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Sr. Specialist - Project Controls

KBR Careers · Lexington Park, MD · 1 mo ago
Project Management$90k–$120k/yrFull-time
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for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate. We need to parse the posting. Title: Sr. Specialist - Project Controls Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR! (But we ignore title heading.) Content after title: "KBR provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security. Why Join Us? Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense." Then description of role: "We are seeking highly motivated and experienced Project Controls, Sr. Specialist to join our team within Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) within Product Technology Solutions - Defense & Intel. CIP rapidly aligns to customer goals and delivers safe, innovative, cost-effective security solutions in demanding environments. Leveraging decades of hands-on experience, adaptable teams and proven processes to design, implement and sustain security systems at speed when infrastructure protection cannot wait. Our end-to-end capabilities enable faster deployment, reduced risk, and continuous mission readiness. Trusted across global government environments and acts decisively to protect critical assets, modernize legacy systems, and ensure security solutions are always operational. The Senior PP&C Sr. Specialist is a key part of the project team, interacting with all levels of Program Management and colleagues in other functional areas. The Sr. Specialist has full P&L and cashflow responsibility for assigned project(s), overseeing financial activities for various contract types and sizes with minimal direct daily oversight. Financial execution, program control and general government compliance monitoring task orders with financial reporting requirements on all contract types (CPFF, CPAF, T&M and/or Fixed Price). The position requires in-depth knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, analysis, and the reporting cycle, to include experience in EAC, variance and trend analysis. The Sr. Specialist tracks and reports opportunities and risks along with project backlog and fosters a strong control and compliance environment. The position requires use of experience and problem-solving skills to identify and implement process improvements along with knowledge of contract management procedures and government contracting processes including familiarity with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Government Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)." Then "Key Responsibilities" list. Then "General knowledge of contract management procedures and government contract processes." etc. Then "Required Qualifications" list. Then "Preferred Qualifications" list. Then "Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 hours/week." Then "Basic Compensation: $90,000.00 - 120,000.00/year." Then "Additional Compensation KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus, relocation benefits, short term incentives, long term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance." Then "Ready to Make a Difference? ..." Then "KBR Benefits KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development." Then "Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR ..." Then "We Deliver – Together. KBR is an equal opportunity employer..." (EEO boilerplate to remove) Then "R2129998" (Job ID) to drop. We need to produce sections: About the role (maybe a summary), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what content goes where. "About the role": could be the introductory paragraphs describing role, mission, etc. We'll include description before Key Responsibilities. "Responsibilities": the bullet list under Key Responsibilities. "Requirements": maybe Required Qualifications. "Qualifications": maybe Preferred Qualifications? But we have both Required and Preferred. Could combine? The instruction: Use headings for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content accordingly. We could treat "Requirements" as Required Qualifications. "Qualifications" as Preferred Qualifications. "Skills" maybe list of skills from responsibilities? Could extract skill statements: e.g., "Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite including advanced Excel skills and development of PowerPoint slides." That's a skill. Also "Ability to identify, diagnose, and resolve complex problems independently as well as work well with a team." etc. But we might just put skill-related sentences under Skills. But we must not invent content; we must preserve all substantive info. So we need to include all info somewhere. Let's extract substantive paragraphs. First, intro: "KBR provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security. Why Join Us? Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense." We can combine into About the role. Then description of role: "We are seeking highly motivated and experienced Project Controls, Sr. Specialist to join our team within Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) within Product Technology Solutions - Defense & Intel. CIP rapidly aligns to customer goals and delivers safe, innovative, cost-effective security solutions in demanding environments. Leveraging decades of hands-on experience, adaptable teams and proven processes to design, implement and sustain security systems at speed when infrastructure protection cannot wait. Our end-to-end capabilities enable faster deployment, reduced risk, and continuous mission readiness. Trusted across global government environments and acts decisively to protect critical assets, modernize legacy systems, and ensure security solutions are always operational. The Senior PP&C Sr. Specialist is a key part of the project team, interacting with all levels of Program Management and colleagues in other functional areas. The Sr. Specialist has full P&L and cashflow responsibility for assigned project(s), overseeing financial activities for various contract types and sizes with minimal direct