Project Control Analyst

Steampunk; Bloomington (IL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Steampunk seeks a Project Control Analyst to report to the Portfolio Finance Director and manage all services-related financial transactions, timesheet tracking, and monthly forecasting. The role covers variance analysis, labor utilization, and revenue recognition within federal contracting contexts.

You will interact with PMs, prepare project reports, and ensure accurate billing and cost controls, with on-site presence in Tysons, VA three days per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• 4+ years of experience in project, business, and financial management.
• 3+ years of experience in federal government contracting.
• Understanding of contract types (FFP, T&M, CPFF) and their impact on project financials.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent interpersonal and listening skills; Team player.
• Ability to meet deadlines on assigned tasks.

Responsibilities

• Review project financial performance (revenue, cost, margin) with program management.
• Coordinate billing and revenue recognition during monthly close.
• Prepare project status reports, revenue and labor summaries, and ETCs.
• Analyze monthly costs vs. budgets and propose improvements.
• Monitor daily labor charging and ensure correct project codes.
• Maintain workforce data in the finance system and communicate charge codes.
• Ensure timely timecard corrections and cost reclasses before month-end.
• Update EAC monthly with actuals and ETC assumptions.
• Build pricing models for operations and monitor contract burn rate.
• Provide ad hoc analysis and scenario modeling as needed.
• Review and approve customer invoices, correcting cost errors.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Ability to meet deadlines

Microsoft Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration

Tools

Deltek Costpoint

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

SharePoint

Job description

Overview

Steampunk is seeking aProject Control Analyst.Reporting to the Portfolio Finance Director, the Finance Manager will be responsible for all services related financial transactions, timesheet tracking, weekly project notebook updates, month end close, ad hoc reporting and analysis, and monthly forecasting process.

Contributions

Responsibilities include:

• Meet with program management teams to review, update and report project financial performance (revenue, cost, margin)
• Interact with accounting on billing and revenue recognition during monthly close
• Prepare various project reporting requirements to include Project status reports, Revenue and Labor summaries, Utilization and ETC’s
• Review monthly project costs and revenue, monitor actual cost performance against plans/budgets, prepare variance analysis and identify areas of improvements and continually update to meet the changing need of the client and program
• Monitor daily labor charging – ensure labor is being recorded against the correct project codes, PLC codes, pay types, accounts, orgs, etc.; Review weekly results with PM
• Maintain employee workforce data in the finance system; Communicate with employees on charge codes
• Ensure timecard corrections and cost reclasses are completed timely and accurately before month-end
• Update EAC monthly with actuals and updated ETC assumptions after reviewing PM
• Building pricing models for operations.
• Monitor contract burn rate and provide mitigation recommendations to PM as needed
• Monitor program margin and provide margin improvement recommendations to PM as needed
• Ensure project setup is complete and accurate to include ceilings and cost overrides
• Analyze program variances monthly and provide comments
• Provide ad hoc analysis and scenario modeling as needed
• Review and approve customer invoice – ensure cost errors are held for correction, complete invoice addendums where needed

Qualifications

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration
• 4+ years of experience in project, business, and financial management
• 3+ years experience in federal government contracting
• Understands different contract types (e.g., FFP, T&M, CPFF) and their impact on project level financials
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Excellent interpersonal and listening skills; Team player
• Ability to meet deadlines on assigned tasks and responsibilities
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Will be required to come in to the Tysons, VA office three (3) days/week

Preferred:

• Experience with Deltek Costpoint or Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Experience with SharePoint

About steampunk

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $90,000 to $110,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Identity Statement

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As an employee owned company, we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers – and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.