Senior Principal Program Cost and Schedule Control Analyst
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking candidates for a Senior Principal Program Cost Control Analyst position based in Linthicum, Maryland. This onsite position offers a 9/80 schedule. The posting is intended to identify candidates for future positions and does not represent a current opening. The analyst interfaces with program managers, functional management, cost account managers, and business managers to provide financial support and analysis. The role prepares budgets and schedules for contract work and supports financial analyses, including funding profiles, sales outlook, cash forecasting, and variance analysis. It monitors costs and schedules on contracts requiring a validated cost schedule control system and performs Earned Value Management tasks, including Work Breakdown Structure development, budget baselines, cost risk assessment, visibility reports, and estimates to complete. The analyst prepares analyses and reports to ensure contracts meet negotiated parameters and government cost-control guidelines; maintains expenditure records; directs expenditure projections; and submits timely requests for additional government funding. The role also supports audits and reviews, planning activities, internal reports and presentations, and junior staff through mentoring, training, and guidance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of related professional experience, or a master’s degree and 6 years of related professional experience.
- Experience with financial systems, including cost performance reporting and analysis.
- Strong PC skills, particularly 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.
Nice To Haves
- Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Experience with COBRA, COGNOS, or SAP.
- Experience with Earned Value and performance measurement baseline concepts, and ability to apply them to multiple contracts, CLINs, and control accounts.
Responsibilities
- Interface with program managers, functional management, cost account managers, and business managers to provide financial support and analysis.
- Prepare budgets and schedules for contract work.
- Assist with funding profiles, sales outlook, cash forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Monitor contract costs and schedules where a validated cost schedule control system is required.
- Perform Earned Value Management tasks, including Work Breakdown Structure development, budget baseline development, cost risk analysis and assessment, visibility reports, and estimates-to-complete development and analysis.
- Prepare analyses and reports to ensure contracts comply with negotiated parameters and government cost-control guidelines.
- Maintain accurate expenditure records, direct preparation of expenditure projections, and submit timely requests for additional government funding.
- Support program, customer, and company management audits and reviews.
- Support Annual Operating Plan, Resource Plan, and Long-Range Strategic Plan activities.
- Prepare financial inputs for internal reports and presentations, including IPRS, dashboards, and BARs.
- Mentor, train, and guide junior staff.
Benefits
- Health Plan
- Savings Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Education Assistance
- Training and Development
- 9/80 Work Schedule where available
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Company-paid holidays
- Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
