Senior Principal Program Cost and Schedule Control Analyst - secret
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Senior Principal Program Cost Control Analyst based in Linthicum, Maryland. This onsite position supports program managers, functional management, cost account managers, and business managers by providing financial support and analysis to meet program requirements. The analyst prepares budgets and schedules for contract work and supports financial analyses, including funding profiles, sales outlook, cash forecasting, and variance analysis. The role monitors costs and schedules on contracts that require a validated cost schedule control system. Work includes Earned Value Management tasks such as Work Breakdown Structure development, budget baselines, cost risk analysis and assessment, visibility reports, and developing and analyzing estimates to complete. The analyst prepares reports to help ensure contracts comply with negotiated parameters and government cost-control guidelines, maintains expenditure records, directs preparation of expenditure projections, and submits timely requests for additional government funding. The analyst also supports program, customer, and company audits and reviews; contributes to Annual Operating Plan, Resource Plan, and Long-Range Strategic Plan activities; and prepares financial inputs for internal reports and presentations, including IPRS, dashboards, and BARs. The role provides mentoring, training, and guidance to junior staff. The position requires an active Secret clearance and domestic travel of 10%. It is an onsite role with a 9/80 schedule. The posting describes a pipeline opportunity for future positions, rather than a current opening.
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, specifically Excel proficiency, including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and conditional formatting.
- Ability to travel domestically 10% of the time.
- Current, active U.S. Government Secret clearance.
- U.S. 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, with the 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 costs and schedules on contracts requiring a validated cost schedule control system.
- Perform Earned Value Management tasks, including Work Breakdown Structure development, budget baseline development, cost risk analysis and assessment, visibility reporting, and estimates-to-complete development and analysis.
- Analyze and prepare reports to ensure contracts remain within negotiated and agreed-upon parameters and government cost-control guidelines.
- Maintain accurate expenditure records, direct preparation of expenditure projections, and submit timely requests for additional government funding.
- Support audits and reviews requested by programs, customers, and company management.
- 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 provide guidance to junior staff.
Benefits
- Health plan and health insurance coverage
- Savings plan
- Paid time off for vacation and/or personal business
- Company-paid holidays
- Education assistance
- Training and development
- Life and disability insurance
- 9/80 work schedule where available
- Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus, depending on the position
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
