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Northrop Grumman · 14 hours ago

Principal Program Cost Control Analyst - R10219287

Los Angeles, CA

Contract

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 Program Cost Control Analyst. The role involves providing financial support and analysis for production programs, preparing budgets and schedules, and ensuring compliance with government cost control guidelines.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Support Firm Fixed Price (FFP) type production programs within the Navigation, Intelligence and Connectivity Division (NIC)

Interface with program managers, functional management, cost account managers (CAMs) and business managers to provide financial support and analysis to meet program requirements

Prepare budgets and schedules for contract work

Assist in financial analyses such as funding profiles, sales outlook, cash forecasting, and variance analysis

Monitor costs and schedules on contracts requiring validated cost schedule control system

Perform 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

Perform analysis and prepare reports in order to ensure that contracts are within negotiated and agreed-upon parameters and government cost control guidelines

Maintain accurate records of expenditures, directing preparation of expenditure projections, and submitting timely requests for additional funding to the government

Support audits and reviews as requested by programs, customers, and company management

Support Annual Operating Plan, Resource Plan, and Long Range Strategic Plan activity

Prepare financial inputs to internal reports and presentations (IPRS, Dashboards, BARs, Etc.)

Qualification

Financial systems experienceCognosSAPFinancial forecastingEarned Value ManagementExcel proficiencyBudget preparationAnalytical skillsCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

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

Will consider 9 years of applied experience in lieu of degree requirement

Experience with financial systems including cost performance reporting and analysis

Experience with COGNOS, SAP

Experience with financial forecasting

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

Ability to travel domestically 10% of the time

Preferred

Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration or related field

Experience with COBRA, ERP2

Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) and performance measurement baseline concepts and ability to apply them to multiple contracts, CLINs and control accounts