Business Analyst / Program Control Analyst

Abaco Strategy, LLC (Abaco) is a HUBZone, Woman Owned, Small Business located in Leesburg, VA. Abaco provides Information Technology and Consulting Services to Commercial customers and the Federal Government. We deliver technology-enabled, results-oriented solutions. We build long-term business relationships by ensuring the availability of highly skilled and certified resources providing a broad range of capabilities that meet the unique needs of all customers. We leverage industry best practices and business innovations to provide measurable results.

Abaco seeks a Business Analyst/ Program Control Analyst.

Responsibilities: 

• Gather and manage data required for developing project cost reports
• Report detailed information, analyze financial data in support of project cost/schedule status and follow established procedures while contributing to the completion of organizational projects and goals
• Develop and analyze monthly project cost reporting, and make recommendations as needed 
• Perform financial risk assessments to identify/mitigate cost risks.
• Ensure adequate funding availability by maintaining accurate records of expenditures, directing the preparation of expenditure projections. 
• Incorporates contractual changes into schedules by staying aware of outstanding work against each contract in order to maintain realistic contract costs and schedule baselines.
• Develop annual program budgets in coordination with Program Management and the Finance Manager.
• Creates templates and processes necessary to facilitate gathering of budget inputs from multiple sources
• Implement financial policies, develop and manage cost/schedule baseline data analysis
• Support of customer reporting requirements as requested
• Develop estimates-to-completion, estimates-at-completion, and burn rate analyses
• Analyze profitability for contracts and prepare profit models, track project funding
• Participate in the planning, tracking, and reporting of projects of varying contract types, sizes, complexity, and levels of risk: Cost Plus, T&M, and FFP
• Attend formal and informal program meetings/reviews as required
• Work independently and contribute to an integrated team through statistical reporting, analysis, and estimates
• Present written and verbal reports of financial analysis to management
• Interface with the project managers, directors, finance manager, and C-suite level as needed. 
• Provide recommendations for financial plans and forecast future requirements
• Participates in the development of solutions to a variety of problems moderate in scope and complexity
• Serves as a backup to perform payroll and other occasional bookkeeping functions, as needed

Business Analyst

• Provides support for the formulation of systems and/or process scope and objectives relative to the business and industry requirements. 
• Serves as budget analyst, conducts cost estimates, and rough order of magnitude calculations.
• Determines operational objectives by studying business strategies and functions; gathering information; evaluating outputs. 
• Analyzes and/or develops business and technical processes to formulate and develop new and modified business information processing and/or systems.
• Provides support for writing and/or editing documents such as operational/technical procedure manuals, user manuals, programming manuals, service manuals, operational specifications, and related technical publications. 
• Communicate operational and/or technical specifications and instructions to a wide range of audiences clearly and effectively.

Additional Requirement: 

• Candidate must successfully pass a Background Investigation 

Company Information: 

Ábaco Strategy lives to provide thought leadership, to implement process innovation and to drive positive change in partnership with our customers, resulting in optimized processes, increased service capabilities and delivery methods, cost-effective solutions, and superior customer satisfaction.

Abaco is an EOE/Affirmative Action Employer. We understand the value of diversity and its impact on a high-performance culture. Prospective employees will receive consideration without discrimination because of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status. We are a military friendly organization and veterans are encouraged to apply. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States. 

 As a HUBZone certified company, we encourage applicants who live in HUBZones, as designated by the Small Business Administration (SBA). For more information visit http://map.sba.gov/hubzone/maps/ . 

Thank you for considering us for employment.