Senior Principal Program Cost and Schedule Control Analyst

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 112,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Savings plan

Paid time off

Education assistance

9/80 work schedule

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Linthicum, MD is seeking a Senior Principal Program Cost Control Analyst for an onsite role with a 9/80 schedule. You will partner with program managers and CAMs to provide cost analysis, budgeting and Earned Value management across contracts.

The position requires a Bachelor's degree with 8 years of related experience or a Master's with 6 years, travel up to 10%, US citizenship, and the ability to obtain a US government Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of related professional experience OR a master's degree with 6 years of related professional experience
• Experience with financial systems including cost performance reporting and analysis
• Strong PC skills - specifically Excel proficiency (including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and conditional formatting)
• Ability to travel domestically 10% of the time
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret clearance
• US citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Interface with program managers, CAMs, and business managers to provide financial support and analysis.
• Prepare budgets and schedules for contract work and assist in financial analyses such as funding profiles, sales outlook, cash forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Monitor costs and schedules on contracts requiring EVMS; perform WBS development, budget baseline, cost risk analysis and visibility reports.
• Prepare reports to ensure contracts are within negotiated parameters and government cost control guidelines; maintain records.
• Support audits and reviews; support AOP, Resource Plan, and Long-Range Strategic Plan; prepare financial inputs to internal reports.
• Provide support to junior staff (mentoring, training).

Skills

Financial systems experience

Excel proficiency

Travel availability

Secret clearance eligibility

US citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

COBRA

COGNOS

SAP

Job description

Job Details

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description

About Northrop Grumman

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.

This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies.

Role: Senior Principal Program Cost Control Analyst

We're looking for you to join our team as a Senior Principal Program Cost Control Analyst based out of Linthicum, MD. This is an onsite position that offers the 9/80 schedule.

What You'll Get to Do

The PCA will interface with the program managers, functional management, cost account managers (CAMs) and business managers to provide financial support and analysis to meet program requirements. They will prepare budgets and schedules for contract work and assist in financial analyses such as funding profiles, sales outlook, cash forecasting, and variance analysis.

The PCA will monitor costs and schedules on contracts requiring validated cost schedule control system. This will include performing Earned Value Metric (EVM) tasks such as Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) development, budget baseline, cost risk analysis/ assessment and visibility reports, development, and analysis of estimates to complete.

The PCA will perform analysis and prepare reports to ensure that contracts are within negotiated and agreed-upon parameters and government cost control guidelines, including maintaining accurate records of expenditures, directing preparation of expenditure projections, and submitting timely requests for additional funding to the government.

The PCA will support audits and reviews as requested by programs, customers, and company management, support Annual Operating Plan, Resource Plan, and Long-Range Strategic Plan activity, and prepare financial inputs to internal reports and presentations (IPRS, Dashboards, BARs, Etc.)

The PCA will provide support to junior staff (mentoring, training and providing guidance).

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of related professional experience - OR - a master's degree with 6 years of related professional experience
• Experience with financial systems including cost performance reporting and analysis
• Strong PC skills - specifically Excel proficiency (including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and conditional formatting)
• Ability to travel domestically 10% of the time.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret clearance.
• US citizenship required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration or related field
• Experience with COBRA, COGNOS, SAP
• Experience with Earned Value and performance measurement baseline concepts and ability to apply them to multiple contracts, CLINs and control accounts.

What We Can Offer You

Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment which encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family.

Your benefits will include the following: Health Plan, Savings Plan, Paid Time Off and Additional Benefits including Education Assistance, Training and Development, 9/80 Work Schedule (where available), and much more!

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Primary Level Salary Range

Primary Level Salary Range: $112,200.00 - $168,200.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the po