Project Control Specialist

• Perform Business Unit and Contract level performance analysis.
• Prepare and coordinate financial budgets, operation plans, forecasts, and what-if scenarios.
• Conduct analysis and recommendations for Business Unit level financial execution (overhead performance, variance analysis, forecasting based on Business Development opportunities).
• Analyze Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and identify performance trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Perform ad hoc financial analysis as necessary to identify trends and link outcomes to drivers.

• Oversee financial control, cost estimation, budgeting, and forecasting for complex programs.
• Prepare, track, and analyze program financial reports, ensuring accurate documentation and visibility for stakeholders.
• Collaborate with contracts management teams to ensure compliance with government regulations, including FAR/DFARS and other applicable guidelines.
• Monitor the program's funding profile, expenditures, and status in alignment with contract and performance objectives.
• Provide actionable insights to program leadership regarding risks, cost variances, and opportunities for cost savings or efficiencies.
• Participate in program reviews, audits, and customer deliverables, ensuring accountability and alignment with program goals.
• Develop and deliver briefing materials on program performance metrics to senior leadership and government customers.
• Interface with the Finance, Accounting, and Contracts team for related project/program issues.
• Support the tracking and processing of subcontractor and vendor invoices

• Must have the ability to obtain/maintain a US government security clearance
• Bachelor's degree required - preferably in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or any related discipline.
• 6+ years of directly related professional experience in Project Control, FP&A, Accounting or any related discipline
• Government Contracting Experience working with multiple contract types (Time & Materials, Cost Plus Fixed Fee, Firm Fixed Price).
• Experience reviewing and approving vendor invoices for accuracy and ensuring information is booked into the system accordingly.
• Proficiency tracking bill holds and accruals to closure across billing cycles.
• General understanding of the FAR.
• Familiarity with Financial Management toolkits such as Deltek CostPoint, Workday Adaptive Planning, Power BI or other similar ERP/BI systems.
• Microsoft Excel skills at an intermediate to advanced level, with proficiency in functions such as pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and data visualization.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Active Secret level security clearance
• Workday Adaptive Planning experience, specifically building table-format reports and dashboards.
• Willingness to learn or prior experience developing analytic dashboards and digging into software outputs to resolve discrepancies.
• Past work with large subcontractor teams.
• Experience with Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Orders, especially in Deltek Costpoint.

• Place of work is Huntsville, AL. Work is hybrid (remote/in office), with periodic travel required (< 10%). No full-time remote work available.

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  Interesting Work:
  
  
  
  Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
  
  
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  Values:
  
  
  
  Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
  
  
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  100% Employee Owned:
  
  
  
  We have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
  
  
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  Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
  
  
  




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  Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
  
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  Flexible schedules
  
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  6% 401k match with immediate vesting up to $9k annually
  
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  Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December)
  
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  Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
  
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  Up to $10,000 in annual educational reimbursement
  
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  Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
  
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  Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
  




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  Track Record of Success:
  
  
  
  We have grown every year since our founding in 1993.
  
  

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance

MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.

For more information about MTSI, please visit www.mtsi-va.com