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Chantilly, Va, Us

United States

- Effectively convey financial business and EVM analysis and reporting to senior management, collaborating closely with Directors and Program Managers.- Develop business strategy, project budget baselines and forecasts by utilizing Agile EVM methods to enhance project performance.- Lead Headcount Reviews, workforce planning, Financial Forecast reviews, and monthly EAC submittals- Facilitate the coordination of cost and schedule analyses, along with report preparation, to ensure… Show more - Effectively convey financial business and EVM analysis and reporting to senior management, collaborating closely with Directors and Program Managers.- Develop business strategy, project budget baselines and forecasts by utilizing Agile EVM methods to enhance project performance.- Lead Headcount Reviews, workforce planning, Financial Forecast reviews, and monthly EAC submittals- Facilitate the coordination of cost and schedule analyses, along with report preparation, to ensure compliance. Concurrently, monitor and report program performance.- Preparation of briefing, delivering presentations on KPIs in monthly Program Business Management Reviews(BMRs) to the customers, executive management and program stakeholders.- Develop professional talent within the operating unit in Agile EVM methodologies.- Assist with program startup efforts and support of the Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) - Managing suppliers to meet program objectives.- Engage in negotiating contracts, contract modifications, specifications, operating budgets, schedule milestones, and key terms and conditions.- Conducting thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization- Ensure that program execution adheres to all internal processes, policies, and applicable industry standards. Show less

Dulles, Virginia, United States

- Provide a primary interface between Program Business Operations and Program Teams to guide the implementation and execution of EIA-748 compliant EVMS processes, tools and practices within the Division- Responsible for supporting and enabling multi-disciplinary project teams with the successful execution of highly complex, multi-year advanced technology flight hardware and software projects to their committed delivery dates within budgeted cost- Provide guidance and expertise to enable… Show more - Provide a primary interface between Program Business Operations and Program Teams to guide the implementation and execution of EIA-748 compliant EVMS processes, tools and practices within the Division- Responsible for supporting and enabling multi-disciplinary project teams with the successful execution of highly complex, multi-year advanced technology flight hardware and software projects to their committed delivery dates within budgeted cost- Provide guidance and expertise to enable establishment and maintenance of cost and schedule baselines and forecasts - Support EVM execution at the Division level through development and delivery of periodic training to program teams or Division personnel. - Support Sector-level training initiatives and development and deployment of standardized processed and training material. Show less

Virginia, United States

Provide program leadership; establish goals, objectives, and criteria for the specialty area; and advise higher-level management on the status of work and program accomplishments. Providing direction, advice, and guidance to build, maintain, enhance, and operate revenue collection programs. Served as a subject matter expert for critical project tasks. • Train and support the development of Sr. Program Control Analysts in EVM and Finance responsibilities on various multi-million-dollar… Show more Provide program leadership; establish goals, objectives, and criteria for the specialty area; and advise higher-level management on the status of work and program accomplishments. Providing direction, advice, and guidance to build, maintain, enhance, and operate revenue collection programs. Served as a subject matter expert for critical project tasks. • Train and support the development of Sr. Program Control Analysts in EVM and Finance responsibilities on various multi-million-dollar projects.• Preparation of budgets, manage Earned Value, and ensure compliance with EVM procedures for complex multi-million dollar, International EV contracts.• Performs and assists in financial analysis such as funding profiles, Annual operating plans, and variance analysis of multiple programs in the Unmanned Vehicle Control Systems (UVCS) division within RI&S group of RTX.• Coordinates with Contracts, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Material Procurement Management (MPM) to forecast, prepare accruals, and ensure that the forecasted Sales is achieved each month, quarter, and year.• Performs analyses, Program Management execution in order to ensure that contracts are within negotiated, agreed-upon parameters and government cost control (FAR/DFARS) guidelines.• Generation of Estimate At Completion (EACs) in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley, validating costs, Management reserve and risks, and opportunities and help increase profit on the programs• Participates and aids in the Engineering Change Order (ECP) proposal preparation and other- contract growth proposals.• Manage Program Operations using business software such as SAP- APEX, Business Warehouse, RPLAN, EDIT+, Microframe Project Manager (MPM), and Program Management Excellence (PMX). Show less

