KLXS PMO Business Specialist

ARES Corporation•Merritt Island, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The KLXS Program Management Office (PMO) supports NASA's Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Our office is instrumental in helping NASA prepare Artemis to send astronauts back to the moon. We manage over 100 employees and report to multiple customers requiring a strong business management function to ensure robust planning and performance reporting function. Responsibilities include performing analytical business functions such as financial and business analysis, project control, and PMO administration in support of contract management. Scope supports the Program Manager in implementing the business function as it relates to planning, staffing, executing, monitoring, and controlling throughout the contract lifecycle. The successful candidate will learn, and become proficient in the entire contract management business function, and serve as a backup to the Business Manager should he be unavailable.

Requirements

Very strong Excel skills: large data sets, pivot tables, formulas, reporting, graphing.
Ability to work with financial software, and quickly pick up new financial data base software.
Experience with financial reporting and financial analysis.
Experience with project management practices, including planning, staffing, executing, monitoring, and controlling.
Experience with labor categories and resource allocation as they relate to contracts and task orders.
Strong financial analysis skills as it pertains to project management.
Strong communication skills amongst groups of interested stakeholders including managers and customers.
Ability to execute a variety of functions simultaneously, demonstrating strong multi-tasking abilities.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency with Power BI
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from Project Management Institute

Responsibilities

Performing analytical business functions such as financial and business analysis, project control, and PMO administration in support of contract management.
Implementing the business function as it relates to planning, staffing, executing, monitoring, and controlling throughout the contract lifecycle.
Learning and becoming proficient in the entire contract management business function.
Serving as a backup to the Business Manager.