Principal Program Cost Control Analyst

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Linthicum Heights, MD +1 · Business Management Mult-Func

This role is for a Principal Program Cost Control Analyst at Northrop Grumman, focusing on financial planning and control for defense sector divisions. Responsibilities include budget preparation, financial analysis, Earned Value Management (EVM) tasks, cost monitoring, and reporting to ensure contracts meet financial parameters and government guidelines. The role also involves providing technical guidance to junior staff and requires a Secret security clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. provide program planning and financial control support
  2. interface with the program managers, functional management, cost account managers (CAMs) and business managers to provide financial support and analysis to meet program requirements
  3. prepare budgets and schedules for contract work and assist in financial analyses such as funding profiles, sales outlook, cash forecasting, and variance analysis
  4. monitor costs and schedules on contracts requiring validated cost schedule control system
  5. 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

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 Earned Value Management
  • 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
  • Current, active DoD Secret security clearance or higher

Nice to have

  • Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration or related field
  • Experience with COBRA, COGNOS, SAP

What the JD emphasized

  • validated cost schedule control system
  • Earned Value Management