Fairfax, Va

Client: HTSI. Responsibilities: - Support the development of program plans and estimates, establish contract budget baselines(CBB), plan milestones and earned value methods.- Establish management reserve, conduct rolling wave planning and maintains financial control logs. - Analyze and validate project costs and project performance status. - Responsible for Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) maintenance, and charge number control.- Estimate – to- Complete projections… Show more Client: HTSI. Responsibilities: - Support the development of program plans and estimates, establish contract budget baselines(CBB), plan milestones and earned value methods.- Establish management reserve, conduct rolling wave planning and maintains financial control logs. - Analyze and validate project costs and project performance status. - Responsible for Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) maintenance, and charge number control.- Estimate – to- Complete projections, analyze actual costs, perform risk assessments and variance analysis.- Using Cobra for Cost control, perform error rectification and report monthly and quarterly requirements per the SOW Show less

- Developed monthly forecasting, budgeting, AOP and long-range plans for HTSI – Defense Logistics programs.- Performed Analysis of variances and trends for multi-million Dollar Army – Logistics Projects and review open items on a monthly basis.- Performed complex accounting and analytical tasks, preparation and analysis of complex reports.- Reconciled monthly and cumulative cost and performance data and Import/reconcile monthly budgets and forecasts- Developed training material… Show more - Developed monthly forecasting, budgeting, AOP and long-range plans for HTSI – Defense Logistics programs.- Performed Analysis of variances and trends for multi-million Dollar Army – Logistics Projects and review open items on a monthly basis.- Performed complex accounting and analytical tasks, preparation and analysis of complex reports.- Reconciled monthly and cumulative cost and performance data and Import/reconcile monthly budgets and forecasts- Developed training material on Earned Value Methodology and train co-workers on processes. Show less

• Manage Earned Value Management for multiple and complex programs. Provide Cost Performance Metrics and conduct Variance Analyses for large/complex programs.• Ensure audit-ready posture and fully support surveillance activities from both internal as well as government auditors (DCMA) in accordance with ANSI/EIA-748 guidelines. • Present Quarterly and month-end client reports to ‘C’ level executives. Ensure transparency of information via proactive communication of financial… Show more • Manage Earned Value Management for multiple and complex programs. Provide Cost Performance Metrics and conduct Variance Analyses for large/complex programs.• Ensure audit-ready posture and fully support surveillance activities from both internal as well as government auditors (DCMA) in accordance with ANSI/EIA-748 guidelines. • Present Quarterly and month-end client reports to ‘C’ level executives. Ensure transparency of information via proactive communication of financial plans/current outlooks, program events, and risk items to enable a clear understanding of the business implications, internally and externally. • Pro-actively manage the balance sheet, with a focus on inventory, payables and receivables. • Perform analysis of and input to the Balance Sheet Review cycle. • Support proposal development by accumulating actuals, developing program finance estimate. Support Pricing as needed to ensure executability of estimates during the development / review of BOEs. • Execute Program Finance/Master Planning transformation initiatives to ensure well-integrated PF/MP teams effectively using WH/OP/COBRA toolset.• Perform month-end close activities and monthly outlooks for orders, sales, and profits. • Maintain contract EACs and reporting process for program. Show less

As Project Manager-I – Pricing Analyst at Verizon Business, Ashburn VA:• Preparation of Pricing Proposals for major bids on behalf of different customers mainly, US Government and its Agencies and other Public and Private Entities.• Analyzing RFP requirements, setting up timelines, closely working with account teams and corporate business development group to provide complex standard and non standard pricing of various Telecommunication services and Information technology services both… Show more As Project Manager-I – Pricing Analyst at Verizon Business, Ashburn VA:• Preparation of Pricing Proposals for major bids on behalf of different customers mainly, US Government and its Agencies and other Public and Private Entities.• Analyzing RFP requirements, setting up timelines, closely working with account teams and corporate business development group to provide complex standard and non standard pricing of various Telecommunication services and Information technology services both for domestic and international customer needs.• Performed Complex Competitive Pricing analysis using financial models for the telecommunications sector. Show less

Accounting functions, handling invoicing, requirements function.