Principal or Sr. Principal Program Cost and Schedule Control Analyst

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Melbourne, FL +2 · Business Management Mult-Func

This role is for a Principal or Sr. Principal Program Cost & Schedule Control Analyst at Northrop Grumman, focusing on financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting for defense contracts. The position requires experience with Earned Value Management (EVM), financial systems, and Microsoft Office, with a strong emphasis on cost and schedule control within a government contracting environment. A Secret clearance is mandatory.

What you'd actually do

  1. Perform analysis & prepare reports in order to ensure that contracts are within negotiated and agreed-upon parameters and government cost control guidelines.
  2. Be responsible for supporting the preparation and coordination of the monthly and quarterly financial forecasting and reporting processes.
  3. Provide internal reporting requirements to include incorporation of forecast, identification of staffing issues related to baseline/ETC, and execution of corrective action or updates using program reporting tools.
  4. This position will interface with Business Managers and support booking rate files and profitability updates.
  5. Good leadership skills & the ability to work with the Program Office while leading a smaller team are essential.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree with 5 years of experience in business administration, finance, accounting, financial analysis, and/or industry related field OR Master's degree with 3 years of experience in business administration, finance, accounting, financial analysis, or industry related field.
  • Must have an active DoD Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
  • Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Program Access within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
  • Must have experience with Earned Value Management (EVM).
  • Must have experience with Microsoft Office suite, including Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Must have experience successfully supporting a monthly financial forecasting rhythm.
  • Must have experience with EAC development and analysis.
  • Must have experience with MPM and/or Cobra.

Nice to have

  • Experience developing CDRLs (IPMR/IPMDAR/CPR/CFSR/CSDR)
  • Ability to run S4 BW (OLAP) Queries
  • Experience with Excel Macros, Pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and Slicer tools
  • Experience with IFAS/NGFP

What the JD emphasized

  • Must have an active DoD Secret clearance