Description

The Mission, Concepts and Capabilities (MCC) division of Applied Research Associates, Inc (ARA) is seeking a Principal Program Control Analyst with demonstrated experience supporting Division and Sector management. Areas of responsibility include supporting program managers with budget development, analysis/tracking, cost projections, rate development, cost proposal development, project reporting, invoicing, and subcontractor tracking. The successful candidate will be under limited supervision and must be able to support various Sector and Division staff in multiple geographical locations. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required:

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date cost tracking and assist Sector and Division management and PMs with preparation of budgets and spend plans

• Maintain awareness of deliverable schedules for multiple projects, preparing monthly and weekly cost reports where required

• Provide latest spending charts and graphs for Project Monthly Reviews (PMR)

• Assist in creating subcontract budgets, consulting agreements, contract mods, and purchase orders using corporate templates and following established company guidelines

• Track status of contractor invoices and purchases to ensure project stays within budget

• Complete administrative actions in E-Office (ARA software) for project plans

• Extract accounting and project cost data from Deltek CostPoint using Cognos queries and standard database reports

• Assist with staffing projections and quarterly updates for division management

• Prepare highly detailed cost proposals

Selected applicant will be subject security clearance verification.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

• US Citizen with a DoD SECRET or higher security clearance

• Eight to ten (8-10) years of relevant work experience

• Advanced knowledge of and experience with MS Excel and other MS Office applications

• Experience using budgeting and accounting software such as Deltek CostPoint

• Self-motivated with the ability to work proactively and achieve results without close supervision

• Organized individual, with excellent attention to detail, ability to multi-task, and able to change priorities quickly and work effectively under deadlines

COMPANY INFORMATION:

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is a 100% employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2100 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership fosters greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com .

Please apply at www.careers.ara.com for the Principal Program Control Analyst position.

Qualifications

Behaviors

Required

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

• Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject

• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest

• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Motivations

Required

• Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help

• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks

• Financial: Inspired to perform well by monetary reimbursement

• Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Education

Required

• Bachelors or better

Experience

Required

• 8-10 years: Relevant work experience

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)