Senior Cost and Schedule Manager 3

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Clearfield, UT +1 · Finance and Accounting

Senior Cost and Schedule Manager for Northrop Grumman's Air Dominance Division, leading a team responsible for financial planning, cost/schedule performance, earned value management, and risk management for aerostructures programs. Requires experience with EVM, government customers, and compliance with policies like FAR and SOX.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage staffing needs, including: hiring/training/developing employees, assigning work scope to employees, and providing daily direction to employees
  2. Collaborate across other functional teams to ensure the success of program priorities
  3. Interface with a multitude of internal and external customers, including: sector/division/program leadership (e.g. VPs/Directors), government customers (e.g. USAF), and auditing agencies (e.g. DCMA and Deloitte).
  4. Oversee the development, implementation, and management of program budgets to enable programs to manage performance
  5. Maintain compliance to internal and external policies and procedures (e.g. EVM, FAR, SOX, etc.)

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution with 9 years of Business Management work experience or Master's degree with 7 years of Business Management work experience
  • Prior managerial experience required
  • Aerospace industry experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) guidelines
  • Working knowledge of EVM systems, including: Cobra or similar systems
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications
  • Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs

Nice to have

  • 10+ years Business Management work experience, and an MBA or other related master’s degree
  • Familiarity with cost and schedule management processes and tools
  • Advanced ability in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications
  • Experience developing and presenting business strategies, financial information, and risk assessments to leadership teams
  • Experience interfacing with government audit agencies such as DCMA and DCAA, as well as accounting auditing agencies such as Deloitte
  • Experience utilizing SAP S4, Hyperion (or related financial software), Cobra, and wInsight
  • Active US government secret or top secret clearance

What the JD emphasized

  • Maintain compliance to internal and external policies and procedures (e.g. EVM, FAR, SOX, etc.)