Sr Program Controls Specialist

You Must Have:

• 7+ years’ experience in Project Controls.

We Value:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, or Accounting
• Strong Communication and Interpersonal skills
• Strong Leadership, Negotiation, and Organizational skills
• Working knowledge with project management processes (i.e., cost, EVM (Earned Value Management), schedule, baseline development, assigning time phased resources and budgets to work scope, performance measurements, etc.)
• Experience with external customer interfacing
• Ability to influence at varying levels across the organization
• Ability to convey subtle or complex messages clearly, as appropriate for the topic and audience
• User experience of ERP system (SAP, Oracle, Microsiga)
• Proficient Microsoft Office package skills e.g., Excel, Project, Outlook, PowerPoint etc.
• Expert level experience in financial data compilation, analysis, and metrics management
• Project Management, Project Schedule Professional (PMI-SP), or Cost Engineering Certification
• Strong Experience with Cost Control, Scheduling (Waterfall/Agile/Lean/Scrum), Time Management, and Contract Management
• Able to be flexible and think outside the box
• Bi/Multi-lingual

SBU Specific:

• Experience in Eco Sys, Cora, or other PMIS (Project Management Information System)
• Experience in MS Project and/or Primavera P6.
• Cost Reporting Generation: CPR, IPMR, IPMDAR, CFSR
• External Integrated Master Schedule Reporting: Microsoft Project, SSI Tool
• Proposal Experience: Generating Basis of Estimate

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead and Drive development of project control plan, WBS, cost budget and schedule baselines to measure project performance/success through KPI's on the largest, most complex, multi-site projects
• Analyze project performance through cost and schedule integration. Analyze the unbilled, receivable, and payable balances on assigned projects.
• Analyze cost and schedule variance versus baseline. Identify root cause and recommend corrective actions
• Prepare and publish metrics and financial reports
• Support/Drive Project Forecasting, Project Reviews, Monthly Progress Reporting to Internal/External Customers
• Apply EVM (Earned Value Management) techniques to Project/Program, S Curves
• Assist with Change, Risk and Lead EAC Management on assigned projects/programs
• Ensure effective communication and partner with the Project Team (internal/external) to build relationships
• Monitor and Report Compliance as per GPMO requirements/Management Operating System (MOS). Works with Business Management (Program Managers, Directors, and Finance management) to report financial performance.
• Ensure compliance with relevant SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) controls
• Lead or support internal improvement processes or special assigned initiatives
• Coach and mentor Project Analysts with less Experience to improve their skills and capabilities