Chickasaw Nation

A Program Analyst interprets policies based on regulations and directives, ensuring they align with management principles and ethics. Responsibilities include developing, reviewing, and verifying spend plan requirements for accuracy and relevance, and evaluating program contracts for compliance with Federal regulations. This position determines contract fiscal and manpower accountability, monitors current and projected expenditures, and analyzes trends to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Collaborates closely with the Acquisitions Team, this position ensures budget data accuracy/conformity and provides program/project analysis as directed by capability personnel. Additionally, this position supports budget management, identify cost, schedule, and performance tradeoffs, and provides financial task support as requested by the Government. This position is 100% on-site in the Ft. Belvoir area.

Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. serves as a holding company with multiple subsidiaries engaged in several lines of business (Technology, Infrastructure & Engineering, Health, Manufacturing, Public Safety, Consulting, and Transportation) for the federal government and commercial enterprises. A portion of our profits is used to support Chickasaw citizens. We are proud to support the economic development and long-term viability of the Chickasaw Nation and its people. CNI offers premium benefits eligible on the first day of hire to full time employees; (Medical - Dental – Vision), Company Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance, 401(K) Immediate Vesting, Professional Development Assistance, Legal Aid Assistance Program, Family Planning / Fertility Assistance, Personal Time Off, and Observance of Federal Holidays.

As a federal contractor, CNI is a drug-free workplace and adheres to the Federal Controlled Substance Act. 

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Secret Clearance is required and must be maintained for employment. 
• Previous Army experience is a plus.
• Ability to define comprehensive, new, or unique approaches that enable rigorous assessments to address and contribute to high-level tasks. 
• Demonstrates in-depth analysis of analytic operations and knowledge management issues across organizational and intra-IC boundaries and clearly articulates key findings. 
• Ability to work independently and with minimal oversight. 

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. 

• Interprets policies based on regulations, directives from higher echelon, management principles and ethics governing the conduct of work. 
• Develops, reviews, and verifies all spend plan requirements to ensure validity, accuracy, and relevancy. 
• Evaluates program policy and ensures that program contracts conform to all Federal regulations. 
• Determines contract fiscal and manpower accountability, internal controls, and interrelationships within contract business units. 
• Monitors current and projected contract expenditures and analyzes trends. 
• Utilizes various analytical methods to conduct program evaluation in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness. 
• Develops methodology for contract resource allocation and contract funding distribution profile by program. 
• Provides support and collaborate with the Acquisitions Team to ensure accuracy and conformity of budget data across IEN functions. 
• Provides required program/project analysis with direction from POs, APMs, MPSs, and other IEN capability personnel. 
• Collaborates on budget management and oversight (planning and execution) tasks in concert with capability (POs, APMs, etc.) and Acquisition/Contracts team personnel. 
• Provides inputs to develop, maintain, and update manpower data, as part of BMD functions. 
• Identifies cost, schedule and performance tradeoffs and provide recommendations to IEN leadership. 
• Supports Program, Budget, or financial tasks, as requested by Government. 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's degree, Masters preferred, and a minimum of ten (10) years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education/experience. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Work is primarily performed in an office environment. Regularly required to sit. Regularly required use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms to handle objects and operate tools, computer, and/or controls. Required to speak and hear. Occasionally required to stand, walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Exposed to general office noise with computers printers and light traffic. 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. 

EOE including Disability/Vet

CNI offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k)
• Family Planning/Fertility Assistance
• STD/LTD/Basic Life/AD&D
• Legal-Aid Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid Time Off (PTO) – (11) Federal Holidays
• Training and Development Opportunities

Your application submission will be considered for all potential employment opportunities with Chickasaw Nation Industries (CNI).