Expert Cost Analyst

kalmancoinc; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Generous benefits package

Learning and professional development

Job summary

Kalman & Company, Inc. seeks an Expert Cost Analyst to join our DoW-focused team in Arlington, VA. You will develop and defend cost analyses, LCCEs, and program budgets, partnering with government leadership to drive data-driven decisions.

The role requires extensive cost estimation experience, advanced Excel and risk-analysis tools, and the ability to work across multiple DoW programs in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required with calculus and 21 semester hours in OR/economics/math/science.
• 15+ years of DoW Cost Estimating experience preferred.
• Expert knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint and uncertainty/risk software.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and maintenance of cost, affordability, and schedule analysis for DoW programs.
• Collect and normalize cost, technical, and program data from government entities (CSDRs, DoW VAMOSC).
• Coordinate with senior government leadership and competency leads to communicate information for priority programs.
• Conduct planning analyses, EVM analyses, and apply estimating methodologies to support cost models.
• Document and defend cost analyses (LCCEs, APB, BCAs, EAs, AoAs, POMs).
• Develop cost databases and estimation relationships; defend budget requirements and forecast funding needs.
• Prepare briefing materials and present results to leadership and outside agencies.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Verbal communication

Written communication

Team collaboration

Detail orientation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree with calculus and quantitative coursework

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Crystal Ball

@RISK

ACEIT

Job description

Expert Cost Analyst

Kalman & Company is seeking a highly motivated, performance driven individual with strong cost analysis experience to work closely with our Department of Warfare (DoW) clients. Successful candidates will have excellent communication, quantitative, research, and analytical skills and the ability to principally contribute to several of the largest and most significant studies in Kalman's portfolio. This position will require occasional meeting attendance in Arlington, VA. As part of our team, you’ll help our Government clients make well-informed, data-driven decisions on some of the most impactful challenges facing the DoW. The salary range for this position is $140K/yr-$160K/yr depending on the candidate's commensurate experience. This position is contingent and tied to a government proposal.

A career with Kalman & Company, Inc. is both rewarding and challenging. Our clients require skilled, hardworking, innovative professionals who can meet the demands of a dynamic and fast-paced workplace. As a Kalman Analyst, you will collaborate with military leaders, engineers, developers, technicians, logisticians, and financial managers to collect, analyze, and communicate information that will help ensure the success of programs that are critical to the United States DoW and our allies.

Benefits:

• Engage with motivated and highly skilled teammates to solve the Government’s most challenging analytical problems by developing decision analyses for military and civilian leaders.
• Join a diverse, inclusive, and growing team that fosters a supportive and encouraging environment to explore a variety of unique projects and clients for career success and fulfillment.
• Take advantage of a competitive salary along with a generous benefits package and paid opportunities for learning and professional development as well as on-the-job training and growth

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and maintenance of cost, affordability, and schedule analysis to support the acquisition of emerging DoW capabilities.
• Collect and normalize cost, technical, and programmatic data from government entities, including Cost and Software Data Reports (CSDRs) and DoW VAMOSC systems
• Coordinate with a variety of stakeholders (senior government leadership, competency leads, etc.) to collect and communicate information to help ensure the success of priority programs.
• Conduct planning analyses, cost as an independent variable analysis, and Earned Value Management (EVM) analyses, implement estimating methodologies, and analyze data to support cost models build efforts.
• Document and defend cost analyses including Life Cycle Cost Estimates (LCCEs), Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) Section C, Business Case Analyses (BCAs), Economic Analyses (EAs), Analyses of Alternatives (AoAs), cost/risk uncertainty analysis, trend/variance analysis, and Program Objective Memoranda (POM) budget submissions.
• Evaluate contracting courses of action and develop Acquisition Strategies/other acquisition-related documentation to support program milestone decisions and gate reviews.
• Develop cost databases, cost estimating relationships, and cost factors.
• Build and defend budget requirements and forecast future funding needs.
• Respond to congressional requests for information.
• Assess sustainment costs associated with acquisition decisions.
• Lead the preparation of briefing materials and other communications packages and present analysis results to program leadership and outside agencies/organizations.
• Work autonomously and as part of a team to meet organizational and project goals.
• Possess a strong understanding of DoW acquisition processes.
• Address business challenges with creative problem-solving.

Required Education/Qualifications:

• US Citizenship.
• Active Secret Security Clearance.
• Bachelor’s Degree in any field and successful completion of three semester hours of calculus and twenty-one semester hours in operations research, economics, math, chemistry, physics, or other sciences where the utilization of advanced math skills in geometry, trigonometry, statistics, probability, or quantitative analyses
• Fifteen or more years of DoW Cost Estimating experience
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and uncertainty/risk software packages (Crystal Ball, @Risk, and/or ACEIT)
• Ability to lead detail-oriented tasks and multi-task under minimal super vision.
• Excellent analysis skills and experience working with large data sets
• Experience supporting BCAs, AoAs, EAs, or other analytics studies.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

Preferred Education/Qualifications:

• USAF program experience.
• Experience supporting large-scale Air Force/Space Force programs and supporting systems throughout the acquisition lifecycle
• Certification in cost estimation, Integrated Program Management, and/or EVM by a recognized professional society or educational organization (CCEA, DAWIA level II, AACE EVP, PMI, PMP, etc.)