Program Control Manager

About the role

The Program Control Manager will support Program Management Teams (Vice Presidents, Program Directors, Program Managers, and Project Leaders) in financial management of projects and programs. This position requires someone with at least 8 years of Project Control experience supporting projects and programs for a Government Contractor including FFP, T&M, and Cost Plus Award Fee contract types. The Manager will lead with a positive attitude and ownership mentality, emphasizing teamwork, collaboration, and the ability to work independently on assigned tasks. Focus on accuracy and consistency of data and numbers is a pre-requisite for this role.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Project Management Teams in the development, review, and updates of project and program budgets, forecasts, and estimate-at-completion (EAC) and associated reporting and analysis.
• Develop and maintain operating expense (OpEx) and capital expenditure (CapEx) budgets.
• Analyze spending trends and identify risks and opportunities.
• Perform scenario analysis and forecasting for resource, vendor, and project costs.
• Lead, develop, and mentor a team of financial analysts/program control analysts, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Facilitate contract kick-off meetings to ensure consistency and effectiveness of CostPoint project set up, project billing and accounting, and other contractual obligations and requirements that have a financial implication.
• Collaborate with the accounting department in project set up structure and process.
• Set up and maintain CostPoint project workforce to manage labor charges on projects; partner with the program management team to communicate personnel ceilings and budgets to project team members.
• Track personnel spend against budgets as required.
• Monitor and review project and program expenditures for accuracy and consistency.
• Collaborate with the accounting department in resolving any discrepancies or miscoding of expenditures.
• Review, monitor, and report project financial performance (revenue, cost, margins) and identify and present potential deviations against budget or forecasts to management.
• Develop and provide recommendations for corrective action or improvement as necessary.
• Support subcontractor/vendor cost management lifecycle, including setting up Purchase Requests, Purchase Orders, tracking subcontractor/vendor invoicing and payments, and developing backup for subcontractor accruals.
• Review subcontractor invoices for accuracy, timeliness, and completion.
• Collaborate with the Purchasing Department to ensure subcontractor funding is up to date, in place, and in line with the prime contract.
• Proactively partner with the program management team to understand and track program risks and challenges and ensure risk mitigation activities are in place as necessary to avoid performance issues.
• Prepare and/or support preparation of client status reports, integrated program reviews, and/or ad-hoc program-related financial requests from clients, internal management, and other stakeholders.
• Review and approve client invoices for submission to the customer.
• Collaborate with Project Accounting and Billing Department in supporting client questions associated with billings and reviewing and resolving unbilled charges.
• Monitor, track, and forecast project spend for labor and non-labor (travel/ODCs).
• Manage labor category spend on T&M contracts with labor category ceilings.
• Collaborate with the Pricing Department and Program Management teams in the development of price proposals and cost estimates, including documentation of pricing assumptions and basis of estimates.
• Support audit requirements from federal agencies (DCAA/DCMA/Other) and internal and external auditors.
• Support development or enhancement of project control processes, procedures, and systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field preferred
• At least 8 years of experience in a Project/Program Control role for a government contractor
• Experience with FFP and OTA preferred
• Experience managing Program Control teams
• Deltek Costpoint experience
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across departments and levels of an organization
• Strong organization skills and focus on accuracy and consistency
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong MS Excel skills required

Pay

Approximate range of $100,000 – $150,000, subject to change based on factors including location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications such as education, experience, skills, and security clearances.