Principal or Senior Principal Manufacturing Program Cost Schedule Control Analyst (TS and/or SCI Clearance Required to Start) Redondo Beach, CA

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.

Strategic Space Systems Division (SSSD) is an industry-leading provider for prime satellite and payload capabilities and directed energy and electronics solutions for national security, military, and civil customers. We are built on a heritage of providing innovative, affordable and reliable aerospace and defense products that our customers rely on to achieve mission success. Join the Space revolution and make the impossible, possible.

SSSD has an opening for a Principal or Senior Principal Manufacturing Program Cost Analyst to join our Business Management team in Redondo Beach, CA. 

The Principal or Senior Principal Manufacturing Program Cost Analyst will report to the Manager of Project Control on a restricted program and will be responsible for supporting Northrop Grumman Corporations Strategic Space System programs in compliance with Earned Value Management System (EVMS) requirements and program implementation.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Responsible for interfacing with Cost Account Managers and providing monthly Earned Value Management cost/schedule data for program Cost Performance
• Reporting requirements utilizing the COBRA
• Track budget and resources, update forecasts and prepare analysis
• Reporting variance analysis and preparing cost reviews
• Generate weekly manufacturing reports and publications
• Develop Estimates-at-completes (EAC) Analysis
• Utilize SAP Material Resource Planning (MRP), transaction codes, data field elements and manufacturing business management processes
• Utilize manufacturing execution system as data source for manufacturing earned value
• Preferred candidate will have a Department of Defense (DoD) Top Secret (TS) Security Clearance or Special Compartmentalized Information Access (SCI)

This position requires the incumbent to possess a Department of Defense (DoD) active Top Secret (TS) security clearance or access to Special Compartmentalized Information (SCI).

This position can be filled at either a level 3 (Principal) or level 4 (Senior Principal) as outlined below in the qualifications.

Level 3 - Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 6 years’ experience business finance or accounting to include program cost control and planning or a Master’s Degree and 4 years of stated experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite; Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Department of Defense (DoD) Top Secret (TS) and or Special Compartmentalized Information Access (SCI)

Level 4 - Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 10 years’ experience business finance or accounting to include program cost control and planning or a Master’s Degree and 8 years of stated experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite; Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Department of Defense (DoD) Top Secret (TS) and or Special Compartmentalized Information Access (SCI)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS)
• Proficiency of the following systems or software: COBRA or similar project management software, wInsight, SAP Management Project Systems Module and Business Warehouse (BW)

Northrop Grumman offers a competitive and robust benefits program. As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts
• Flexible Schedules:  For example the ability to work a 9/80 work schedule, which allows an employee to work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday and take every other Friday off of work

For more details, please view Northrop Grumman Benefits.

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