Cost Analyst with Security Clearance

About the role

Perform cost analysis work, including integrated cost analysis and cost estimating for life cycle cost estimate development, procurement, and operations as it relates to Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDTE), Procurement (OPA), and Operations (OMA) funding consistent with DoD Financial laws, regulations, and guidance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and recommend changes to estimates and policy/guidance independently while prioritizing and analyzing projects to assure funding and accomplishment of the mission.
• Routinely perform tasks with minimal supervisory interaction and provide sound recommendations as it relates to estimate, policies, procedures, regulations and/or public law.
• Evaluate programs to identify, integrate, and synthesize all divergent aspects of the total system cost analysis/cost estimating program, including receipt and adaption of inputs from various related programs and functions.
• Develop program cost estimates to use in the POM and later fiscal years for all estimated appropriations such as RDT&E, Procurement and Operations and System Maintenance by identifiable work breakdown structure consistent with Military Standard (MIL-STD) and capabilities requirements inclusive of quantity; life cycle sustainment plan; Acquisition Strategy, Test and Evaluation Management Plan to provide an estimated cost of the program and future budgetary needs.
• Integrate a full suite of estimation tools, guidance, and provide inclusion of actuals from available systems and contracts to develop a sound estimating approach and cost estimate to assure the most precise cost projection possible of the eventual cost for inclusion in POM and beyond.
• Projects future costs and makes recommendations to reallocate budget dollars to improve productivity.
• Develops unique program variance analysis to reflect pertinent variances for estimation and future budget goals.
• Makes sound program recommendations and assessments of program performance to management and key stakeholders based on mastery of the subject matter and analysis of capability increases/ decreases, contractor, cost/increases decreases, items added/deleted, other cost increases/decreases.
• Integrates contractor cost information reported by each major contractor, which includes RDT&E and production contracts information, to assess contractor cost data (e.g., categories of information as cost to date scheduled/budget land actual, price at completion budgeted/contractor estimated, and Project Manager estimate) which includes an estimate of work requirements not yet authorized to the contractor. Reviews future work plans from government and provides a sound path forward for program funding and completion.

Requirements

• Eight (8) or more years exp. As a cost/price analyst and working knowledge of DoDi 5000 & Defense Acquisition.
• Secret Clearance
• BA/BS or higher.
• An additional 8 years experience in a related field may be substituted for education.
• A Masters degree or higher may be substituted for 3 years of experience as long as their degree is in a related field.

Qualifications

• BA/BS or higher.
• Additional 8 years experience in a related field may be substituted for education.
• A Masters degree or higher may be substituted for 3 years of experience as long as their degree is in a related field.

Skills

• Cost/Price Analyst
• DoDi 5000 & Defense Acquisition

Benefits

We offer a top tier benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, PTO, employer matching retirement plan, and more!

Pay

$66,000 to $157,000 (annualized USD)

Schedule

Full-time, Salary-Exempt