Program Analyst

Overview Program Analyst LOCATION: Huntsville, AL JOB STATUS: Full-time

CLEARANCE: Secret CERTIFICATION: N/A TRAVEL: Less than 10%

SALARY: 81,335.37 Annual Astrion has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Account Manager located at the Redstone Test Center in Huntsville, AL . Astrion has worked extensively with the Redstone Test Center where it has earned a reputation for on-time delivery of high-quality products tailored to the needs of its clients.

Required Qualifications / Skills

• Must be flexible in adapting to deadlines, changing schedules, competing priorities, and unpredictable events
• Familiar with and able to present data and recommendations to a large audience
• Thorough, detail oriented, and organized, with excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects at once
• Superb verbal and written communication skills
• Self-motivated and independent thinker with out-of-the-box ideas

Leadership skills

Preferred Qualifications / Skills

• Bachelor’s degree required in project management, finance, business, engineering, or related discipline from accredited college/university, with at least 6 years of related experience in program finance or project management
• Experience developing and maintaining project plans, budgets, schedules, and milestones to meet project requirements.
• Ability to monitor project funding, schedule performance, and milestone execution; provide timely, accurate status updates to stakeholders.
• Experience conducting budget-to-actual cost comparisons, variance analysis, cost validation, and financial trend analysis.
• Ability to monitor performance against approved plans and identify potential cost overruns, schedule risks, and funding shortfalls.
• Proficiency in analyzing, interpreting, and reporting financial data from multiple systems and data sources.
• Experience validating labor, flight, material, travel, and other project-related charges for accuracy and compliance with project records.
• Ability to coordinate administrative, financial, and logistical project-management activities, including tracking test costs and schedules.
• Proficiency with multiple software applications to establish, maintain, and update project forms, records, and reporting products.
• Ability to ensure customers and project stakeholders have complete, accurate, and current project information.
• Strong communication skills to clearly convey funding status, budget performance, cost impacts, and schedule implications to customers and leadership.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines concurrently.
• Ability to identify discrepancies in project financial or schedule data, resolve issues with appropriate stakeholders, and maintain accurate supporting documentation.

Responsibilities

• The Assistant Account Manager supports the S3 Operations and Test Integration Chief and Utility/TAPO Account Manager
• Assist in the coordination of the planning, management, and oversight of Test and Evaluation (T&E) activities for programs and projects assigned within the RTC.
• Create, monitor, and maintain products such as Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), workload projection reports, and financial execution reports.
• Track all active projects, verify that Functional Divisions meet critical customer milestones, and ensure constant customer communications.
• Monitor project statuses; provide key input for PMRs; develop proposals and support agreements; support project retirements and metrics; enable RTC to meet cost, schedule, and performance goals in accordance with the RTC Supplement to 73-1.

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