Program Control Principal

Key Responsibilities

• Lead financial planning activities for assigned programs, including budgets, forecasts, EACs, and revenue projections.
• Perform detailed cost tracking, variance analysis, and performance reporting for cost-plus, T&M, and fixed price programs.
• Prepare monthly financial reports, dashboards, and program review materials for leadership.
• Partner with Program Managers to interpret financial data, evaluate risks/opportunities, and support strategic decisions.
• Develop and review complex BOEs, pricing models, and proposal inputs for new business and contract modifications.
• Ensure compliance with FAR/DFARS, CAS, internal policies, and customer requirements.
• Cook up with accounting, contracts, and procurement to validate data and resolve issues.
• Coordinate with accounting, contracts, and procurement to validate data and resolve issues.
• Support internal and external audits, financial reviews, and data integrity checks.
• Submit and maintain purchase requisitions for subcontractors and materials; monitor subcontractor costs and review/approve of timesheets and non-labor invoices.
• Drive process improvements in forecasting accuracy, reporting efficiency, and financial controls.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and mentor to junior analysts (informal guidance, no direct supervision).
• Support other programmatic ad hoc requests, as needed, and adapt to the PMO processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
• 10+ years of program control or financial analysis experience in a government contracting environment.
• Experience in providing financial tracking and support for the government customers in areas of Program Control, Finance, Cost Estimating, Financial Analysis, or Accounting.
• Complete understanding of financial analysis such as return on sales (ROS), return on cost (ROC), annual operating plans, accounts receivable, and revenue/profit forecasting.
• Ability to prepare program baseline data, EAC development and cost estimating/pricing and complex variance analysis.
• Deep understanding of indirect rate structures, and government contract types.
• Ability to balance long-term thinking with short-term execution.
• High proficiency with Excel (pivot tables, lookups, modeling) and experience with ERP systems such as Costpoint, SAP, Oracle, or similar.

Target Salary Range

$120,001 - $160,000.