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OFFICER

COST ANALYSIS OFFICER

IMPROVING BUDGET EFFICIENCY

65WX

One of the best ways to strengthen the effectiveness of the Air Force is to optimize costs. Responsible for planning, organizing and evaluating cost-analysis programs, Cost Analysis Officers are depended upon to inform key decisions that support daily operations. Their analysis on everything from information and weapons systems to force structures and research and technology programs is critical in ensuring the Air Force is operating at maximum efficiency.

  • Advise commanders and leadership on financial and programmatic planning
  • Coordinate cost-analysis programs and activities
  • Develop, coordinate and administer research activities and training programs
  • Design and develop cost and economic analysis methods, processes and techniques
  • Plan and conduct research projects to improve effectiveness

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QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

  • MINIMUM EDUCATION

    • Bachelor’s and master’s degree with business or quantitative focus
    • Degree must include:
      • Minimum of 24 credit hours of technical-related coursework, including in calculus, integral calculus, differential calculus, statistics, engineering, finance, economics, mathematics, scientific theory and/or research and operations research
      • Minimum of three credit hours of calculus and statistics

  • QUALIFICATIONS

    • Knowledge of the principles of cost-, economic- and business-case analysis
    • Completion of the Basic Financial Management Officer course
    • Minimum of 18 months’ experience in cost-analysis assignments
    • No record of conviction by a civilian court for offenses involving larceny, robbery, wrongful appropriation, burglary or fraud
    • Never received nonjudicial punishment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for offenses involving acts of larceny, wrongful appropriations, robbery, burglary or fraud or never been convicted by military courts-martial for these same offenses
    • Completion of Officer Training School (OTS), Air Force Academy (AFA) or Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC)
    • Must be between the ages of 18 and have not reached your 42nd birthday
TRAINING & EDUCATION

TRAINING & EDUCATION

How do we transform you into a leader and an officer in this field? From education to continued training, your Air Force path is here.

  • OFFICER TRAINING SCHOOL

    8.5 weeks

  • MILITARY TRAINING LOCATION

    Maxwell AFB AL

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