Sidney Aplin, Mba Email & Phone Number

Huntsville, Al, Us

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

• Compiling and analyzing data, creating presentations, and presenting to major stakeholders monthly IF, Unbilled & Aged, and range/sensitivities reviews; Quarterly EACs; and, annual AOP and LRSP.• Supporting financial management on the program, including forecasting, planning, estimate-at-complete (EAC) maintenance, program control/Earned Value Management (EVMS), and ad hoc analyses and reporting.• Setting up and maintaining cost control system, monitoring and controlling costs and schedules on contracts requiring validated cost schedule control system.• Performing analyses and preparing reports to ensure that contracts are within negotiated and agreed-upon parameters and government cost control guidelines.• Supporting the Control Account Managers (CAMs) in the Variance Analysis Reporting (VAR) process.• Leading the Baseline Change Control process by working with CAMs, Schedulers and other staff to document and implement change requests into the cost management system (Cobra).• Working with Control Account Managers to prepare budgets and forecasts for contract work and performing financial analyses such as funding profiles, sales outlook, and variance analysis.• Incorporating contractual changes into control systems by staying aware of outstanding work against each contract in order to maintain realistic contract cost and schedule baselines.• Supporting Earned Value Management (EVM) deliverables, Financial Planning and Reporting, and Process Improvements.• Effectively communicating with leadership and customers regarding financial status, metrics and deliverables.• Assisting in preparing for internal and external audits.• Implementing Northrop Grumman Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) Program Management Baseline establishment and maintenance procedures using integrated software tools.

Huntsville, Alabama

• Provided EVMS and best-practice guidance to CAMs and IPT Leads• Set up and maintained projects in Deltek Cobra • Prepared and analyzed reports to ensure that programs are performing to the SOW and negotiated budget and schedule parameters• Established and maintained baseline and performed financial analysis on remaining costs vs funding and cost & schedule variances• Assisted in building IMS to ensure program requirements and SOW references are captured and scheduled• Incorporated MODs and scope changes into IMS and financial forecasting system• Interfaced with external vendors to support strong relationships with subcontractors• Consulted with EV lead to assess analysis and forecasting best practices• Interfaced with Project Managers, Control Account Managers, Contract Management staff, IPT Leads, and Senior Technical Personnel for baseline development, data for proposals, manpower reporting, and forecasting• Built reports, charts, and slides for EAC changes, VARs, PDBs, and custom analysis presentations as well as other ad-hoc analysis and reporting• Maintained adequate documentation for audits• Established working instructions for personally assigned tasks as well as group assignments• Supported DS CSMR E2I Recognition and Appreciation team• Created and maintained consolidated repository for augmented labor reporting to improve forecasting accuracy & compensation efficiency• Improved monthly process of implementation of actuals and forecast into financial forecasting system

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

• Provided programmatic input on monthly cash forecasting and annual AOP buildups• Provided financial guidance to Program Management based on contract burn rates and forecasts• Collaborated with AP, global supply chain, and other functional areas to support company sales objectives• Reported on monthly A/R aging and partnered with billing to ensure company cash flow goals are met• Provided recommendations on paths to success and identified and mitigated risks• Completed Past-Pop reconciliation for billing of remaining costs before funds cancellation

Huntsville, Alabama Area

• Aided in accounts payable as well as billing using Deltek GCS, Costpoint, WAWF, GSA.gov, QuickBooks, and Excel formulas, pivot tables, and conditional formatting• Aided in contract account management of multiple joint ventures and prime-sub contracts• Provided financial reporting including Monthly Status Reports (MSRs) while working with CAMs and PMs on overrun mitigation

Huntsville, Alabama Area

• Responsible for financial account management for multiple agents through the use of QuickBooks, Excel, Paragon ERP system, dotloop, and DocuSign• Created and maintained cloud storage through SharePoint and Dropbox• Assisted in contract management and review

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Business Administration And Management, General