Program Finance Analyst – Cost Control & EVM

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Rolling Meadows (IL); On-site; USD 72,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9/80 Work Schedule

Education Assistance

Training and Development

Health Insurance

Savings Plan

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corp. in Rolling Meadows, IL, is seeking a Business Management Analyst for onsite work with a 9/80 schedule. You will interface with program managers and CAMs to provide financial analysis, cost control, and reporting support across multiple programs.

The role involves cost estimate development, invoicing, customer proposals, negotiations, and audits. Requires a bachelor’s in business and strong Excel skills; US citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing, etc.) from an accredited institution with a minimum of 2 years of relevant financial work experience.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, specifically a high level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, lookups, chart generation or VBA macros).
• US Citizenship Required

Responsibilities

• Generate program performance measurement baselines (PMB) and implement approved changes.
• Perform analyses and prepare reports to ensure program contracts are within negotiated, agreed-upon parameters, government cost control guidelines, and accounting guidelines.
• Perform analyses and prepare program financial reports for internal and external customers relative to program cost incurrence, material tracking, and labor spending.
• Identify and mitigate program cost and schedule risk.
• Coordinate and prepare program financial forecasting and reporting, the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), and the Labor Resource Plan.
• Monitor indirect budget and/or rate performance against plan including monthly reporting requirements (actuals, absorption, forecasting) to budget owners, internal management, and/or DCMA/DCAA.
• Review and analyze actual variance drivers and assist with corrective action planning.
• Prepare Annual Rate Submission/Forward Pricing Rate Proposal.
• Facilitate, monitor, and forecast program financing mechanisms including Accounts Receivable, Advanced Payments, and Performance Based Payments.
• Support program audits, reviews, and fact-finding as requested by program customers, audit agencies, and company management.
• Support program cost estimate development, customer proposals, and negotiation.
• Perform Earned Value Management (EVM) tasks including developing the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and performance measurement baseline (PMB), monitoring and analyzing the Estimate to Complete (ETC), Estimate at Complete (EAC), significant variances, risk management reserve (MR), and financial reserve (FR), and preparing of internal and external status reports

Skills

MS Excel

Pivot Tables

VBA Macros

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related field

Tools

SAP

COGNOS

Job description

Northrop Grumman Corp. in Rolling Meadows, IL, is seeking a Business Management Analyst for onsite work with a 9/80 schedule. You will interface with program managers and CAMs to provide financial analysis, cost control, and reporting support across multiple programs.

The role involves cost estimate development, invoicing, customer proposals, negotiations, and audits. Requires a bachelor’s in business and strong Excel skills; US citizenship is required.