Project Control Analyst

ARA Career•Greenville, SC

14h•Onsite

About The Position

The Integrated Products Division (IPD) of Applied Research Associates, Inc. is looking for a Project Analyst to join our team in Greenville, SC. The IPD team strives to develop and deliver solutions to challenging problems involving highly technical areas such as robotic systems, autonomous vehicles, advanced sensors, geotechnical applications, weapon systems, energy solutions and other emerging technologies – for both commercial and DOD/Government customers. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing Program & Project Management team with coordination and support to the Accounting Team. As the Project Analyst, you will work closely with ARA’s project managers and accounting team to manage KPIs, perform budget analysis, estimate costs/labor hours, support configuration management, and manage project reporting for both New Product Introduction (NPI) and New Technology Introduction (NTI) projects.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, or similar
2-4 Years’ experience
Proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint, Smartsheet
Highly proficient with MS Excel
Highly organized and detail oriented.
Effective communicator
Must be a U.S. Citizen

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Power BI and Deltek Cost Point
Familiarity with Earned Value Management practices
Experience with project/task scheduling
Knowledge of change management or configuration management processes and procedures

Responsibilities

Maintain dashboards to track progress and ensure transparency of key metrics
Generate and manage project plans within Smartsheet, ensuring projects are properly linked to reports
Perform budget analysis, cost projections, and estimates
Compile, analyze and track data that can influence cost, such as materials, labor, and special equipment requirements
Proactively anticipate and resolve issues that may occur involving accuracy of resource and financial monitoring and reports for the project deck.
Work with Project Managers to generate and manage project plans within Smartsheet, ensuring projects are properly linked to reports
Maintain resource (people and materials) planning spreadsheets, ensuring all required resources are captured and allocated accurately
Proactively identify potential resource constraints, communicating effectively with project managers
Support the generation of work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures for project and change management
Support the project management and systems engineering teams in executing the change management process
Support configuration reviews with the Change Management Review board, ensuring the process is completed and required approvals are received
Track/monitor subcontractor spending, work completion, and deliverables when required
Support during project reviews, documenting and communicating identified action items
Facilitate lessons learned activities/reviews for completed projects
Support the project management team and proposal managers in compiling estimates and getting quotes for project proposals
Provide other support to project managers as required
Updating cost trackers with actuals from Job Status Report (JSRs); working with PM to realign hours, material & travel costs
Maintenance of project cost tracker templates--adding new employees to existing cost trackers, formatting/modifications, troubleshooting errors or problems with formulas
Adding employee allocations into Adaptive Planning (AP); maintaining AP with changes/updates on projects (direct labor, travel and material costs)
Assisting accounting team with reconciling project revenue in AP to E-office and cost tracking worksheets