Program Control Analyst 6

S³, Inc. is a rapidly growing woman owned small business founded in 1991, headquartered in Huntsville, AL, that provides technical, programmatic, and logistic services to U.S. Department of Defense, other U.S. Government agencies, and Partner Nation militaries, co-located with Government requirements. The S³, Inc. staff is 70% veterans. The company operates under an ISO 9001/AS9100 certified Quality Management System.

S³, Inc. has wholly owned subsidiaries that expand the customer base and increase our annual growth rate: KBFS – provides aviation pilot training, heavy lift, aircraft maintenance, and related aircraft services to Government and commercial requirements IAW multiple FAA certifications; S3I – provides OCONUS FMS technical services, maintenance, and aviation platform training; and GLSS – provides SCA/CBA contract aviation maintenance.

S³, Inc. and subsidiaries are recruiting to expand and develop Corporate Operations to staff for contract growth. At S³, Inc., we are proud to offer above industry standard benefits and encourage our team members to build a fulfilling career with our mission-focused leadership. Come work with us and let's build something great together!

S3 Inc.’s subsidiary company, S3 International, is seeking a seasoned Program Control Analyst (PCA) to support finance and budget compliance for FMS government contracts operating in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

This is not a teleworking position.

Duty Site:

615 Discovery Drive NW, Huntsville, AL 35806. Majority of meetings are via TEAMS or ZOOM.  Occasional travel to the host country is possibly required for as much as a week timeframe per quarter.

Position Description:

The Program Control Analyst manages the overall direction and coordination of the contract F&A operation in the host nation and coordinates with the S3 F&A staff and the contract PM to build, maintain, and evaluate compliance of contract work plans to the awarded contract using MS EXCEL.  With the work plans, the PCA tracks contract allocated resources, completes budget assessments, conducts what-if drills, and evaluates the work plan budgets to Costpoint PSR reports. 

The PCA identifies potential financial challenges prior to those challenges becoming critical, analyzes cost, and assesses performance of multiple project elements.  Also develops and monitors budgets, long-range operating plans, phasing plans and other resource planning activities and creates and maintains program/project schedules. Verifies invoices to ensure proper billing, evaluates labor and non-labor reports from Cost Point and develops and performs monthly Performance and Cost Reports to meet customer deadlines.

Also evaluates timecards in Deltek to ensure employees properly charges and implements into work plans and creates and maintains Individual Work Authorizations for charge code allocations to the staff for each project. Assigns labor codes and completes employee setup task activities in the ERP system Cost Point for charging purposes. Analyzes the Contract Work Authorization to develop the work-plan for identified resources in man hours, labor categories, and job titles by individual contracts.  Initiates travel requests for execution for employee travel assignments for the contracts.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Provides project planning and control support, performs budget assessments and maintain budget, and identifies potential financial challenges prior to those challenges becoming critical. Evaluates employees supporting the KSA tasks, within the S3A subsidiary, performance for probationary and annual reviews including salary adjustments, with input from Program Managers.  Evaluates workloads requesting additional employees or restructuring workloads as needed.  Develops processes and steps in support of the KSA tasks for the S3A subsidiary to help accomplish strategic goals, and analyzes cost and assesses performance on multiple projects/project elements.

Assists the Controller or Director of Finance for Deltek Expense maintenance, and, develops and monitors budgets, long-range operating plans, phasing plans and other resource planning activities. Creates and maintains program/project schedules. Verifies monthly invoices to ensure proper billing and evaluates labor and non-labor detail reports from Cost Point. Analyzes Travel Requests and Travel Expense Reports to ensure that all Government and company travel regulations are being met / followed with each trip and track expenses to include the Fly America Act.

Creates purchase request packets for purchasing agent to ensure the purchases made are charged to the correct project and are within that projects scope of need. Develops and performs monthly Performance and Cost Reports to meet customer requirements. Evaluates timecards in Deltek to ensure employees charge time properly and reconciles logged time with work-plans. Creates and maintains Individual Work Authorizations for multiple project and assigns labor codes and setup employees in Cost Point system for charging purposes.  Analyzes the Contract Work Authorization to develop the work-plan for individual contracts and adjusts the work-plan accordingly when a modification to a project is issued. Assists contracts with the de-obligation and closeout procedures to ensure all costs are accounted, allocated, and billed. 

Minimum Qualifications:

Master’s Degree in Accounting or Finance plus 10 years relevant accounting and finance experience or Bachelor’s Degree plus 15 years relevant experience.

Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project).

Excellent working knowledge of Sharepoint.

Seasoned experience with project expenditures, cost tracking, budget preparation and updating. 

Three years’ day-to-day working knowledge, with minimal supervision, with contract setups, employee setups, screen inputs, and project status reports using Deltek Costpoint for a federal contract company.

Experience creating projects using labor hours and costs.

U.S. Citizenship and a background investigation are required.  International experience is a plus. International travel may be required.

Systems Studies and Simulation, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.