Principal/ Sr Principal Program Cost Schedule Control Analyst

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Mesa, AZ +1 · Business Management Mult-Func

This role is for a Principal/Sr Principal Program Cost Schedule Control Analyst at Northrop Grumman, focusing on financial planning, analysis, and reporting for defense programs. Responsibilities include month-end close activities, EAC preparation, baseline establishment, annual plan forecasting, and partnering with program management. The role requires strong financial modeling, analytical skills, and experience in a complex project accounting environment. Experience with SAP, COBRA, TM1, and Earned Value Management (EVM) is preferred. A Secret clearance is required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Responsible for program portfolio Month End close activities including: preparing financial forecasts, conducting variance analysis and reviewing financial results with Integrated Product Team
  2. EAC (estimate at complete) preparation and analysis of programs on a quarterly basis to determine if financial profitability obligations will be achieved at program completion
  3. Establishing program baselines for new awards including: labor and material spend profiles and billing / cash flow forecasts
  4. Prepare Annual Plan, including orders, sales, profit and cash flow forecasting for program family and bridge analysis to prior plan
  5. Partnering with Program Manager as integral member of the product family team

Skills

Required

  • accounting and/or finance experience
  • Financial modeling skills
  • Microsoft Office - Excel skills (intermediate level or higher)
  • strong analytical skills in a complex project accounting environment
  • agile learner
  • grasp business processes and concepts easily and quickly
  • work onsite in Mesa, AZ

Nice to have

  • SAP
  • COBRA
  • TM1
  • Earned Value Management (EVM) experience
  • Proposal experience in preparation and submittal for multi-million-dollar programs
  • interpersonal skills
  • problem solving skills
  • time management skills

What the JD emphasized

  • Secret clearance