Job Responsibilities
Provide research and analysis support to a client with an auditing
role in the federal govt. Help the client in providing quality
assurance advice to the project management team by evaluating
project deliverables based on best practices and other pertinent
criteria, and identifying risks and mitigations. Help identify
findings and draft a final audit report of findings and
recommendations for improvement.
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Job Requirements
Training is by CBT, but some educational assistance is available
for pursuing an academic degree. Management training and
mentoring are provided to those promoted to management (team lead
and above).
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Uppers
Learning new skills that can be useful in securing future work. Learning the
customer's business and becoming indispensable to them, which helps secure
ongoing work with the customer.
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Downers
Working alone at the client's site can be isolating and difficult,
especially if the client is demanding and critical and the
environment is low-tech and unfriendly to contractors.
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Lifestyle
Work hours are usually reasonable - 8:30 - 5:30 with an hour for lunch.
Occasionally, the schedule becomes demanding if there is a short deadline to
accomplish several tasks, such as writing up meeting minutes and evaluating
several deliverables. There is no travel. Dress code is business or business
casual at the client's site and business casual or casual at the company
headquarters. Diversity is good at the lower levels, but managemant tends to be
homogeneous, since they tend to promote those like themselves. The company is
planning more social events to promote team building.
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Compensation
Hired as mid-level analyst at 65K, got a raise to 67K and no bonus
after one year. Benefits package is competitive, but salary tends
to be low, unless you are hired as an experienced project manager
or business development lead. You have to bring in lots of
business or be at least a team lead to be considered for a bonus.
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Advice to Jobseekers
Prospects are good - there will always be a need for systems
analysts. However, you should get as much technical experience as
you can, since the combination of technical hands-on and systems
analysis would be more valuable and lead to more interesting work
than non-technical analysis.
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