Position Summary
The Program Analyst III will serve as a senior analyst and technical resource responsible for leading complex program analyses, performance-measurement initiatives, evaluations, and management studies supporting SBA capital-access and lender-oversight programs.
The analyst will independently design and execute analytical projects and produce recommendations used by senior management for program planning, policy, oversight, performance improvement, and resource decisions.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and execution of complex program, policy, performance, and management analyses.
- Define analytical scope, data requirements, methodologies, baselines, metrics, and targets.
- Integrate financial, operational, quantitative, and qualitative information.
- Develop advanced dashboards, scorecards, analytical products, and management reports.
- Design performance-measurement and evaluation frameworks for new or evolving programs.
- Conduct forecasting, trend analysis, workload analysis, and program-effectiveness assessments.
- Develop high-impact decision memoranda, white papers, reports, presentations, and executive briefings.
- Produce conclusions and recommendations used by senior management.
- Identify emerging risks, data gaps, performance deficiencies, and process-improvement opportunities.
- Recommend changes to reporting, metrics, controls, procedures, or program operations.
- Lead or coordinate analytical efforts across offices and stakeholder groups.
- Mentor junior and mid-level analysts.
- Serve as an internal consultant concerning performance measurement, program evaluation, data analysis, and management reporting.
- Present complex findings and recommendations to senior leadership and nontechnical audiences.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in public policy, public administration, business administration, economics, finance, statistics, data analytics, or a related field.
- Three or more years of progressively responsible specialized experience performing or leading program analysis, performance measurement, evaluation, management analysis, or related analytical work.
- Experience independently designing and executing analytical projects.
- Experience leading high-visibility or cross-functional initiatives.
- Advanced Excel proficiency.
- Experience with data visualization, dashboards, or business-intelligence tools.
- Strong knowledge of program evaluation, performance measurement, and management-analysis methods.
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex analysis into concise, actionable recommendations.
- Strong executive writing, presentation, facilitation, and briefing skills.
- Ability to mentor other analysts and lead analytical workstreams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in public policy, public administration, business administration, economics, finance, statistics, data analytics, or a related field.
- Experience supporting federal lending, financial-services, capital-access, risk-management, or lender-oversight programs.
- Experience with SBA, OCA, OCRM, 7(a), or Government-guaranteed lending.
- Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or comparable dashboard and visualization tools.
- Experience advising senior Government leadership.
Summary of Benefits
- 15 PTO days
- 11 paid holidays
- Medical Insurance with – 3 options (HSA with $600 Employer Contribution).
- Dental Insurance with no age limit orthodonture.
- Vision Insurance through EyeMed in and out of network coverage.
- Short Term and Long-Term Disability coverage with 100% premium support,
- Life insurance and AD&D with 100% premium support
- Supplemental Life Insurance
- Critical Care and Accident Insurance availability
- Pet Insurance through Nationwide
- Employee Assistance Program
- 401k with enrollment from day one. 4% deferral by company.
- $1500 Annual Training Budget
- $1500 Referral bonus
- Eligibility for annual merit and discretionary bonus
- Flexible work arrangements
Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Veterans/Disabled