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Northrop Grumman · 13 hours ago

Principal/Sr Principal Program Cost Control Analyst - R10218453

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$94K/yr - $141K/yr

5+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security, and they are seeking a Principal or Senior Principal Program Cost Control Analyst. The role involves providing financial support and analysis for the Sentinel Program, including budget preparation, cost monitoring, and ensuring compliance with cost control guidelines.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

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.)

Qualification

COBRACOGNOSSAPEarned Value ManagementFinancial SystemsExcel ProficiencyFinancial PlanningDCMA Audit SupportPM Compass Tool

Required

Bachelor's degree with 5 years of related professional experience - OR - a Master's degree with 3 years of related professional experience

Experience with COBRA, COGNOS, SAP

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

Strong PC skills - specifically Excel proficiency (including pivot tables, Vlookup, and conditional formatting)

Ability to travel domestically 10% of the time

The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance is required

Bachelor's degree with 8 years of related professional experience - OR - a Master's degree with 6 years of related professional experience