Resource Analyst III

This is senior level (Level III) work in the multi-level Resource Analyst occupation and entails providing strategic/programmatic guidance to Agency customers on moderately to highly complex issues, preparing supporting documentation for budget exercises, and employing program analysis techniques.

Duties/Tasks and Responsibilities

• Demonstrates professional competence as a Resource Analyst and awareness of all component or directorate programs and how they relate to the Agency as a whole.
• (U//FOUO) Support the annual budget build by developing the Program Budget Submission and the Congressional Budget Justification Book (CBJB) for the assigned organization.
• Exhibits full awareness of physical, technical, human, and financial resource requirements and availability for all of a component or directorate program, both for the execution year and for all budget out-years.
• Uses knowledge of component resources and alternative resource sources to propose and implement cost-efficient strategies for meeting mission goals.
• Develops and implements long-range plans to accomplish component or directorate goals.
• Prepares budget exercise submissions; assimilates information about program goals, requirements, costs, and schedules; ensures that submissions are rational, defensible, and executable.
• Ensures that program execution is proceeding within available resource constraints and remains consistent with goals; implements resource realignment (including from multiple sources) as required or in response to unplanned circumstances.
• Exhibits broad comprehension of relevant statutes, regulations, and policies in resource utilization and in the budget development and execution processes.
• Routinely constructs and maintains background documentation on programmatic and resource analyses, discussions, thinking, and decisions to aid the component's resource management continuity.
• Strategic planning
• Exhibits awareness of the component’s alignment with strategic goals of the component, directorate, Agency, and Community.
• Participates in discussions to identify objectives, specific actions, and timelines to achieve goals in the plan, linked with resource requirements.
• Participates in discussions to identify performance measures associated with the goals and objectives of the strategic plan.
• Supports senior management review of performance against stated goals.
• Perform analysis on programs
• Identifies and obtains information needed or relevant for addressing complex issues or taskings (e.g., supporting new policies or procedures, developing business plans), such as trend reports within the Agency finance system, billing statements, budget system reports, and component tracking databases).
• Analyzes multiple, complex pieces of information to form logical, sound conclusions about its value, importance, or accuracy.
• Applies analytic results, including historical trends and significant findings, in constructing budget submissions and assessing budget execution; draws inferences, extrapolates, and generalizes as appropriate; identifies gaps in information provided by analyses.
• Advocacy of programs
• Prepares documentation, briefings, and discussions that represent, explain, justify, and defend program directions and resource requirements.
• Conducts research to help respond to ad hoc taskings such as those arising from Congressionally Directed Actions and Questions for the Record; coordinates with other components in these taskings.
• Prepares straightforward and complex written documents that address topics and issues in a clear, logical, and organized manner; ensures that written materials are targeted to the appropriate audience.
• Capably leads or conducts briefings or meetings, assessing audience reactions, and appropriately addressing concerns, questions, and comments
• Coordination and collaboration
• Coordinates cross-Agency activities with resource managers and policy counterparts to ensure
• Agency-wide integration.Coordinates with components regarding initiatives and current program status.
• Supports CPA managers in the implementation of decision support tools, models and methodologies to support CPA business imperatives (dependent upon position of assignment).
• Consults with CPA senior management on data and analytical requirements.
• Designs and executes analytic studies to evaluate proposed or ongoing Agency programs and activities that are highly sensitive or complex.
• Ensures data and/or systems are compatible and oversees integration of such systems with corporate applications.
• Demonstrates tools to CPA staff, senior management, and external stakeholders.
• Prepares charts, talking points, papers and memoranda to present summaries and findings that clearly and concisely communicate complex information.
• Collaborates with appropriate Agency components to ensure the integrity of corporate resource information.
• Serves as an Agency resource for developing methods to verify and validate data.
• Obtains accurate information from a variety of sources that provides for consistent and comprehensive results; determines the appropriate tools to mine, evaluate, and present data culled from corporate repositories.
• Implements highly innovative, effective procedures and processes to solve the difficult problems and cost equations; identifies and resolves data discrepancies.
• Follows standards and makes recommendations for change to the design, implementation, and use of corporate repositories.
• Creates databases to facilitate analysis, develops complex information repository systems/methods and standard reports for use across the work unit, office and Agency.
• Reviews highly complex and/or sensitive Agency initiatives and draws conclusions about required funding levels.
• Leverages professional network and experience to provide value-added input; identifies key players. Establishes, fosters and maintains constructive working relationships with these groups.
• Participates in a discussion aimed at identifying performance measures associated with the strategic direction and goals; works with senior management to evaluate performance in relation to stated goals, and recommends necessary correlated measures.
• Informs management team of requirements/ad hoc tasking and document initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned

• Knowledge, Skills, & AbilitiesAbility to obtain considerable knowledge of the Agency’s strategic planning and resource management processes.
• Ability to obtain considerable knowledge of the Agency’s program planning and execution processes.
• Considerable knowledge in the use of automated program planning software applications.
• Considerable knowledge of business resource planning practices and ability to obtain knowledge of Agency budgeting practices and procedures.
• Ability to obtain working knowledge of Agency and CFO mission, plans, and programs needed for participation in the Agency’s decision-making process.
• Ability to obtain considerable knowledge of Agency regulations, policies, and unique authorities.
• Considerable knowledge of appropriate Federal regulations and laws for area of assignment.
• Considerable knowledge of quality assurance procedures to ensure data integrity and timeliness of the data.
• Strong interpersonal skills necessary to elicit cooperation and support from others and to interact tactfully and effectively with co-workers, supervisors and other Agency employees.
• Strong oral and written communication skills sufficient for responses or briefings on substantive research topics and issues to a wide range of technical and non-technical customers, co-workers, and managers.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work requirements by continuously evaluating the needs of the organization’s mission against on-going work; and planning/scheduling own and unit’s work.
• Ability to interact with people who have different values, cultures, or backgrounds.
• Ability to interact with customers, employees, and managers at all levels in order to contribute to and influence decision-making and resolve conflict.
• Working knowledge of Project Management concepts and principles.
• Ability to apply analytic and diagnostic techniques and quantitative techniques sufficient to identify, evaluate, and recommend to managers substantive solutions to resolve interrelated quantitative analytical problems and issues.
• Working knowledge of management science, operations research or cost analysis methodologies.

Supervision Received and Given

Received: Works independently, with guidance provided by Agency personnel.

Given: May serve as Team Lead or first-line supervisor of contractor personnel

Work Environment: Work is primarily performed in an office environment.

Minimum Qualifications

Clearance: TS/SCI with Full Scope Poly

Experience: Minimum of eight (8) plus years progressively responsible professional work experience in project/program management, quantitative analysis, financial analysis, or structured approaches to analysis to include data manipulation comparable to a full performance level program analyst. Or, eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience comparable to work functions performed at the developmental Cost Estimator performance level or full performance or as a Level II Resource Analyst or equivalent.

Education: A Bachelor's Degree in business administration or a closely related field with a concentration in financial management or financial analysis or a Bachelor's degree in quantitative analysis, financial analysis, social sciences, or a closely related field.

A Master’s Degree in quantitative analysis, financial analysis, social sciences, or a closely related field. A Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) may substitute for two years of applicable work experience at the developmental full performance level.

Special Certifications: None