Senior Principal Program Cost & Schedule Controller

Northrop Grumman; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance may be available

9/80 Work Schedule

Health insurance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Sunnyvale, CA seeks a Senior Principal Program Cost Control Analyst to join our Marine Systems team. The role supports budgeting, scheduling, and cost control for a major program, with a 9/80 schedule and travel to multiple sites as needed.

The position may be hybrid from the office site area; travel up to 25% and US citizenship required. You will collaborate with program managers, CAMs, and finance to ensure compliant cost control and funding requests.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of related professional experience, or Master’s with 6 years.
• US Citizenship is required.
• Experience with cost performance reporting and analysis.
• Experience with Earned Value and baseline concepts and ability to apply them to multiple contracts.
• Proficient in Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, conditional formatting).

Responsibilities

• Provide financial support and analysis to meet program requirements.
• Prepare budgets and schedules for contract work.
• Monitor costs and schedules on contracts requiring EVMS.
• Prepare reports and funding requests for government and internal use.

Skills

Cost performance reporting

Earned Value

Excel proficiency

Financial systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or business administration

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

COBRA

COGNOS

SAP

Job description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Sunnyvale, CA seeks a Senior Principal Program Cost Control Analyst to join our Marine Systems team. The role supports budgeting, scheduling, and cost control for a major program, with a 9/80 schedule and travel to multiple sites as needed.

The position may be hybrid from the office site area; travel up to 25% and US citizenship required. You will collaborate with program managers, CAMs, and finance to ensure compliant cost control and funding requests.