Principal Program Cost and Control Analyst

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Los Angeles, CA +1 · Business Management Mult-Func

This role is for a Principal Program Cost Control Analyst at Northrop Grumman. The analyst will support the Navigation & Cockpit Systems (NACS) Business Unit, reporting to the Business Manager of Rates and Budgets/Resource Planning. Responsibilities include providing financial support and analysis to program managers, functional management, cost account managers (CAMs), and business managers. This involves preparing budgets and schedules, assisting with financial analysis like funding profiles, sales outlook, cash forecasting, and variance analysis. The role also requires ensuring budgets are within agreed parameters and government cost control guidelines, maintaining expenditure records, projecting expenditures, and requesting funding. Additionally, the analyst will support audits, planning activities (Annual Operating Plan, Resource Plan, Long-Range Strategic Plan), and prepare financial input for internal reports. Processing invoices and monitoring capital/NCTA investments are also part of the duties, along with identifying risks and opportunities and providing recommendations. Basic qualifications include a Bachelor's degree with 5 years of experience or a Master's with 3 years, or 9 years of applied experience. Experience with financial systems, cost performance reporting, and advanced Excel is required. Preferred qualifications include a degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration, experience with Cognos Planning, Tableau, SAP, and Earned Value management concepts.

What you'd actually do

  1. 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.
  2. They will prepare budgets and schedules for contract work and assist in financial analysis such as funding profiles, sales outlook, cash forecasting, and variance analysis.
  3. The PCA will perform analysis and prepare reports to ensure that budgets 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.
  4. 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 input for internal reports and presentations (IPRS, Dashboards, BARs, Etc.)
  5. The PCA will process Automated Disbursement Request (ADR)/ Invoices and Purchased Order Invoices when received and route to accounts payable for approval and ensure ADR/Invoices and Wire Transfers are processed appropriately.

Skills

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 financial systems including cost performance reporting and analysis
  • Strong PC skills - specifically Excel proficiency (including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and conditional formatting)
  • Ability to interface with multiple disciplines and varying levels of management
  • Ability to travel domestically 10% of the time.

Nice to have

  • Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration or related field
  • Experience with Cognos Planning, Tableau, SAP and advanced Excel
  • Experience with Earned Value and performance measurement baseline concepts and ability to apply them to multiple contracts, CLINs and control accounts.