Job Description
The Controls Analyst provides detailed, bottoms-up cost and schedule analysis for complex government programs, including space and missile systems and similar large-scale initiatives. This role builds and maintains project-based financial systems, supports programmatic and financial reporting, and collaborates closely with program teams and corporate finance functions to ensure accurate forecasting, profitability analysis, and compliance with organizational requirements.
Responsibilities
- Provide bottoms-up cost and schedule analysis for program activities, including acquisition and program planning, program cost analyses, financial management, and other tasks related to government programs, space and missile systems, or similar complex programs.
- Develop, maintain, and improve project-based financial systems, including Estimates at Completion (EACs), forward planning projections, and profitability analyses.
- Interface with multiple program teams to gather data, validate assumptions, and ensure accurate and timely financial inputs to program and corporate systems.
- Support both customer-facing and internal programmatic and financial reporting, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and alignment with contractual and organizational requirements.
- Collaborate with finance functions such as Accounting, Accounts Receivable, and Accounts Payable to support both program-level and corporate financial requirements.
- Apply cost estimating, cost modeling, cost analysis, program analysis, program management, scheduling, and related cost, schedule, and technical analysis to support decision-making.
- Collect, validate, and organize data for the cost estimation process with persistence and attention to detail.
- Use Excel and Deltek Costpoint (or similar large ERP systems) to prepare, analyze, and present financial data and reports.
- Contribute to the analysis and estimation of space technologies, where applicable, to support program planning and budgeting.
Essential Skills
- Minimum of 5 years of recent related experience in cost estimating, cost modeling, cost analysis, program analysis, program management, scheduling, or related cost, schedule, and technical analysis.
- Proficiency with Deltek Costpoint, including hands-on experience using the system for project-based financial management.
- Strong Excel skills for data analysis, modeling, reporting, and financial forecasting.
- Experience applying cost estimating, cost modeling, cost analysis, and program analysis to complex programs.
- Experience with scheduling and integrating cost, schedule, and technical data for program decision-making.
- Ability to interface effectively with program teams and finance functions (Accounting, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable) to support financial requirements.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.
- Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance, if required by program needs.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Experience with large ERP systems such as SAP, in addition to or in place of Deltek Costpoint.
- Experience with Deltek Costpoint-related applications, including COGNOS, DELTEK BI, and Costpoint planning and procurement modules.
- Experience with analysis and estimation of space technologies.
- Demonstrated tenacity and persistence in data collection and validation for the cost estimation process.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with a high level of attention to detail.
- Effective communication skills for presenting financial information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- DoD security clearance is a plus, though not required.
Work Environment
This position operates in a 100% remote work environment, offering flexibility while maintaining close collaboration with program and finance teams. The role requires the ability to travel within a two-hour driving distance to the office for occasional in-person meetings as needed.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Belcamp, MD.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $57.69 - $62.50/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
- Medical, dental & vision
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
- 401(k) Retirement Plan -- Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
- Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
- Short and long-term disability
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully remote position.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Apr 27, 2026.
About Aston Carter:
Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® double diamond winner for both client and talent service.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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