Defense Program Control Analyst

Overview

Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.

Responsibilities

Provides business leadership support to the Program Management Office and Program Manager or major business/program element where business needs dictate. Reporting, visibility and communication of strategic and operational program activities necessary to achieve defined program objectives and business plans.

Location: Wichita, Kansas

The Program Control analyst provides Program Management support, and the tasks include but are not limited to the following:

Responsibilities to Anticipate:

• Budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis of labor and material for current and future.
• Work closely with various functional organizations during the EAC development process; as well as monitoring these organizations performance against agreed upon budgets.
• Providing support of month-end close financial planning activities.
• Contractual and internal Earned Value Management reporting, including generation and analysis of monthly program metrics.
• Risk and opportunity valuation and impact on contract profitability.
• Processing budget change requests.
• Ad-hoc requests

Earned Value Management:

• Implement Program Management Standards across the program.
• Maintain the Program Management Plan (PMP)
• Establish and maintain the Performance Measurement Baseline
• Develop and maintain program performance reporting for internal and external requirements.
• Develop and maintain the Organization Breakdown Structure (OBS)
• Develop and maintain program-level staffing and training plans.
• Develop and maintain the Contract Work Breakdown Structure (CWBS), CWBS Dictionary/Index

Program Master Scheduling Tasks:

• Develop and maintain the Tier 0 - Tier III level schedules.
• Develop and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule
• Develop scheduling metrics and performance analysis and reporting.

Program Finance / Financial Planning

• Develop and maintain Monthly Program contractual financial reporting.
• Develop Estimate At Completion (EAC) and Long Range Business Plan (LRBP) reporting data
• Develop, implement, analyze, maintain and present strategic, business & financial plans to support business units.
• Utilize Historical & Forecast data to perform analysis trends

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically, candidates will have a bachelor's degree and 5 years prior relevant experience, or an advanced Degree in a related field and 3 years' finance experience. Preferred degrees in Business, Accounting, Finance, Math or related field.
• Strong experience with Excel (pivot tables, advanced formulas).
• Experience using other Microsoft Office tools (including Word and PowerPoint).
• Experience in contractual EVMS reporting, working in Deltek software suite (COBRA, PM Compass, etc.)
• Understanding of SAP or similar ERP system.
• Must be able to obtain a clearance to access the financial management system due to government contractual requirements.

How a Program Analyst Will Make an Impact:

• Performs a variety of complex administrative and analytical tasks in support of the Program Management Office.
• Develops plans, including budgets and schedules, and monitors tasks to meet contractual/project requirements for assigned program.
• Support the PMO to successfully manage the cost, schedule, and performance of the contract to include but not limited to: Budget Analysis, Monthly Burns, cost estimations, monthly invoices.
• Monitor and report performance against plans to ensure that performance, cost, and schedule objectives are met (ensuring billing, invoicing and financial aspects are aligned with contract's cost structure).
• Review financial statements with the PMO to successfully recommend financial data, metrics, burn analysis, and cost projections such as but not limited to ODCs, Labor, and Travel.
• Participates in special projects as required.

Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.