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Cost Analyst

Odyssey Consulting -
Remote

Job Details

Full-time
$110,000 - $125,000 a year

Benefits

Health savings account
Paid holidays
Disability insurance
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Flexible spending account
Paid time off
Employee assistance program
Vision insurance
401(k) matching
Life insurance

Qualifications

Calculus
Bachelor's degree
Data-driven problem-solving
Cost estimate preparation
Productivity software

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Position Summary

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. 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!

Responsibilities

Duties include, but not limited to:

Data Integration

Develop and support custom cost data tools to support future estimates
Institute quality control measures, report results, and conduct process improvement initiatives as needed

Cost Estimating Process

Develop, maintain, update, and deliver fully documented and well-supported cost estimates, with an assessment of risk and schedule
Apply standard 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
Work through the cost estimating analytical processes including problem definition, background research, data collection, analyzing data analysis, data visualization, formulating mathematical expressions, and developing and defending conclusions
Analyze all elements affecting costs for a project of limited scope
Implement processes and logic to extract, transform, and distribute cost from across radar and C2 missions to inform data-driven decisions

Cost Estimating Products

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.
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 (BCA), Cost-Benefit Analyses (CBA), market surveys, Economic Analyses (EA), or other related analyses in accordance with mandated government regulations

Program Support

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
Support and attend Government/Prime Contractor meetings for information-gathering purposes to assist the government in assessing cost estimates
Support all cost-related activities within RFP reviews, Source Selections, and Initial/Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBRs)
Provide cost-related support to accomplish required Acquisition Reporting, to include but not limited to, Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) and Program Management Reviews (PMRs)
Assess acquisition planning documents

Qualifications

Minimum Required Qualifications:

Clearance: Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance.

Education: BS/BA with 21 semester hours in quantitative analysis courses (or other fields relevant to their area of expertise limited to the following: Management, Business, Economics, Finance, Operations Research Analyst, Accounting, Mathematics, Science, Technology, Engineering, Statistics, or Cost Estimating/Analysis), plus three (3) semester hours of Calculus.

Years of Experience: 7 years of relevant experience.

Skills:

7 yeas of cost estimating experience
Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite experience
Experience using cost estimating tools such as ACE-IT (Automated Cost Estimating Integrated Tools), SEER or Unison's TruePlanning

Preferred Qualifications:

Clearance: Active Secret Clearance

Education: BA/BS

Years of experience: 10 Years

Preferred Experience:

10 years of cost estimating and ACE-IT experience
Prior Department of Defense weapons system acquisition experience
Analyzing agile metrics (velocity, features, stories, etc.) and estimating agile projects
Experience with Programming languages such as Python, R and/or SQL.
Data Modeling/Mapping
Tracking efforts via Jira and Confluence

Additional Information

Location: Peterson Space Force Base- Colorado Springs, CO

Travel: NA

Remote, On-site, or Hybrid: Hybrid-Approximately 90% remote work with occasional on-site support at Peterson Space Force Base

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Company Overview

Odyssey 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

Please Note:

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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