Project Analyst

About Collabera:
Established in 1991, Collabera is one of the fastest growing end-to-end information technology services and solutions companies globally. As a half a billion dollar IT company, Collabera's client-centric business model, commitment to service excellence and Global Delivery Model enables its global 2000 and leading mid-market clients to deliver successfully in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
With over 8200 IT professionals globally, Collabera provides value-added onsite, offsite and offshore technology services and solutions to premier corporations. Over the past few years, Collabera has been awarded numerous accolades and Industry recognitions including.
• Collabera awarded Best Staffing Company to work for in 2012 by SIA. (hyperlink here)
• Collabera listed in GS 100 - recognized for excellence and maturity
• Collabera named among the Top 500 Diversity Owned Businesses
• Collabera listed in GS 100 & ranked among top 10 service providers
• Collabera was ranked:
• 32 in the Top 100 Large Businesses in the U.S
• 18 in Top 500 Diversity Owned Businesses in the U.S
• 3 in the Top 100 Diversity Owned Businesses in New Jersey
• 3 in the Top 100 Privately-held Businesses in New Jersey
• 66th on FinTech 100
• 35th among top private companies in New Jersey
http://www.collabera.com/about_us/accolades.jsp
Collabera recognizes true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence. Collabera offers a full range of benefits to its employees including paid vacations, holidays, personal days, Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, 401K retirement savings plan, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance.

Primary Responsibilities: 

Help formulate and execute a robust PP&C MOS 

Ensure Aerospace policies and procedures are met as they pertain to program PP&C activities 

Execute the monthly business cycle and create reports that support internal management and customer reviews 

Coordinates with the Program Manager (PM), CAMs (Cost Account Managers) to establish, baseline, and ensure adherence to the program plan, basis-of-estimate (BOE), statement-of-work (SOW), and work-breakdown-structure (WBS) 

Establishing and maintaining program schedules throughout program life cycle including establishing baseline, monthly status, and schedule health assessments. 

Executing financial analysis spanning budget tracking (ex. status vs. Annual Operating Plan (AOP)) and forecasted vs. actual spend detailing (ex. reconciliation between Aero PL, AeroPORT and MAT/EOC) 

Appropriately retain artifacts of the Baseline Change Management process, EAC Management, and Original business case (Green Sheet) 

Develop metrics, analyze status, and recommended courses of action to the PM in support of periodic program / internal / customer reviews - serve as the focal point for such metrics and key program data 

Drive the cost accounting structure that enables Earned Value reporting based on WBS deliverables (CPI / SPI) 

Ensuring the positioning, execution, and maintenance of a cost accounting structure aligned with site planning systems (i.e. SAP) and enabling Earned Value (EV) / Cost-Performance-Index (CPI) / Schedule-Performance-Index (SPI) reporting 

Participate in and facilitate Risk and Opportunity Management Reviews 

Coordinate estimation and forecasting in support of Baseline Change Management (BCM) 

Perform variance analysis against the program baseline (cost and schedule impact) and participate with the team in root cause / corrective action analysis 

Participate in and/or lead process or tool improvement initiatives

This role is for an experienced Program Planning & Control (PP&C) specialist with proven skills and knowledge to perform complex tasks - independently as well as in coordination with other team members - on large programs / projects involving one or more work sites and applications. It is associated with the programmatic execution of various Customer specific programs, an integral part of the Commercial Aviation business. 

The successful candidate has expertise in developing and applying PP&C tools and processes normally associated with a minimum of 7 years of experience, with a majority of that experience preferably associated with commercial aviation projects and a focus on scheduling practices and applications as well as managing cost. 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.