LFS and food service issues
- Skilled communicators who can clearly articulate/communicate via email, telephone calls, video teleconferencing and both internal and external written correspondence
- Basic knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of program analyst. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for program analyst
- Provide support to the Product Manager and higher headquarters, as necessary
- Coordinate with Product Manager, Deputy, Division Chiefs, Project Leaders and associated internal and external functional areas to provide input, maintain program information and prepare briefs, suspense responses and charts as necessary
- Provide programmatic support as needed in areas of EVMS, and production work tasks
- Provide data management and analysis for studies and maintain assigned projects
- Use data sources to identify programmatic needs
- Develop business relationships with intra/interagency representatives
- Produces properly formatted products free of grammatical errors
- Prepares and participates in unclassified/classified meetings
- Develops and maintains schedules and provides meeting support
- Provide regular project status to program managers
Qualifications for program analyst
- Experience analyzing, interpreting, and developing draft processes or procedures for the Government
- Experience in performing evaluations of existing procedures, processes, techniques, models, and/or systems
- The analyst will make VBA code changes, which include changes to access database, sql queries and adding new columns to these databases ensuring they are modified in excel spreadsheets (templates)
- BS degree from an accredited college or university and 8 years related experience
- Demonstrate leadership ability and good communication skills required
- All candidates must be US citizens and hold a minimum Secret security clearance
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of program analyst. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for program analyst
- Conducting in-depth support, testing, and documentation of our Dealer Profit Participation system (EPEPE & RAPTR) in collaboration with business partners
- Responds to requests for specific, customized reports and ad hoc analyses
- Coordinates status of documents and reports
- Compiles, checks, and interprets data
- Compiles, catalogs, and maintains information on materials and documents
- Orders supplies, assists with escort duties, delivers mail, receives shipments
- Coordinates and schedules all travel arrangements and requests for team personnel expectations
- Perform administrative functions, including management and coordination of office communication, meeting minutes, status reporting and other business office administrative functions
- Keeps track of active program budgets and ensures that program expenses are monitored monthly and are on target
- Support and/or lead workstreams on engagements related but not limited to Financial Operations, Supply Chain
Qualifications for program analyst
- Hands-on knowledge of the FAR a plus
- Must be a self-motivated and proactive team player with strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong interpersonal and written communications skills and the ability to communicate with staff members of all levels
- Experience with Visualization tools like Microsoft Power BI
- Experience in working with FAA Corporate Work Plan (CWP)
- Must possess strong Microsoft Access and Excel skills
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of program analyst. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for program analyst
- Assist Deputy Director in data entry for annual performance evaluations of staff via ePerformance software system
- Provide courteous and responsive service to the Office Director, Deputy Director, staff, visitors and callers, including by answering the phone and buzzing visitors in to the suite, and escorting visitors within the building
- Keep the office phone lists, safe combination information, and other internal information up to date
- Maintain Office Director’s calendar and schedule meetings
- Regularly pick up mail in EX office and distribute items to staff
- Run errands related to State Department business at request of staff members
- Photocopy/scan and fax documents
- Order office supplies and keep office supply cabinets orderly
- Make repair, cleaning, and physical maintenance requests as necessary
- Provide escort to char force
Qualifications for program analyst
- Must be proficient in using Excel Pivot Tables
- BA or BS degree or equivalent is required
- Proven exceptional experience in writing, editing and coordinating information papers, reports, presentations, technical documentation, and evaluate concurrent tasks to establish priorities
- BA or BS degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Management Information Technology, or a related business or management field
- Must have an active Secret security clearance or higher
- Bachelor's degree and one to two years of experience in a related area or an equivalent combination of education and experience