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Program Cost / Control Analyst, Lead
Overview:
Why Join BigBear.ai?
BigBear.ai is an Equal opportunity employer all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
BigBear.ai is seeking a dynamic Program Control Lead to drive financial integrity, operational rigor, and scalable program control processes across our National Security Business Unit. If you thrive in fast-paced, high-impact environments and want to make a difference at the intersection of finance, technology, and national security, we want to meet you.
Why Join BigBear.ai?
- Strategic Impact: You’ll be a key partner to Program Management, Finance, and Leadership—connecting financial performance to mission execution and influencing critical decisions.
- Leadership Opportunity: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing program control team, shaping the future of our financial operations.
- Innovation & Growth: Standardize and elevate program control processes, implement new tools, and drive continuous improvement across a portfolio of complex, high-visibility programs.
- Remote Flexibility: Work from anywhere in the U.S. while supporting programs that matter.
Ready to Lead?
If you’re passionate about program control, thrive on challenge, and want to make a strategic impact in a mission-driven organization, apply now and help BigBear.ai deliver on the nation’s most important programs.
What you will do:
- Lead program control activities—budgeting, forecasting, EAC development, variance analysis, and financial reporting for the National Security Business Unit.
- Standardize and improve processes across programs and business units, ensuring consistency, auditability, and efficiency.
- Drive monthly financial reviews (PMRs), delivering clear, actionable insights for Program Management.
- Be a strategic partner to Program Managers—connecting financials to execution and influencing decisions on staffing, spend, schedule, pricing, pipeline, and risk.
- Oversee project setup, People Plans, and contract modifications—ensuring compliance and audit readiness.
- Identify risks and opportunities—proactively recommending mitigation strategies.
- Collaborate with technical accounting to ensure proper project setup, cost allocation, and contract compliance (FAR/DFARS/SOX).
- Mentor and develop junior staff, building the next generation of program control leaders.
- Enhance tools and systems (Excel models, Power BI dashboards) to improve visibility and reduce manual effort.
- Support audits and external reporting—ensuring our programs are always audit-ready.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field.
- 8–10+ years of program control or financial management experience, ideally in government contracting.
- Advanced Excel skills (complex models, data analysis).
- Proven expertise in forecasting, EACs, and variance analysis.
- Experience operating in ambiguous, unstructured environments—bringing clarity and structure.
- Strong communicator with the ability to influence program and senior leadership.
- Experience leading program control teams.
- Familiarity with Power BI or similar data visualization tools.
- Track record of improving or implementing financial processes and systems.
- Knowledge of EVMS (Earned Value Management Systems).
- Experience supporting large, complex programs or portfolios.
BigBear.ai is a leading provider of AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for national security, supply chain management, and digital identity. Customers and partners rely on Bigbear.ai’s predictive analytics capabilities in highly complex, distributed, mission-based operating environments. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, BigBear.ai is a public company traded on the NYSE under the symbol BBAI. For more information, visit https://bigbear.ai/ and follow BigBear.ai on LinkedIn: @BigBear.ai and X: @BigBearai.
BigBear.ai is an Equal opportunity employer all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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