Description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an exciting opening in the Air Dominance Division for a Manager Program Control 2 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our sector. This leadership role is located in Palmdale, CA with 10% travel, or will consider location of El Segundo, CA with 25% travel.

Enjoy a diverse, collaborative environment with professionals across the nation ready to help launch your career. As a leader, you always act with integrity, and the highest ethical standards characterize everything you do. You enable your team to achieve predictable and balanced results, while satisfying the needs of internal and external partners. You treat all people with respect, and model personal growth and continuous development. You know how to build an inclusive environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. You create trusted and valued customer relationships and communicate effectively, so that people throughout the organization feel engaged and connected to their work. You deliver excellence, strive for continuous improvement, and respond vigorously to change. You ensure that your team has the information and tools needed to perform at their best. You demonstrate our committed pursuit of applying innovation to meet the requirements of our customer. You create and execute strategies that result in sustainable value creation that delivers measurable results. If this is YOU…keep reading!

This is a demanding role with diverse type of contracts in a challenging, fast-paced environment. The Program Control Manager will lead, supervise, and train a team of cost analysts responsible for Earned Value Management System (EVMS) implementation and analysis, SOX compliance, funding analysis, program financial analysis, internal and external audits, and contract deliverables. The Manager is also responsible for providing functional oversight of the Cost Management department, including engagement, staffing, and employee development.

Our Leaders at Northrop Grumman live our values daily and encourage our teams to do the same. We do the right thing: upholding the highest ethical standards and facilitating a safe and respectful environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. We do what we promise: holding yourself and others accountable to meet predictable and balanced results. We commit to shared success: operating as OneNG and removing barriers for our teams. Finally, we pioneer: setting a vision that shapes the future and inspires others. 

Specific duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provide direct supervision activities, including completion of performance goals and reviews, assigning work scope to employees, reviewing and approving timecards, and ensuring employees operate according to company policies and procedures
• Develop employee skills and evaluate employee performance on assigned responsibilities, including: EVMS implementation and analysis; support and guidance to PMs and CAMs; analysis and preparation of cost and schedule reports; development, analysis and review of EACs; variance analysis research and reporting; and reconciliations to SAP
• Support customer Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBR), Supplier Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBR), and Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Joint Surveillance Reviews (JSR) audits
• Responsible for ensuring contract deliverables are completed and submitted on a timely manner (CFSR, CSDR, IPMR, CWBS)
• Focus team on achieving uncompromising quality in all products and services, accountability and team performance.
• Ensure team fully understands their roles and impact on financial results
• Act as the primary interface with the program office, functional leadership, and external auditing agencies regarding EVMS related tasks/efforts, requirements, issues, analysis, and performance measures
• Support proposal preparation, fact-finding and contract negotiations as needed to ensure cost management issues are represented
• Act as primary point of contact with customer counterpart, and maintain a positive working relationship to improve communication and stay on top of any potential cost issues
• Perform in a fast paced, frequently changing, and demand driven environment

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university and 7 years Finance/Business Management or similar work experience OR Master's Degree and 5 years of Finance/Business Management or similar work experience
• Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and financial analysis
• Working knowledge of EVMS Software (i.e. Cobra), SAP, Microsoft Office Suite and Accounting principles

• Must have an active US Government clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a Business Administration with minimum of 7 years of hands-on experience in cost and schedule management
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from an accredited university
• Experience with SAP S4
• Strong analytical skills
• Experience in Aerospace and/or Defense programs and familiarity with Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR) and/or Integrated Program Management Data and Analysis Report (IPMDAR).
• Advanced proficiency in Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) such as Deltek Cobra, accounting systems such as SAP S4 and financial systems such as Cognos
• Experience leading a team, either as a lead, functional manager, or matrix manager
• Experience interfacing with government audit agencies such as DCMA and DCAA, as well as Internal Audit