Cost Analyst

Odyssey Systems has an exciting new opportunity for a Cost Analyst to join our team of Analysts developing, updating, and defending Life Cycle Cost Estimates (LCCEs) / Program Office Estimates (POEs) across Radar and C2 missions. As the Cost Analyst, you will directly support the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment (NCMC-ITW/AA) Legacy Space (LS) Program Office at Peterson Space Force Base (SFB). This is a full-time opportunity with 90% of your time spent working remote.

If you have experince with ACE-IT (Automated Cost Estimating Integrated Tools) and are passionate about utilizing your financial and business accumen to defend our National Security interests, then this is the role for you!

Duties include, but not limited to:

Develop, maintain, update and deliver fully documented and well supported cost estimates, with an assessment of risk and schedule
• Use of routine cost estimating methods such as analogy, engineering or scientific methodology, and extrapolation
• Use of cost estimating outputs to assess the impact various factors have on the costs to design, research, develop, operate, maintain, and dispose of a particular weapon system
• Analytical processes, such as: setting up the problem; conducting background research; collecting and reducing data; displaying data for analysis; formulating mathematical expressions; and drawing conclusions
• Analyze all elements affecting costs for a project of limited scope
• Data collection/compilation/analysis
• Support and attend Government/Prime Contractor meetings for information gathering purposes to assist the government in assessing cost estimates
• Support, develop, maintain, and update cost estimates such as Program Office Estimate (POE), Single Best Estimate (SBE), non-MDAP Independent Cost Estimates (ICEs), Independent Cost Analyses (ICAs), Sufficiency Reviews (SRs), Cost Excursions, Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) (to include estimates within the Comprehensive Cost and Requirement (CCaR) System), Service Cost Positions (SCPs), Program Executive Officer (PEO) Estimates in support of annual Program Objective Memorandum (POM) submissions, Should Cost Estimates, Independent Program Assessments (IPAs), Milestone Reviews and Interim Program Reviews. All products shall be delivered within the time specified by the government.
• Support all cost related activities within RFP reviews, Source Selections and Initial/Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBRs)
• Analyze Program Contractor cost estimates to ensure consistency with Government cost estimating procedures; analyze the Program Contractor's BOE, risks and crosscheck major WBS elements or cost drivers IAW DoD and AF and requirements; record analysis results
• Develop cost-related program inputs such as, but not limited to, Most Probable Cost Estimate, Should Cost/Will Cost Estimate, and Government Basis of Estimate (BOE), for government Shoulder-to-Shoulder activities with Program Contractors and solicitation activities such as Request for Proposals (RFPs), Acquisition Strategy Plans (ASPs) and Source Selections; and, annual execution plans within the Comprehensive Costs and Requirements (CCaR) System
• Create Business Case Analyses, Cost-Benefit Analyses, market surveys, Economic Analyses, or other related analysis IAW mandated government regulations; Assess acquisition planning documents; Record results
• Provide cost related support to accomplish required Acquisition Reporting, to include, but not limited, to Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) and Program Management Reviews (PMRs)
• Institute quality control measures, report results, and conduct process improvement initiatives as needed

Minimum Requirements:

Citizenship: Must be a US Citizen

Clearance: Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance

Education: BS/BA with a focus in Management, Business, Economics, Finance, Operations Research Analyst, Accounting, Mathematics, Science, Technology, Engineering, Statistics, or Cost Estimating/Analysis

Years of Experience: 10 years of relevant experience within the DoD.

Preferred Qualifications:

Clearance: Active Secret security Clearance

• EVM experience
• Experience required using standardized and specialized software applications such as, but not limited to, Microsoft Office and Automated Cost Estimating Integrated Tools (ACE-IT).
• At a minimum, five (5) years of ACE-IT experience
• At a minimum, five (5) years of Microsoft Office Suite experience
• Prior weapons system acquisition experience
• Experience with Jira and Confluence to track workload status and priorities
• Experience with estimating agile projects and analyzing agile metrics (velocity, features, stories, etc.)

Additional Information

Location: Peterson Space Force Base (PSFB) in Colorado Springs, CO

Travel: NA

Remote, Onsite, or Hybrid: Hybrid- Approx. 90% remote

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Odyssey Systems is a world-class technical, engineering, and integration company serving the warfighting ecosystem with airborne integration, ISR, C2, and warfighter readiness capabilities. Odyssey meets the military's operational needs by integrating layered defense systems from equipment, technology, and services to data, information, and business operations. We streamline defense acquisition and sustainment, engineering the technical battlefield with domain-specific proficiency to ensure lethality. Odyssey is dedicated to excellent contract execution, peak organizational performance, and fostering a workplace built on employee care.

Odyssey is proud to live out our core values of commitment, ambition, and respect in our work and communities through OdysseyCares, a philanthropic group focused on giving back through direct donations, an employer match program, and volunteering events.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Final compensation for this position will be determined by various factors such as the Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications.

This position is filled through continuous recruitment and will remain open until a sufficient pool of applications has been received.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, Tricare supplement, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, employee assistance program, learning and development benefit, paid time off, and holidays.

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