Principal Project Control Finance Analyst – San Diego, CA

    Climb to new heights on your journey when you start Defining Possible with Northrop Grumman. Enjoy a purposeful career in aeronautics that is crucial to the way we connect and protect our world across land, sea, and air. Bring your experience and take advantage of this opportunity to discover how you can start to push past possible and achieve your goals today. Enjoy a diverse, collaborative environment with professionals across the nation ready to help launch your career.    Northrop Grumman is seeking a qualified Program Cost Schedule & Control Analyst 3 to join our diverse team. This position will be located in San Diego, CA.       Essential Functions:   This Program Cost Control Analyst position will, under minimal supervision, interface with the program managers, functional management, and senior leadership to provide financial and administrative support and analysis to meet program requirements.     Candidate will have experience with financial analysis of traditional financial metrics (Awards, Acquisitions, Sales, Operating Margin, ROS%, Cash).    Financial tasks to include but not limited to: financial modeling for Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and Long Range Strategic Plan (LRSP), funding analysis, cash flow analysis, invoice tracking, profitability, support monthly/quarterly financial reviews, risk analysis, and ad-hoc reporting.    Additional responsibilities will include: Performs analysis and prepares reports in order to ensure that contracts are within negotiated and agreed-upon parameters and government cost control guidelines.     Candidate will also be responsible for supporting the preparation and coordination of financial forecasting and reporting.    Internal reporting requirements include incorporation of forecast, identification of staffing issues related to baseline/ETC, and execution of corrective action or updates using program reporting tools.    

 
 Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Finance, Accounting, Economics or related and a minimum of 6 years related experience in financial analysis OR a Master's Degree with 4 years of related experience
  
• Requires intermediate to advanced understanding of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
  Be able to obtain and maintain Secret DoD Clearance

 Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of Financial systems (Oracle, Hyperion)
• Financial forecasting experience with EVMS or government cost reporting
• Understanding of Business systems (SAP, MPM, WinSight)
• Candidate has the ability to identify issues and problems across multiple contracts and make recommendations to management for resolution of mitigation.
  

 Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.