Project Control Principal

GRVTY has an opening for a Program Control Principal. This role provides high level financial oversight and analytical support to a portfolio of government contracts of varying size and complexity. This role is responsible for building, managing, and analyzing program budgets, updating forecasts, supporting growth opportunities, and preparing performance metrics. The analyst shall interface closely with Program Manager (PM), contracts, FP&A, accounts receivable, procurement, and subcontractor management to enable strong program execution against financial goals. This senior position requires an extensive government contracting understanding, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to influence decisions through thorough and thoughtful analysis.

What You'll be Owning

• Lead financial planning for assigned portfolio to include budgets, forecasts, and EACs.
• Track cost baseline in detail, perform variance analysis, and support P&L performance reporting as needed.
• Prepare monthly financial reports, dashboards, and program review materials for leadership.
• Serve as business partner to Program Managers to interpret financial data, identify risks/opportunities, and support strategic decisions.
• Ensure compliance with FAR/DFARS, CAS, internal policies, and customer requirements.
• Work with accounting, contracts, and procurement to ensure accuracy of data and resolve issues.
• Support internal and external audits, financial reviews, and data integrity checks.
• Monitor and modify purchase requisitions for subcontractors and materials; monitoring costs, review timecards, approve invoices.
• Drive process improvements in forecasting accuracy, reporting efficiency, and financial controls.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and mentor to junior analysts as needed 
• Support other ad hoc requests from the programs or management

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
• Clearable U.S. Citizenship Required
• 15+ years of program control or financial analysis experience in a government contracting environment.
• Experience providing financial tracking and support for the government customers in areas of Program Control, Finance, Cost Estimating, Financial Analysis, or Accounting.
• Complete understanding of financial analysis such as return on sales (ROS), return on cost (ROC), annual operating plans, accounts receivable, and revenue/profit forecasting.  
• Ability to prepare program baseline data, EAC development and cost estimating/pricing and complex variance analysis.
• Deep understanding of indirect rate structures, and government contract types.
• High proficiency with Excel (pivot tables, lookups, modeling) and experience with ERP systems such as Costpoint, Unanet, or similar.
• Critical thinking skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to all levels of management

Pay Range: At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors—such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications.

We’re proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth.

Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.

Virginia Pay Range

$175,000—$200,000 USD

The toughest national security challenges demand vision and ingenuity, not just resources. We deliver mission and technical expertise to outpace our adversaries. We’re purpose-built to tackle the most entrenched, systemic national security issues around the world.

We partner with our customers to help them overcome challenges in every corner of technology and defense—including the ones still being explored. Our growing capabilities create complementary advantages, giving on-the-ground operations the edge they need to succeed. We muster everything we have to answer every challenge presented, every day of our lives.

At GRVTY, we believe that when our employees thrive, our company thrives. That’s why we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.

•    Robust health plan including medical, dental, and vision  

•    Health Savings Account with company contribution  

•    Annual Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays  

•    Paid Parental Leave   

•    401k with generous company match  

•    Training and Development Opportunities  

•    Award Programs  

•    Variety of Company Sponsored Events