Principal Program Cost and Schedule Control Analyst

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Roy, UT +1 · Business Management Mult-Func

Principal Program Cost and Schedule Control Analyst for Northrop Grumman's Aeronautics Systems division, located in Roy, UT. This role requires a Bachelor's degree with 5 years of experience (or Master's with 3 years) in Business Management, Finance, or Accounting, with a strong emphasis on Earned Value Management (EVM) within government contracting. Responsibilities include financial and administrative support, performance measurement baseline concepts, work breakdown structure establishment, budget baseline management, cost risk analysis, and reporting. Proficiency in financial systems like Deltek Cobra, SAP/S4, wInsight, Tableau/PowerBI, and MS Office is required. A Secret clearance is mandatory.

What you'd actually do

  1. Establishment of Work Breakdown Structure for execution of budgeted cost of work scheduled, assessment and maintenance of objective performance criteria, maintenance and justifications of estimates to complete, and support to internal and external reporting requirements for variance analysis.
  2. As well as, budget baseline, funding analysis, cost risk analysis/assessment and visibility reports, preparation of government cost performance reports and preparation and/or review of performance measurement variance analysis as well as development and analysis of estimates to complete.
  3. support the development of budget baselines and maintaining cost/schedule integration; support preparation of budgets, schedules, and ETC/EAC; perform and/or assist in financial performance analyses and visibility reporting; assist in the preparation and submittal of monthly CDRLs such as IPMR; support variance analysis reports; facilitate and support program monthly rhythm process, incorporate baseline changes into EVM system while utilizing Deltek Cobra, SAP/S4, wInsight, Tableau/PowerBI, and MS Excel/Project/PowerPoint.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree with 5 years of experience in Business Management, Finance, Accounting, OR a Master's degree with 3 years experience in Business Management, Finance, Accounting
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel and PowerPoint)
  • Experience in Government Contracting with Earned Value Management (EVM)
  • Experience with Business systems (SAP, Cobra) and using Cobra in a Government Earned Value Management rhythm
  • Financial forecasting experience with EVMS or government cost reporting
  • Ability to work on site daily in Roy, UT
  • Ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret Clearance

Nice to have

  • Experience in Government Contracting with Earned Value Management (EVM)
  • Experience with Business systems (SAP, Cobra) and using Cobra in a Government Earned Value Management rhythm
  • Financial forecasting experience with EVMS or government cost reporting
  • Experience with the AOP (annual operating plan) and LRSP (long range strategic plan) processes
  • Understanding of US Government procurement and contracting, Cost Accounting Standards, and FAR
  • Candidate has the ability to identify issues and problems across multiple contracts and make recommendations to management for resolution of mitigation

What the JD emphasized

  • Experience in Government Contracting with Earned Value Management (EVM)
  • Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret Clearance (must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access (es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company