Program Cost Control Analyst - Level 4

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you’ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today. If forging a secure future excites you, look no further! Northrop Grumman's Space Sector provides an arena where your passion for innovation and quest for exploration are welcome. As a Program Cost Control Analyst – Level 4 ( Material Cost Management Analyst – Level 4 ), you will be pivotal in supporting missions critical to national and global security. Ready to join forces with our visionary team? This individual will primarily be responsible for establishing and monitoring budgets and schedules for direct contract work on various aerospace programs.  You and your team of peers will assist the programs with financial analyses such as budget vs actuals, estimated cost at completion, funding profiles, sales outlooks, cash forecasting, and variance analysis. The team will also monitor contract budget and support adequate funding availability by maintaining accurate records of expenditures, prepare expenditure projections and support timely requests for additional funding to the government.  This position will be based out of Chandler AZ . In this job, you will: Business cadence and reporting objectives: 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. Maintain the accuracy of the managed WBS structures (or Control Accounts) through recurring monthly status of activities, manual adjustment entries, and analyzing resulting variances to budget. Provide support to internal surveillance to include analysis of program performance, monitoring the Estimate to Complete (ETC) and program Estimate at Complete (EAC), review of Variance Analysis Reports (VARs) and Change Requests (CRs). Business strategy and compliance objectives: Integrate with the program and other functional teams (i.e. supply chain management) to assist in the reconciliation of data facilitating an avenue for recommendations to program management/teams to include corrective actions. Support internal and external audits and reviews requested by programs, customers, and company management, fact-finding and negotiation support. Perform analysis and prepare reports to ensure that contracts are within negotiated and agreed-upon parameters and government cost control guidelines. Apply knowledge of the DCMA data driven Earned Value Management Systems compliance process and current policy. Cross-functional