Cost, Investment and Business-Case Analyst

ACT1 Federal; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ACT1 Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ES

Company Paid Life and AD&D Insurance

Company Paid Short-Term Disability

Voluntary Long-Term Disability

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Health Savings Account (HSA)

401K with employer match

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Military Leave

Education, Training & Professional Dev

Voluntary Accidental Injury/Critical

Pet Insurance, Identity Protection

Job summary

ACT1 Federal is seeking a Cost, Investment and Business-Case Analyst in Arlington, VA to provide transparent cost, investment, affordability, and business-case analyses for capacity and recovery decisions.

The role requires a 10+ year track record in cost and investment analysis, strong Excel and financial modeling skills, and a Top Secret clearance. Hybrid work options available with periodic site collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, engineering, operations research, supply chain, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years’ experience in cost analysis, investment analysis, business-case development, financial management, or related field.
• Demonstrated ability to develop defensible cost estimates and compare investment alternatives using quantitative and qualitative measures.
• Active Top Secret Clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Develop life-cycle, nonrecurring, recurring, unit, capital, operating, and implementation cost estimates for initiatives.
• Build business cases for capacity expansion, tooling, and production-recovery actions.
• Prepare independent assessments, investment memoranda, and executive briefings for leaders.
• Monitor cost, schedule, and benefit performance and recommend corrective actions.

Skills

Cost analysis

Investment analysis

Financial modeling

Data interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, engineering, operations research, supply chain, or a related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Cost, Investment and Business-Case Analyst

Arlington, VA

Position Title: Cost, Investment and Business-Case Analyst

Schedule (FT/PT): Full Time

Travel Required: Yes

Shift: Day

Remote Type: Hybrid

Clearance required: Top Secret clearance required

***THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON CONTRACT AWARD***

Who is ACT1 Federal? ACT1 Federal LLC is a 100% employee-owned company. We’ve served the Department of War (DoW) for nearly thirty years. Our core missions include weapon systems engineering, logistics, space domain expertise, global defense and security, business and financial management for security assistance and major defense articles, as well as military training and arctic security. Join us!

Description: ACT1 Federal is seeking an experienced Cost, Investment and Business-Case Analyst to provide transparent cost, investment, affordability, and business-case analyses supporting capacity and recovery decisions.

Responsibilities:

Cost and Financial Analysis:

• Develop and evaluate life-cycle, nonrecurring, recurring, unit, capital, operating, and implementation cost estimates for industrial-base initiatives.
• Assess cost drivers, estimating assumptions, data quality, escalation, phasing, uncertainty, sensitivity, and affordability across alternative courses of action.
• Analyze contractor and supplier cost submissions, investment requests, rough-order estimates, spend plans, schedules, and supporting evidence.
• Reconcile cost, budget, obligation, expenditure, production, and schedule data and clearly document sources, methods, limitations, and confidence levels.

Investment and Business-Case Evaluation:

• Build business cases for capacity expansion, tooling, facilities, equipment, workforce, technology, supplier development, and production-recovery actions.
• Compare alternatives using return on investment, net present value, payback, cost avoidance, schedule effect, throughput, readiness, resilience, and mission benefit, as appropriate.
• Evaluate whether proposed investments address the verified production constraint and whether benefits are measurable, attributable, and achievable within the required timeframe.
• Identify Government and industry contributions, incentives, dependencies, execution risks, residual risks, and conditions necessary to protect the Government's interest.
• Develop funding profiles and decision points aligned with program needs, acquisition strategy, budget availability, and implementation milestones.

Decision Support and Benefits Tracking:

• Prepare independent assessments, alternatives analyses, investment memoranda, executive briefings, and recommendations for the BOND team, PAEs, and senior leaders.
• Coordinate with program, engineering, production, contracting, financial-management, legal, and industry stakeholders to validate assumptions and implementation plans.
• Establish baselines, performance measures, milestones, and benefit-realization plans for approved investments and corrective actions.
• Monitor cost, schedule, production, and benefit performance; identify variance and recommend corrective action, restructuring, or termination when warranted.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in finance, accounting, economics, business, engineering, operations research, supply chain, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years’ experience in cost analysis, investment analysis, business-case development, financial management, acquisition analysis, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated experience developing defensible cost estimates and comparing investment or acquisition alternatives using quantitative and qualitative measures.
• Experience evaluating capital, production, supplier, infrastructure, technology, or program-improvement proposals and testing underlying assumptions.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel and financial modeling, including sensitivity, scenario, cash-flow, and risk analysis.
• Ability to integrate technical, production, schedule, cost, budget, and financial information into concise senior-leader recommendations.
• Active Top Secret Clearance required.
• ACT1 Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Company Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Company Paid Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 401K with employer match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Military Leave
• Education, Training & Professional Development
• Voluntary Accidental Injury/Critical Illness/Hospital Care
• Voluntary Pet Insurance, Legal Resources, and Identity Protection

Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a ACT1 Federal or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.