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Posted: January 14, 2026 (1 day ago)

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PROGRAM ANALYST (BUSINESS SERVICES)

Military Sealift Command

Department of the Navy

Fresh

Location

Salary

$41,341 - $53,744

per year

Closes

January 20, 2026

GS-4 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $30,286 - $39,372

Typical requirements: 1 year general experience. 2 years college or associate degree.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This entry-level government job involves supporting business operations in the Navy's Military Sealift Command by handling administrative tasks, budget data, and financial reconciliations to keep programs running smoothly.

You'll assist senior staff with paperwork, coordinate purchases, and ensure financial records match up accurately.

It's a good fit for someone organized with basic office experience who wants to build skills in federal administration and support military logistics.

Key Requirements

  • At least 3 years of general experience, including 1 year equivalent to GS-04 level in federal or equivalent private/public sector
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Project) and Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
  • Experience in planning, coordinating, and analyzing procedural issues for business services and office administration
  • Skills in collecting, compiling, and reviewing budget and program data for reports and execution
  • Ability to perform transactional reconciliation, matching documents for accuracy (e.g., vendors, dates, amounts)
  • Competence in clerical, administrative, and technical duties to support management and mission goals

Full Job Description

You will serve as a PROGRAM ANALYST (BUSINESS SERVICES) in the BUSINESS SUPPORT GROUP (DSMB), BUSINESS SVC GRP (DSMB2) of MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND.

Your resume must demonstrate at least 3 years of general experience, 1 year of which was equivalent to the GS-04 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Experience must demonstrate the following: Experience developing work products utilizing currently authorized Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) software (Microsoft Office, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Project, Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).

Experience planning, coordinating, and executing successive steps in fact-finding and analysis of procedural issues related to business services and office administration functions.

Experience assisting in collecting and compiling budget and program data, budget execution review, and monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.

Experience compiling and recording monthly reconciliation data with actual obligations and performing an analysis to ensure the transactions match exactly.

Experience performing a variety of clerical, administrative and technical duties/responsibilities in support of management to meet mission goals.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Major Duties:

  • You will assist senior analyst on specific administrative matters; recommends courses of action where necessary.
  • You will serve as a liaison between DSM and N8 in the area of transactional reconciliation.
  • You will handle the transactional reconciliation including receiving, validating, coding and recording a variety of obligating documents.
  • You will review and match all key supporting documents related to each transaction from USBank/ERP ensuring that the transactions match exactly (vendor, dates, dollar amounts, requisition numbers, PO/PR, etc.).
  • You will work with Program Managers and other DSM personnel to support with processing purchase requests from initial request to finalization and receipt of product or service.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/14/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/14/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12863149-26-MAR