Senior Program Cost Control Lead

Northrop Grumman; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Plan

Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Education Assistance

Training and Development

9/80 Work Schedule

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal Program Cost Control Analyst to support cost reporting for major defense programs within the Marine Systems Business Unit. The role interfaces with program managers and CAMs to provide financial support and perform budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.

The PCA will handle Earned Value Management tasks, monitor costs and schedules, and prepare expenditure projections while ensuring adherence to government cost control guidelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of related professional experience - OR - a Master’s degree with 3 years of related professional experience.
• Will consider 9 years of applied experience in lieu of degree requirement.
• Experience with financial systems including cost performance reporting and analysis.
• Experience with Earned Value Management and performance measurement baseline concepts.
• Strong PC skills - specifically Excel proficiency (including pivot tables, Vlookup, and conditional formatting)
• Ability to travel domestically 10% of the time.
• US Citizenship required
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret level security clearance.

Responsibilities

• The Principal Program Cost Control Analyst (PCA) will support/lead cost reporting for the Virginia Class or Carrier Nuclear Powered programs under the Machinery Operating Unit, within Northrop Grumman’s Marine Systems Business Unit.
• They 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 including Earned Value Management tasks such as 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 and external reports and presentations.
• Optional: None to add

Skills

Earned Value Management

Cost performance reporting

Excel (Pivot tables, Vlookup, CF)

US Citizenship

Domestic travel 10%

Security clearance: Secret

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Finance/Accounting/Business degree

Tools

COBRA

COGNOS

SAP

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal Program Cost Control Analyst to support cost reporting for major defense programs within the Marine Systems Business Unit. The role interfaces with program managers and CAMs to provide financial support and perform budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.

The PCA will handle Earned Value Management tasks, monitor costs and schedules, and prepare expenditure projections while ensuring adherence to government cost control guidelines.