**Description** ARA's Special Operations Services Directorate (SOSD) in Pinehurst, NC is looking for a Staff Program Control Analyst with demonstrated experience in financial program management. The selected candidate will work within a dedicated program management team and will support leadership in coordinating complex management tasks with project teams, subcontractors, and clients. In this role, you will work with leadership throughout all stages of the project lifecycle to monitor and control project execution. You will interact with dynamic teams of operational, engineering, and science professionals working on exciting new technologies. **The selected candidate will work with leadership to:** + Perform budget analysis and cost projections + Review subcontractor invoices and prepare invoices for clients + Develop cost estimates and ROMs for technical work + Assist PMs in preparing, monitoring, and closing-out subcontracts + Prepare monthly cost incurred reports + Improve business processes as they related to project execution activities **Selected candidates must be U.S. Citizens and may be subject to a government security investigation. Candidates must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.** At a minimum, we are seeking candidates with a Bachelor's Degree in a related field with two to four years of related work experience. Candidates must be self-motivated with the ability to work proactively and achieve results without close supervision. Additionally, candidates must be organized individuals with excellent attention to detail, the ability to multi-task, and the capacity to change priorities quickly and work effectively under deadlines. Excellent written and verbal communications skills are a must, with the ability to establish effective working relationships with staff located both here in Pinehurst and at other ARA facilities located around the country. **Candidates meeting some or all of the following requirements will be given extra consideration:** + More than ten years of related experience in project finance, management, and budget analysis with the DoD or other Federal Department or Agency + Demonstrated knowledge/experience in financial management of contracts executing multiple, simultaneous projects with combined/complex budgets + Demonstrated expertise in working with PMs and subcontractors to develop cost proposals + Active security clearance **If you’re interested, here’s what year one will entail for you:** + Work with project managers and/or clients to prepare budgets, spending plans, deliverable schedules, and man-hour estimates + Coordinate with other contract and subcontract personnel to ensure budgets and status reports comply with internal ARA standards and contract requirements + Review subcontractor invoices, track the status, and maintain a schedule of anticipated payments + Assist with developing financial program and project status reports and other documentation as needed + Extract accounting and project cost data from CostPoint using Cognos queries and standard database reports + Maintain accurate and up-to-date cost tracking of all contracts and staffing/cost projection spreadsheets + Assist in creating subcontracts, consulting agreements, contract mods, and purchase orders for projects, using corporate templates, and following established company guidelines + Work with PMs to execute requests to initiate purchases and travel approval requests + Assist with creating annual cost and staffing projections and providing quarterly updates for sector management **Who is ARA?** Do you want to work for a purpose? Applied Research Associates, Inc. (aka ARA) is an employee-owned international research and engineering company. We have been providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences since 1979. ARA has over 2,271 employee-owners and continues to grow rapidly. Together, our offices throughout the U.S. and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense, civil, and health technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. ARA also prides itself, on having a challenging culture where innovation & experimentation are the norm. The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. Employee ownership ensures you have a voice with what happens in the company. We are also very proud of our Women’s Initiative Network (WIN), whose purpose is to motivate, support, and encourage professional career development for women to maximize career and professional accomplishments. To find out more about what the Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Division has to offer, visit our website at: https://www.ara.com/benefits/ **Qualifications** **Education** **Required** + Bachelors or better **Experience** **Required** + 2-4 years: Relevant Work Experience Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)