Req ID: 37569
Summary
Cost Analyst, Senior
Crystal City, VA
Are you ready to enhance your skills and build your career in a rapidly evolving business climate? Are you looking for a career where professional development is embedded in your employer's core culture? If so, Chenega Military, Intelligence & Operations Support (MIOS) could be the place for you! Join our team of professionals who support large-scale government operations by leveraging cutting-edge technology and take your career to the next level!
At Cyberstar, we aim to analyze and boost human and business performance through the implementation of business process redesign and information technology (IT) modernization to include data analytics and cloud computing.
We offer an alternate solution to improving the quality and effectiveness of business operations. In an ever-changing economy, Cyberstar helps companies better read and understand their market data through the synchronization of process innovation, human dynamics, analysis, and the integration of data technology capabilities, to ensure functional optimization in their business.
The Integrated Personnel and Pay System - Army (IPPS-A) is the Army project office for overseeing acquisition programs for the department's human capital solutions. IPPS-A is chartered to modernize and integrate more than 30 current Army Human Resource systems for readiness, talent management, personnel management, and pay activities that support 1.1 million soldiers. The team from Chenega-Cyberstar is responsible for providing program management support services across the IPPS-A program.
The Cost Analyst, SME supports the IPPS-A PMO by performing cost estimating and analysis of acquisitions and programs for IPPS-A PMO to understand the costs and resource impacts of their decisions.
Responsibilities
Assists in the development of program and budget materials; Develops Program Life Cycle Cost Estimates for Department of Defense (DoD) initiatives and acquisition programs.
Develops cost models and estimating relationships.
Assists in the conduct of cost-benefit and business case analyses.
Works as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Manages, documents, represents, and defends all formal costing activities.
Develops independent government cost estimates (IGCEs) for upcoming contract awards.
Develops / Performs economic analyses for milestone decisions and return on investment (ROI) evaluations for multiple Analysis of Alternative (AoA) studies.
Annually supports all aspects of Program Objective Memorandum (POM) submissions.
Establishes and continues to maintain strong professional working relationships with multiple oversight and evaluation offices within the Army and DoD, to include DASA-CE, ASA (ALT), G-3/5/7, G-4, G-8, CAPE, DCARC, DASC, and DCM.
Initiates and/or develops requirements from a project's inception to conclusion for complex to extremely complex programs.
Provides strategic advice, technical guidance, and expertise to program and project staff; Provides detailed analysis, evaluation, and recommendations for client-specific or mission-critical challenges/issues.
Consults with client to define need or problem, leads data collection efforts that support studies and analyses to recommend an achievable path forward.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree, preferably in finance
10+ years of experience performing cost analysis work
Hands-on experience developing cost estimates using the Automated Cost Estimate and Interactive Tool (ACEIT)
Level II DOD Financial Management Certification - preferred.
Active Secret Security Clearance
Must be a U.S. citizen
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative management style.
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
Experience developing Program Office Estimates (POEs) using Army Costing databases and tools (e.g., Automated Cost Estimate and Interactive Tool (ACEIT), System Evaluation and Estimation of Resources (SEER), Parametric Review of Information for Costing and Evaluation (PRICE), and Software Lifecycle Model (SLIM)) required.
Shall have the required skills, training, and experience necessary to use the following software program(s): Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook), Microsoft Products (SharePoint, Visio, and Project), and Computer Hardware Enterprise Software Solutions Program (CHESS).
Shall have the required skills, training, and experience necessary to use cost estimating and scheduling tools, such as the software program(s) including Cost Estimating and Scheduling Tools such as, but not limited to: Automated Cost Estimate and Interactive Tool (ACEIT)-Cost Development, Software Lifecycle Model (SLiM)-Agile Costing, System Evaluation and Estimation of Resources (SEER) Estimating Suite, True Planning-Agile Costing, Deltek Application, Primavera P6, Primavera Risk Analysis, and Power BI
How you'll grow
At Chenega MIOS, our professional development plan focuses on helping our team members at every level of their careers to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there's always room to learn.
We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers.
Benefits
At Chenega MIOS, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our team members and offer them a broad range of benefits.
Learn more about what working at Chenega MIOS can mean for you.
Chenega MIOS's culture
Our positive and supportive culture encourages our team members to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their uniqueness and offering them the flexibility to make daily choices that can help them be healthy, centered, confident, and aware. We offer well-being programs and continuously look for new ways to maintain a culture where we excel and lead healthy, happy lives.
Corporate citizenship
Chenega MIOS is led by a purpose to make an impact that matters. This purpose defines who we are and extends to relationships with our clients, our team members, and our communities. We believe that business has the power to inspire and transform. We focus on education, giving, skill-based volunteerism, and leadership to help drive positive social impact in our communities.
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Cyberstar, LLC
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