Sr PP&C Analyst

Kansas City National Security Campus•Kansas City, MO

14h•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr PP&C Analyst oversees and performs detailed project and program planning, tracking, scheduling, financial analysis, and reporting. The role interprets complex data from NNSA source guidance, Design Labs, and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems for projects and programs with significant dollar value, complexity, and scope. The analyst applies project management and financial standards and processes across multiple projects, working closely with project and program managers to maintain scope, schedule, and financial baselines, EACs, forecasts, trend analysis, and customer reports. The position provides leadership in developing, managing, and communicating project networks; may serve as the primary point of contact for contract administration and demand management; and supports contract reporting, resource analysis, annual plan tracking, cost transfers, discrepancy reconciliation, budget requests, purchasing issues, and other financial transactions. The analyst assists program and project managers with planning, staffing, and execution of major assignments, mentors lower-level analysts, and may represent projects or programs on behalf of management. The role develops and maintains planning networks for complex projects, reports project status, and develops and presents recovery plans when needed. It negotiates project-related changes with customers to support development and qualification schedules, uses supply-chain knowledge and FM&T ERP/MRP systems to gather planning data, and works with supply chain to address issues. The analyst leads teams resolving critical program operations support problems and may negotiate workload priorities with manufacturing and test laboratories. The position manages customer orders for complex, multiple-item contracts with significant cost and delivery impacts. It may represent FM&T to external customers, prepare quotes, and manage order scope, schedule, and cost to meet negotiated dates and budget constraints. It may also coordinate and conduct site-level meetings to review programs, projects, and workforce status. The analyst monitors and analyzes actual project costs against forecasts, budgets, or baselines; evaluates cost details for project leads; and supports remediation of incorrect labor, material, or other charges.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of relevant work experience, or 2 additional years of experience.
U.S. citizenship.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy security clearance if required for the position.
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.
Ability to work remotely, hybrid, or on-site as directed by management and business needs.
Regular and reliable attendance.
Ability to work on-site and travel as needed.
Solid understanding of project management methodology and contract management concepts.
Knowledge of project/program financial management and scheduling.
Ability to work with multiple teams and inspire them to work toward a common goal.

Nice To Haves

Degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, or Accounting.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, PeopleSoft, Primavera, and ERP software.
Extensive knowledge of supply chain management, demand management, and contract management.
Earned Value Management methodology and experience.
Experience managing customer contracts with government customers, including Fence Funded contracts.

Responsibilities

Apply project management and financial standards and processes across multiple projects.
Work with project and program managers to maintain scope, schedule, and financial baselines, EACs, forecasts, trend analysis, and customer reports.
Lead the development, management, and communication of project networks.
Serve as a primary point of contact for contract administration and/or demand management.
Perform contract reporting and analyze project resource requirements; track annual plans, cost transfers, discrepancies, budget requests, purchasing issues, and other financial transactions.
Guide and mentor lower-level analysts.
Assist program and project managers with planning, staffing, and execution of major assignments.
Represent projects or programs on behalf of management as needed.
Develop and maintain planning networks for complex projects related to major weapon and reimbursable programs.
Report project plan status and develop and present recovery plans at customer review meetings when necessary.
Negotiate project-related changes with internal and/or external customers to help meet development and qualification schedules.
Use supply-chain knowledge and FM&T ERP/MRP systems to gather project planning data; evaluate issues and contact FM&T supply chain to resolve them.
Lead teams in resolving critical program operations support problems.
Negotiate workload priorities with manufacturing and test laboratories when responsible for doing so.
Manage customer orders for complex, multiple-item contracts with significant cost and delivery impacts.
Represent FM&T as a point of contact for external customers; prepare quotes and manage customer order scope, schedule, and cost as needed.
Coordinate and conduct site-level meetings to review programs, projects, and workforce status.
Monitor, evaluate, and analyze actual project costs against forecasts, budgets, or baselines.
Evaluate project cost details and provide analysis to Project Leads.
Monitor project actuals for incorrect labor, material, or other charges and support remediation.