Program Analyst

Summary

Join Fearless as a Program Analyst and contribute to building impactful software. This full-time role offers in-person, hybrid, or remote options, starting in late January 2025. You will provide analytical support for various projects, ensuring they stay on time and within budget. Responsibilities include budget monitoring, stakeholder collaboration, reporting, and participation in the proposal process. The ideal candidate possesses project management and data analysis skills, experience with budget execution, and proficiency in Microsoft Excel. Fearless offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plan, paid time off, and various other perks.

Requirements

• Experience with project management or program analysis
• Demonstrated understanding of budget execution and monthly financial reporting
• Demonstrated project management skills
• Ability to work during 9:00 am and 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time
• Ability to independently review and provide feedback to senior leadership
• Ability to track many independent and interrelated funded projects accurately and consistently
• Ability to operate and manage work, strategically reason, build relationships, and influence others
• Ability to work well in a group and cross-functional team environment
• Demonstrated work experience utilizing Microsoft Excel, specifically with creating pivot tables and graphical analysis
• Demonstrated work experience using data analysis to determine financial health of projects and/or company performance

Responsibilities

• Execute and implement tasks and solutions within the Finance group in direct support of Programs
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure staffing and level of effort are within budget to best meet the requirements of our contracts
• Monitor and control the budget for various programs and projects
• Ensure all programs/projects are on time and on budget
• Communicate with various customers (Contract Officers, CORs, etc.) on a project budget and timeline
• Provide overall financial project management and analytical support to 15+ project teams
• Provide ad-hoc reporting and compliance reviews as requested
• Participate in the proposal pricing process, including analyzing requirements and building cost volumes at the opportunity level
• Ensure actions under review are thoroughly reviewed for accuracy and that any errors, issues, or omissions are fully documented
• Gather and document requirements for performance reporting on internal metrics as well as any necessary external/internal data calls
• Gather and summarize data for the preparation and submission of recurring status reports

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Unanet and/or Deltek Costpoint
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration
• Demonstrated work experience at a government agency and/or government contractor
• Previous work experience as: Accounts Payable, Accountant, Program Analyst, or Contracts Analyst, or demonstrated work experience with managing contracts

Benefits

• We cover 100% of your premium for our medical HSA plan + the deductible portion of HSA contributions, 80% of your premium for our HMO or PPO plans, and offer competitive dependent coverage. We cover 100% of dental and vision premiums for you and your dependents and offer medical and dependent care FSA options. We also offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, and legal planning and support insurance
• Tech, education / training, and wellness allowances
• Safe Harbor 401(k) plan with employer contributions (current match = 4%) and immediate vesting
• Referral bonus: Bring your friends! If someone you refer is hired, you’ll get a bonus of $6–12k!
• Total Pet Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Up 12 weeks of FMLA paid at 100%
• PTO is provided to team members as a lump sum allowance, not an accrual. PTO is prorated based on your start date ( see table below ) on a quarterly basis (with tenure-based increases), 8.75 days of sick leave, 11 federal holidays, their birthday (8 hours), up to 15 days for jury duty, and up to 3 days (24 hours) of bereavement leave per eligible instance
• Life-friendly schedules
• Family-friendly workplace
• In-person, hybrid, and remote options are available