Sr Principal Program Cost Control Analyst

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies.

We’re looking for you to join our team as a Sr Principal Program Cost Control Analyst based out of Manhattan Beach, CA or Linthicum, MD. This position may be staffed as a hybrid role from he Manhattan Beach or Linthicum area. This position offers the 9/80 work schedule.

What You’ll Get to Do
The Sr Principal Program Cost Control Analyst (PCA) will support the Space Park Foundry within the FTAP (Foundries, Test, and Advanced Packaging) Operating Unit of the Mission Next Division reporting to the Business Manager of the Space Park Foundry.

The PCA will interface with the program managers, functional management, cost account managers (CAMs) and business managers to provide financial support and analysis to meet program requirements.  They will prepare budgets and schedules for contract work and assist in financial analyses such as funding profiles, sales outlook, cash forecasting, and variance analysis.

The PCA will monitor costs and schedules on contracts requiring validated cost schedule control system.  This will include performing Earned Value Metric (EVM) tasks such as Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) development, budget baseline, cost risk analysis/ assessment and visibility reports, development, and analysis of estimates to complete.

The PCA will perform analysis and prepare reports in order to ensure that contracts are within negotiated and agreed-upon parameters and government cost control guidelines, including maintaining accurate records of expenditures, directing preparation of expenditure projections, and submitting timely requests for additional funding to the government. 

The PCA will support audits and reviews as requested by programs, customers, and company management, support Annual Operating Plan, Resource Plan, and Long Range Strategic Plan activity, and prepare financial inputs to internal reports and presentations (IPRS, Dashboards, BARs, Etc.)

 

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 8 years of related experience OR a Master's Degree and 6 years of related experience

• Experience with Earned Value and performance measurement baseline concepts and ability to apply them to multiple contracts, CLINs and control accounts.Experience with financial systems including cost performance reporting and analysis
• Experience in a financial planning and analysis role - working with financial statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement)
• Previous experience in budgeting within a production environment
• Previous experience with IWO financial management
• Strong PC skills - specifically Excel proficiency (including pivot tables, Vlookup, and conditional formatting)
• ​Ability to travel domestically 10% of the time.
• US Citizenship

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration or related field
• Experience developing and implementing financial processes