daily oversight. Financial execution, program control and general government compliance monitoring task orders with financial reporting requirements on all contract types (CPFF, CPAF, T&M and/or Fixed Price). The position requires in-depth knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, analysis, and the reporting cycle, to include experience in EAC, variance and trend analysis. The Sr. Specialist tracks and reports opportunities and risks along with project backlog and fosters a strong control and compliance environment. The position requires use of experience and problem-solving skills to identify and implement process improvements along with knowledge of contract management procedures and government contracting processes including familiarity with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Government Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)." That could also go under About the role or maybe under Responsibilities? But we have a separate Responsibilities section later. Better to put the descriptive role summary under About the role. Then Responsibilities: the bullet list under "Key Responsibilities". Let's extract each bullet. The text after "Key Responsibilities" appears as a paragraph with sentences separated by periods but not bullet list. We need to convert to
  • . We'll split by sentences that start with a verb? Let's list them: - Develop, maintain, and control WBS and lead project set up activities to ensure compliant and effective cost charging, billing and revenue recognition. - In-depth knowledge of financial forecasting, budgeting, analysis, and reporting cycles, to include experience in estimates to complete/estimates at completion, variance and trend analysis and project schedules. - Calculate, control, maintain baselines and budgets and monitor project funding, schedules and milestones, calculate estimates to complete, and process scope changes as needed. - Maximize project cashflow, review customer invoices and minimize and reconcile unbilled balances. - Oversee subcontractor expenditures, tracking costs & fees against budget. Analyze cost trends and prepare monthly accruals. - Collaborate with Program Management and customers to achieve financial and contractual deliverables, developing presentations and reports for both internal and external stakeholders. - Lead corporate budget and forecast activities for the project, documenting assumptions and evaluating opportunities and risks. - Reconcile weekly, monthly and cumulative costs and performance data and provide project variances, trending and analysis of expenditures, and completion reports. - Effectively manage funding tracking and calculate future costs based on labor productivity, material price forecasts, subcontractor costs and fees, wage rates, and risk analysis. - Perform moderate to complex accounting and analytical tasks, including transaction processing, account reconciliation and analysis, cost accruals, and journal entries. - General knowledge of contract management procedures and government contract processes. - Develop price/cost estimates using complex pricing concepts, applying FAR, CAS, and government accounting standards. - Establish financial controls, procedures, systems, and forecasting techniques to evaluate contract/program status and ensure compliance with government and customer requirements. - Lead cross-functional teams, implement and support process improvement initiatives, and provide mentoring and training while balancing multiple priorities and long-term objectives. - Ability to identify, diagnose, and resolve complex problems independently as well as work well with a team. - Possess excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills. - Demonstrate ability to effectively interact cross functionally both with verbal and written skills and ability to present to internal and external customers with a high level of customer focus. - Capable of a high level of accuracy, attention to detail, high level of accountability, and performs all other duties as assigned. We need to ensure we keep all. Now Requirements: Required Qualifications list: - Four years of applicable experience - Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, or related field - Demonstrated knowledge of complex program management concepts (budgets, estimates to complete, project schedules, etc.). - Knowledge of financial accounting as it relates to U.S. GAAP. - Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite including advanced Excel skills and development of PowerPoint slides. Now Qualifications (Preferred): - Working knowledge in use of Deltek Costpoint, COBRA, COGNOS, Hyperion, Power BI. - Experience with standard government agency reporting requirements (NASA, DOD, FEDSIM). - Understanding of Earned Value Management System (EVMS) reporting. Now Skills: maybe we can extract skill statements from responsibilities or elsewhere: e.g., "Ability to identify, diagnose, and resolve complex problems independently as well as work well with a team." "Possess excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills." "Demonstrate ability to effectively interact cross functionally both with verbal and written skills and ability to present to internal and external customers with a high level of customer focus." "Capable of a high level of accuracy, attention to detail, high level of accountability." Also "Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite including advanced Excel skills and development of PowerPoint slides." (already in Requirements). Could also include "Experience with Deltek Costpoint, COBRA, COGNOS, Hyperion, Power BI." (Preferred). But we might put those under Skills. But we need to avoid duplication? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include each piece somewhere. If we put skill statements under Skills, we must also keep them elsewhere if they appear elsewhere? They appear in Responsibilities list as separate bullets (like ability to identify...). If we move them to Skills, we would be removing from Responsibilities, which would lose

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