Expert Cost Analyst

Kalman and Company; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Kalman & Company, located in Arlington, VA, is seeking a highly motivated analyst with cost analysis experience to support Department of Homeland Security projects. The role involves developing cost estimates, EVM analyses, and acquisition support, working closely with DHS clients and program leaders.

Candidates must be a US citizen with an active Secret clearance or the ability to obtain one, plus a bachelor’s degree and extensive DoD/DHS cost estimating experience.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship is required.
• Active Secret Security Clearance or ability to obtain one.
• 15+ years of DoD/DHS Cost Estimating, IPM, EVM, and/or Scheduling experience.
• Experience supporting BCAs, AoAs, EAs, or other analytics studies.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to lead detail-oriented tasks and multi-task under minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Lead cost, affordability, and schedule analysis to support DHS capabilities acquisition.
• Coordinate with senior government leadership and competency leads to communicate information for priority programs.
• Conduct planning analyses and Earned Value Management (EVM) analyses and develop cost estimation methods.
• Document and defend cost analyses including LCCEs, APB Section C, BCAs, EAs, AoAs, and POM budget submissions.
• Develop Acquisition Strategies and other documentation to support milestone decisions and gate reviews.
• Develop cost databases, cost estimating relationships, and cost factors.

Skills

Cost analysis

Communication

Quantitative analysis

Research

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree (any field)

Calculus coursework

Operations research / math coursework

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Word / PowerPoint

Uncertainty/risk software (Crystal Ball / @Risk / ACEIT)

Job description

Career Opportunities with Kalman and Company

Careers At Kalman and Company

Current job opportunities are posted here as they become available.

Kalman & Company is seeking a highly motivated, performance driven individual with strong cost analysis experience to work closely with our Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 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 on-site work at Arlington, VA. This position is tied to a proposal and contingent upon contract award. The tentative salary range is $150K/yr-$170K/year.

A career with Kalman & Company, Inc. is both rewarding and challenging. Our clients require skilled, hardworking, innovative support service providers who can meet the demands of a dynamic and fast-paced workplace. As a Kalman Analyst, you will work 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 Department of Defense and our allies.

• 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

Specific Duties

• Lead the development and maintenance of cost, affordability, and schedule analysis to support the acquisition of emerging DHS capabilities.
• 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.
• Develop Acquisition Strategies and 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.
• Respond to congressional requests for information.
• Forecast future funding needs.
• Evaluate contracting courses of action.
• 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 USMC and DHS acquisition processes.
• Understand the customer mission.
• Address business challenges with creative problem-solving.

Required Education/Qualifications

• US Citizenship is required.
• Active Secret Security Clearance or ability to obtain a 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 DoD/DHS Cost Estimating, Integrated Program Management, EVM, and/or Scheduling 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

• Experience supporting large-scale DoD and DHS IT or ERP programs.
• Proficient with ACEIT
• 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.)