2026 Program Cost and Schedule Control Analyst - Elkton MD

This position is located at our Defense Systems Sector in Elkton, MD and involves 10% travel.

About the role

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage, and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and bringing your whole self to work.

As a Program Cost Scheduling Control Analyst, you will support our strategic and space-related business programs, working closely with program management, operational leaders, and internal and external customers. You will be part of Northrop Grumman’s Propulsion Systems and Controls (PS&C) facility in Elkton, Maryland.

Responsibilities

• Set up cost control systems, monitor and control costs and schedules on contracts requiring a validated cost schedule control system.
• Prepare budgets for contract work and perform and/or assist in financial analyses such as funding profiles, sales outlook, and variance analysis.
• Prepare and analyze financial reports and communicate recommendations to management in a clear, organized summary.
• Work with the program team to integrate project cost with scheduled activity.
• Provide monthly/quarterly reporting and analysis to support business processes.
• Assist in planning and forecasting program financial performance and prepare future strategic plans.
• Analyze business processes and make recommendations to improve process efficiency and support continuous improvement.
• Identify potential profit impacts to programs and make recommendations for mitigation and improving profit margin.
• Perform data gathering and analysis to ensure adequate funding availability by maintaining accurate records of expenditures, preparing expenditure projections, and submitting timely requests for additional funding to the government.
• Incorporate contractual changes into control systems to maintain realistic contract cost and schedule baselines.

Requirements

• Be completing or have completed a degree (Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD) from an accredited institution in Business, Finance, Analytics, or a related discipline.
• Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is required).
• Master’s degree required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Overall cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0 or higher.
• Experience with Tableau, PowerBI, or other data visualization software programs.
• Experience with SQL, Python, R, or other analytics programming languages.
• Experience with SAP.