Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 day ago
Senior Principal Program Cost Control Analyst
United States-California-San Diego
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$118K/yr - $176K/yr
6+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security, looking for a Senior Principal Program Cost Control Analyst in San Diego, CA. The role involves partnering with key stakeholders to analyze reports, manage invoicing, and ensure contracts adhere to cost control guidelines while providing financial support and analysis for various programs.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
The PCA will support the Navigation, Intelligence & Connectivity Division
The analyst will be partnering with key program stakeholders to create & analyze reports, work on invoicing opportunities and assist with monthly/quarterly tasks such as EACs, IPRS and Financial Forecasts
This lead PCA will 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
The lead PCA will support audits and reviews as requested by programs, customers, and company management, support Annual Operating Plan, Resource Plan, and Long Range Strategic Plan activity, and prepare financial inputs to internal reports and presentations such as funding profiles, sales outlook, cash forecasting, and variance analysis
The PCA will interface with the program managers, functional management, cost account managers (CAMs) and business managers to provide financial support and analysis to meet program requirements
They will prepare budgets and schedules for contract work and assist in financial analyses such as funding profiles, sales outlook, cash forecasting, and variance analysis
The PCA will monitor costs and schedules on contracts requiring validated cost schedule control system
This will include performing perform Earned Value Metric (EVM) tasks such as Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) development, budget baseline, cost risk analysis/ assessment and visibility reports, development, and analysis of estimates to complete
The PCA will 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
The PCA will support audits and reviews as requested by programs, customers, and company management, support Annual Operating Plan, Resource Plan, and Long Range Strategic Plan activity, and prepare financial inputs to internal reports and presentations (IPRS, Dashboards, BARs, Etc.)
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree with 8 years of related professional experience - OR - a Master's degree with 6 years of related professional experience
Will consider 12 years of applied experience in lieu of degree requirement
Experience with Earned Value Management and performance measurement baseline concepts
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
US Citizenship is required
The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance is required
Preferred
Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration or related field
Experience with COBRA, COGNOS, SAP
Current, active DoD Secret security clearance
Benefits
Health Plan
Savings Plan
Paid Time Off
Education Assistance
Training and Development
9/80 Work Schedule (where available)
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase