Program Cost Scheduling Control Analyst - level 2 or 3- Finance

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Elkton, Maryland, is seeking a Program Cost Scheduling Control Analyst to support strategic and space-related programs. You will prepare budgets and schedules, perform funding analyses, and help integrate cost with project timelines while maintaining baselines.

Responsibilities include monthly/quarterly reporting, variance analysis, and planning forecasts. The role collaborates with program management and customers to optimize financial performance and ensure funding

Responsibilities

• Prepare budgets for contract work and perform funding analyses.
• Analyze financial reports and communicate recommendations to management.
• Integrate project cost with scheduled activity and baseline controls.
• Provide monthly/quarterly reporting to support business processes.

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is currently seeking an Program/ Cost Scheduling Control Analyst/Principal Program Cost Scheduling Control Analyst- Finance (level 2/3) for our Elkton, Maryland location.

The Northrop Grumman Propulsion Systems and Controls (PS&C) facility in Elkton, Maryland began solid-propellant rocket operations in 1948. Today, the Elkton PS&C facility designs, develops, and produces solid-propellant propulsion and ordnance systems in programs professionally managed for a wide variety of Government and commercial customers. The facility also serves as the hub for offsite engineering and test facilities in Ronkonkoma, NY, Palm Beach Gardens, FL and San Jose, CA.

Elkton, Maryland is located on the Upper Chesapeake Bay, midway between Philadelphia and Baltimore. Discover charming small towns, parks with miles of trails, specialty and antique shops, award winning restaurants, and inns. You can hike, bike, camp, bird watch, ride horseback, or drop a fishing line. Five rivers, Chesapeake Bay and the C&D Canal can be explored by boat or by land. Experience panoramic views from Turkey Point Lighthouse on a bluff overlooking the Bay, or from the banks of the C&D Canal where ships from around the globe cruise. https://www.ccgov.org/government/tourism

Job Summary:

As a Program Cost Scheduling Control Analyst/ Principal Program Cost Scheduling Control Analyst, you will be responsible for supporting our strategic and space related business programs. This position will work very closely with Northrop Grumman program management, operational leaders, and internal and external customers.

Responsible for the preparation of budgets and schedules for contract work and financial analyses such as funding profiles, sales outlook, and variance analysis. Performs data gathering and analysis to ensure adequate funding availability by maintaining accurate records of expenditures, preparation of expenditure projections, and submittal of timely requests for additional funding to the government. Aides in incorporating contractual changes into control systems to maintain realistic contract cost and schedule baselines.

• Setting up cost control systems, monitoring and controlling costs and schedules on contracts requiring a validated cost schedule control system.
• Preparing budgets for contract work and performing and/or assisting in financial analyses such as funding profiles, sales outlook, and variance analysis.
• Preparing and analyzing financial reports and communicate recommendations to management in a clear, organized summary.
• Working with the program team to integrate project cost with scheduled activity.
• Providing monthly / quarterly reporting and analysis to support business processes.
• Assist in planning and forecasting program financial performance. Prepare future strategic plans.
• Serving as a resource to management in understanding results by reporting and investigating variances.
• Analyzing business processes and making recommendations to improve process efficiency and support continuous improvement.
• Identifying potential profit impacts to programs, and making recommendations for mitigation and improving profit margin
• Preparing and tracking key performance metrics to direct management

#NGSkills

Put your skills to the test by pushing the boundaries of what's possible. From global defense to sustainment and modernization to deterring and defeating any adversary, your experience and ability will make it a reality. Our programs are built on equal parts of curiosity and collaboration. Our combined effort means our customers can connect and defend millions of people around the world. With Northrop Grumman, you'll have the opportunity to be an essential part of projects that will define your career, now and in the future.

Basic Requirements Program Cost Schedule Control Analyst (Level 2):

This position emphasized skills and experience. Must have 9 or more years of finance experience in lieu of degree. Will also