Project Analyst

About the Role

Censeo Consulting Group is seeking Project Analysts to support the General Services Administration (GSA) Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS) organization through the Contracted Enterprise Support (ACES) program. Project Analysts will provide analytical, project management, reporting, and coordination support across federal acquisition and program activities. This role involves working with project managers and cross-functional teams to track project performance, maintain schedules and documentation, analyze program information, monitor risks, and provide stakeholders with clear and timely information.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the planning, execution, monitoring, and reporting of federal projects and program activities.
• Collect, organize, validate, and analyze project, program, acquisition, financial, and performance information.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestone trackers, deliverable trackers, action-item logs, risk and issue registers, and other project management tools.
• Monitor project milestones, deadlines, dependencies, risks, issues, and outstanding actions.
• Analyze project information to identify trends, gaps, risks, and potential issues.
• Prepare project status reports, dashboards, briefings, presentations, and data summaries.
• Coordinate with project managers, acquisition, contracting, financial, technical, and program personnel.
• Support meetings and working sessions by preparing materials, documenting decisions and action items, and tracking follow-up activities.
• Assist with tracking project deliverables and ensuring required documentation is complete, accurate, organized, and current.
• Support project and portfolio reporting through the collection, validation, analysis, and presentation of project information.
• Assist project managers with identifying schedule conflicts, outstanding actions, and dependencies.
• Maintain project files, documentation, reports, and supporting records.
• Support the development and improvement of project management processes, reporting tools, templates, and workflows.
• Support multiple projects, workstreams, and priorities in a deadline-driven federal consulting environment.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, finance, public administration, acquisition, contracting, supply chain, data analytics, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Experience supporting federal acquisition, procurement, contracting, acquisition analysis, or related federal program activities.
• Knowledge of the federal acquisition lifecycle and federal procurement processes.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative research and analytical skills.
• Ability to collect, organize, analyze, and interpret complex acquisition and program information.
• Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to translate analysis into clear findings, documentation, and actionable recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop professional reports, briefings, presentations, and other client-facing materials.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple assignments, priorities, and deadlines.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with acquisition, contracting, program, technical, and financial stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and related business applications.
• Familiarity with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and federal contracting practices is preferred.
• Experience supporting GSA or another federal government agency is preferred.
• FAC-C, DAWIA, NCMA, PMP, or other relevant acquisition, contracting, analytical, or project management credentials are a plus.

Qualifications

• Early Career: 0-1+ years of experience in project analysis, project coordination, project management, PMO support, federal program support, acquisition support, business analysis, or a closely related field.
• Mid-Level: 3+ years of experience in project analysis, project coordination, project management, PMO support, federal program support, acquisition support, business analysis, or a closely related field.