Senior Program Control Analyst - UES, a Blue Halo Company

Overview:

Being on the BlueHalo team means working alongside the brightest minds in technology on the toughest challenges facing our nation – not just every once in a while, but every single day. Together, we are leading the transformation of modern warfare and each BlueHalo employee plays a key role. That’s why our investment in you goes beyond a rewarding salary and benefits package. We’re committed to providing our people with the best opportunities to develop their skills, share their knowledge, and push their innovative ideas to the cutting-edge. Having fun doing it with a team that feels like family all across BlueHalo Nation is the ultimate perk. From Space and Directed Energy to Cyber and Intelligence to C4ISR and Air & Missile Defense, there is no limit to where you can take your career with us. Are you ready to launch a career at BlueHalo?

 

 

Responsibilities:

As the Senior Program Control Analyst, you will play a highly visible role as part of the finance team in supporting multiple programs. If you are a driven, career-focused, and customer-oriented program control professional who has worked with multiple contract types in federal contracting/commercial environments, come join our team. This position will be onsite, hybrid, or remote.

 

Essential Functions:

• Review and understand contract terms and conditions (multiple contract types to include T&M, FFP, FFP LOE, CPFF, & CPIF) to ensure compliance to financial clauses and deliverable deadlines.
• Responsible for the set-up and maintenance of billable projects in the accounting system (Unanet ERP).
• Prepare required cost and CDRL reporting (e.g. spend plan, 75% cost incurred status reports, MSRs, etc.).
• Prepare and maintain budgets/forecast models to meet project and AOP requirements.
• Prepare/implement revenue recognition methodology and monthly variance analysis.
• Maintenance and tracking of direct material purchases on applicable projects for use in project reporting and stakeholder deliverables.
• Lead/assist with pricing efforts as needed.
• Identify and track program risks/opportunities.
• Review/approve direct cost purchase requisitions.
• Prepare travel request pre-approval documentation.
• Track subcontract cost & schedule status, material receipts, and open commitments.
• Identify and process advanced spending/at-risk approvals as needed.
• Work with Accounts Receivables to ensure accurate and timely billing, unbilled, and aging.
• Interact with customers and BlueHalo stakeholders as needed.
• Partner with multiple program managers and directors on financial status reviews and strategy meetings
• Advise multiple program managers through program decisions and their financial impact.

Success Factors: The successful candidate will demonstrate accordingly as outlined below at each milestone.

• 30 days: Shows initiative in support of contract requirements with a positive attitude and has completed all required training.
• 60 days: Demonstrates complete understanding of BlueHalo policies and processes and can execute this understanding successfully in accordance with contract requirements.
• 90 days: Able to operate semi-autonomously, with the demonstrated ability to consistently produce quality and timely deliverables.

Requirements:

 

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting and a minimum of six to eight (6-8) years of related project control experience; or Master’s degree and minimum of four (4) years of project control experience.
• Strong working knowledge of federal contracting concepts, practices, and procedures related to Accounting and Finance
• Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills required (Index & Match, Pivot tables, Nested IF Statements, V-Lookups, Sumifs, etc.)
• Familiarity with other Microsoft Office applications
• Candidate must be a US Citizen able to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• MBA with four (4) years of project control experience
• CostPoint experience is a plus.
• PowerBI experience is a plus.
• Unanet experience is a plus.
• Three (3) years’ experience in developing proposal pricing (new business and change proposals) including cost/price, schedule, and resource analysis.
• Experience developing database queries.
• Indirect rates and proper application with three (3) years’ experience.

Leading the Transformation

The BlueHalo Effect
 
It speaks to who we are as a company, a global protective ring that shields everything we most want to safeguard, an unbroken line that ensures our customers retain the advantage in any battlespace, from high above the Earth to deep in cyberspace. It’s who we are, a halo, a protector, the light of inspired engineering keeping our Nation safe.
 
Our vision is a world where national security is certain because technical superiority is assured.
Join us and become a vital element of The BlueHalo Effect!
 

Clearance Level Required:NoneEEO Statement:"BlueHalo is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Employment policies and decisions on employment and promotion are based on merit, qualifications, performance, and business needs. The decisions and criteria governing the employment relationship with all employees are made in a nondiscriminatory manner, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other factor determined to be unlawful by federal, state, or local statutes. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable workplace accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an email to HR@bluehalo.com. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. This option is reserved only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation. It is not intended for other purposes or inquiries."