Scheduler/Financial Analyst (Position Located in Newport, RI)

at  LMR Technical Group

LMR Technical Group is seeking a Scheduler/Financial Analyst to support the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport (NUWCDIVNPT) in Middletown/Newport, RI. The candidate must have experience with Microsoft Project building schedules for DOD programs within Code 70.
Location: Newport, R.I.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

• Occasional travel / less than 10%.
• To travel by domestic flight or access to secure federal facilities/military bases, candidate must be able to obtain (by start of position) and maintain appropriate identification credentials, such as REAL ID. More information regarding REAL ID can be found: https://www.dhs.gov/real-id

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Remaining in a stationary position, often standing, or sitting for prolonged periods.
• Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another.
• Communicating with others to exchange information.
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Light work that includes moving objects up to 20 pounds.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• SME in Microsoft Project
• Ability to obtain/maintain a secret security clearance.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• A current, active secret security clearance.
• Oracle Primavera
• Navy ERP
• Experience in relevant field.
• An ideal candidate will possess a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Additional proven, relevant experience may be considered as a substitute for a degree.
• Relevant professional experience with U.S. Navy program finance and accounting, including:
• Reviewing, processing, and correcting transactions.
• Program financial management.
• Budgeting and reporting methods.
• Experience with performing financial transactions in the Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (N-ERP) system.
• Experience with other ERP systems, such as SAP ERP, is not considered applicable.
• Non-financial experience with N-ERP, such as for logistics transactions, is not considered applicable.
• Strong communication skills

• Creation of complex multi-year technical project integrated master schedules from Scratch using MS Project through gathering of inputs from project leads, including information on tasking, status, dates, resourcing, building links using predecessors, and more, which are tracked and monitored using Earned Value Management.
• Educate project leads on crucial elements and processes included in building and maintaining a schedule, specifically as it relates to inputs requested of each lead.
• Successful and enthusiastic delivery of project status presentations to lead Naval officers.
• Continuous maintenance of large integrated master schedules (including Snakehead) that encompass all aspects of projects’ execution, entailing the tracking, monitoring, analyzation, and presentation of project and task risks and progress.
• Prepare customized documents for project managers to summarize, visualize, or present information from Integrated Master Schedule.
• Generate Earned Value Management analysis reports providing cost, schedule, and technical data analysis of execution of projects.
• Gather project financial data, track funding allocations, distributions, and expenditures.
• Develop and analyze financial and technical reports.
• Technical project management support including scheduling, budgeting, and reporting.
• Other related duties as assigned.