Program Cost Control Analyst - Level 4

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

This role is for a Program Cost Control Analyst at Northrop Grumman. The primary responsibilities include preparing budgets and schedules, performing financial analyses (funding profiles, sales outlooks, cash forecasting, variance analysis), managing expenditures, and ensuring adequate funding. Key tasks involve setting up cost control systems, supporting audits, performing Earned Value Metric (EVM) tasks (WBS development, budget baseline, cost risk analysis, estimates to complete), and preparing reports. The role requires a Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience or equivalent, and experience with financial analysis or reporting and MS Office Suite. Preferred qualifications include defense industry experience, specific software experience (Costpoint, Cobra, etc.), and Earned Value Management (EVM) experience.

What you'd actually do

  1. Set up cost control system, monitor and control costs and schedules on contracts requiring validated cost schedule control system
  2. Support audits and reviews requested by programs, customers, and company management, fact-finding and negotiation support
  3. Perform analysis and prepare reports in order to ensure that contracts are within negotiated and agreed-upon parameters and government cost control guidelines
  4. Perform Earned Value Metric (EVM) tasks including Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) development, budget baseline, cost risk analysis/ assessment and visibility reports, development and analysis of estimates to complete
  5. Other duties as assigned

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree with 8 years of professional experience or equivalent
  • Financial analysis or reporting experience
  • MS Office Suite

Nice to have

  • Degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting or Business Administration
  • Defense industry experience
  • Program Cost Control experience
  • FAR/DFAR experience
  • Costpoint, Cobra, Cognos, Primavera, S4 Hana or SAP experience
  • Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Proposals, Cash Flow Models experience
  • Lead Program Cost Control Analyst experience
  • Understanding of Indirect Rate application
  • Experience with various contract types, such as FFP, FPAF, T&M, OTA
  • Earned Value Management (EVM) experience

What the JD emphasized

  • validated cost schedule control system
  • Earned Value Metric (EVM)
  • cost risk analysis/ assessment
  • estimates to complete
  • FAR/DFAR