Senior Project Controls Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as a senior expert in Earned Value Management (EVM) and project controls, providing support for headquarters, program office, and portfolio-level needs.

• Assess program costs, schedules, performance metrics, and risks to identify trends and potential issues.

• Evaluate contractor IPMDAR, IPMR, IMS, and other performance data to ensure program health and compliance.

• Analyze EVM metrics such as BCWS/PV, BCWP/EV, ACWP/AC, CPI, SPI, TCPI, EAC, ETC, and VAC.

• Review cost and schedule variances, contractor justifications, corrective actions, and recovery strategies.

• Generate independent evaluations, forecasts, and recommendations for leadership consideration.

• Assist with Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBRs), establishing baselines, Baseline Change Requests (BCRs), replanning, rebaselining, contract modifications, and surveillance efforts.

• Keep current with FAR, DFARS, DoD EVM policies, acquisition guidelines, and program management requirements.

• Collaborate with program managers, analysts, cost estimators, schedulers, technical leads, CAMs, contracting personnel, and industry stakeholders.

• Consolidate cost, schedule, technical, and historical performance data to identify and quantify risks.

• Perform quantitative risk analyses and scenario evaluations.

• Prepare and present executive-level briefings on program costs, schedules, risks, and performance metrics.

• Offer recommendations to aid leadership in resource allocation, budgeting, contracting, and execution decisions.

• Create standardized project controls processes, templates, and methodologies.

• Identify opportunities to automate data collection, reporting, forecasting, and analysis efforts.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Data Analytics, Project Management, or a related field.

• Over 10 years of relevant experience in project controls, EVM, financial analysis, cost estimating, scheduling, or comparable fields.

• Experience supporting complex Department of Defense (DoD) or federal government programs.

• Advanced knowledge of EVM principles, EVMS requirements, forecasting techniques, and variance analysis.

• Proficiency in analyzing IPMDAR, IPMR, IMS, or similar reporting formats.

• Familiarity with scheduling tools such as Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project.

• Experience with EVM/cost tools like Deltek COBRA or IBM Cognos.

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and experience managing large datasets.

• Proven ability to present performance analyses and recommendations effectively to leadership.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities.

• Active DoD Secret Clearance.

• Selected applicants must meet eligibility criteria for accessing classified information.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package, including paid time off (PTO).

• Educational stipends available.

• Referral bonuses offered.

• Engaging work with the U.S. federal government.

• Strong focus on volunteerism and community involvement.

• Opportunity to influence the future of the industry.

• Supportive colleagues and management committed to your professional development.