Project Control Analyst

AVIAN; Lexington Park (MD); On-site; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Ownership

Real Growth

Purpose-Driven Work

Culture of Collaboration

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Flexible Leave Benefits

Job summary

AVIAN is seeking a Project Control Analyst to support government contracting projects within the corporate contracts team. The role focuses on financial management, planning, reporting, billing, and contract compliance for Navy and DoD clients.

The ideal candidate is early-career with foundational accounting/finance knowledge, strong Excel skills, and eagerness to learn Costpoint and ERP tools, reporting to the Director of Quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Mathematics, or equivalent experience.
• 0–2 years of relevant experience in finance, accounting, or analytics.
• Intermediate Excel skills (formulas, pivot tables, data integrity checks).
• Familiarity with ERP systems; Costpoint training provided during onboarding.
• Curiosity to learn Government contracting practices; exposure to FAR/CAS is a plus.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and ability to follow established processes.

Responsibilities

• Assist with project setup entries in Costpoint and maintain project financial data accuracy.
• Update trackers for actuals vs plan and flag variances to the PCA lead.
• Run standard reports and compile monthly summaries for unbilled, revenue, and costs.
• Perform weekly checks on timecards and expenses; route discrepancies to approvers for correction.
• Assemble customer invoice backup and route draft invoices for review and approval.
• Maintain funding and burn-rate trackers; support contract modification requests.
• Prepare inputs for accruals and month-end activities; complete required data entry.
• Support schedule updates and routine internal reviews with organized artifacts and notes.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Basic accounting/finance knowledge

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Mathematics, or equivalent experience

Tools

Costpoint

Job description

AVIAN is looking for a Project Control Analyst on our corporate contracts team, supporting financial aspects of projects for a government contractor support services company. This position involves collaborating with various departments to ensure effective contract financial management, including financial planning, reporting, billing, and contract compliance. The ideal candidate is an early-career analyst with foundational accounting or finance knowledge, familiarity with Excel, and willingness to learn ERP tools.

About The Role

The Project Control Analyst (Career Level 2) is a member of the contracts team, reporting to the Director of Quality. This role supports a subsidiary of a large contractor support services company, working closely with Government customers, Prime contractors, Contracts Manager(s) (CM), Program Managers (PM), Sector leads and other relevant Operations personnel to ensure effective contract financial management and performance of projects.

Join a Company Where You Can Make a Real Impact - and Own a Piece of the Future

Are you energized by the idea of helping a company grow smarter, serve our customers better, and connect more deeply? Do you thrive in an environment where your ideas matter, your voice is heard, and your work drives real results? If so, we’d love to meet you.

We’re a mid-sized, employee-owned company on a mission to create meaningful value for both our employees and our customers. That means we’re not just looking for someone to fill a seat — we’re looking for someone who wants to build, innovate, and evolve with us.

Our company primarily serves the Navy and other Department of Defense clients, offering a dynamic environment where your expertise will make a difference.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with project setup entries in Costpoint and maintain project financial data accuracy.
• Update trackers for actuals vs plan and flag variances to the PCA lead.
• Run standard reports and compile monthly summaries for unbilled, revenue, and costs.
• Perform weekly checks on timecards and expenses; route discrepancies to approvers for correction.
• Assemble customer invoice backup and route draft invoices for review and approval.
• Maintain funding and burn-rate trackers; support contract modification requests.
• Prepare inputs for accruals and month-end activities; complete required data entry.
• Support schedule updates and routine internal reviews with organized artifacts and notes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Mathematics, or equivalent experience.
• 0-2 years of relevant experience or internships in finance, accounting, or analytics.
• Intermediate Excel skills (formulas, pivot tables, data integrity checks).
• Familiarity with ERP systems; Costpoint training is provided during onboarding.
• Curiosity to learn Government contracting practices; exposure to FAR/CAS is a plus.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and the ability to follow established processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Coursework or internship exposure to project accounting, budgeting, or analytics.
• Experience with SharePoint or similar collaboration tools.
• Knowledge of federal acquisition regulations (FAR) and cost accounting standards (CAS)

Due to the sensitivity of customer-related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.

Salary range $75,000 - $85,000 (The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.)

About Being a Part Of Team AVIAN

As an employee-owner, you’ll be a catalyst for progress — helping us find new opportunities with current or new customers, company efficiencies, streamline processes, and bring people and ideas together in smarter ways. Whether it’s helping us optimize workflows, enhancing the employee experience, or delivering more impactful solutions to our customers, your inputs will have reach and relevance across the organization.

Taking care of each other is a cornerstone of our AVIAN philosophy. Being part of the AVIAN team means being part of a team that takes pride in being expansive in our community because our impact doesn’t stop in the workplace. We actively engage in community initiatives, empowering our employees to make a meaningful difference.

You’ll Succeed Here If You

• See opportunities where others see routine
• Are curious, collaborative, and passionate about making things better
• Enjoy connecting dots across teams, tools, and tasks
• Believe in doing the right thing the right way — even when no one’s watching
• Play an active role in our growth, using your ideas and initiative to shape how we work, serve, and succeed together
• Embrace a “one team” mindset knowing we are stronger together through trust, transparency and teamwork.
• Understand the power of ownership — and are excited to be part of an employee-owned culture

Why Join Us?

• Employee Ownership We’re not just building a company — we’re building a legacy. As an employee-owner, you’ll share in our success and have a direct stake in our future.
• Real Growth We’re expanding, evolving, and exploring new ways to serve. Your contributions will shape our direction and help us grow stronger.
• Purpose-Driven Work Every improvement you help make is one that adds value — not just for us, but for the people and missions we support.
• Culture of Collaboration We’re big enough to take on meaningful challenges, but small enough that everyone still knows your name.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package Designed to support your health, financial security, and overall well-being, our health and wellness benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with telemedicine services and a TRICARE supplement for veterans.
• Flexible Leave Benefits we prioritize a balanced, supportive environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally and offer flexible and paid time off, 11 paid holidays, paid sick leave, maternity and bonding leave, and military training leave.

AVIAN is a service-based organization. As an equal opportunity employer, our policy of business is to seek the most qualified candidate for each talent opportunity without regard to race, creed, color, sex, age, religious belief, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sexual preference, physical or mental handicap, lawful political affiliation or veteran’s status.