Cost Analyst
Job Description:
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The Cost Analyst provides services in the following areas:
- Cost Estimating and Analysis
- Independent cost estimates
- Understand the system and establish estimating objectives
- Identify system risk issues and cost impacts
- Collect data and develop or tailor a cost model
- Normalize data, develop and validate base case estimates
- Review estimates for reasonableness and adjust the model accordingly.
- Document results and methodology
- Source Selection Services
- Evaluate cost proposals
- Cross check other government estimates
- Develop most probable contract costs
- Assess basis of estimates
- Perform sanity checks on proposed costs
- Cost and technical data collection
- Collect data from primary sources (system developers)
- Develop data book to document program cost and technical information
- Develop databases to manage data collection efforts and house the collected data
- Model and methods development and calibration
- Develop cost estimating relationships (CERs)
- Develop system complexity/cost factors
- Calibrate commercial models
- Develop cost estimating risk models
- Estimating research
- Examine production cost variance and probability distributions
- Create historically-based cost improvement curves
- Investigate historically-based cost improvement curves
- Investigate causes of software code growth
- Perform statistical cost analyses
- Perform inflation studies
- Independent Program Assessments
- Information gathering to support cost analysis
- Identification of cost to complete
- Schedule analysis
- Cost benefit analysis
- Cost trade studies
- Resource requirements analysis
- Cost As an Independent Variable (CAIV) training and support
- Total Ownership Cost (TOC)
- Program risk assessment and control
- Earned Value Management
- Productivity Measurement
- Strategic Planning
- Requirements development
- Configuration management
- Business Process Re-Engineering
- Cost Model Methodology and Development
- Analysis Improvement Groups' Estimates and Milestone review and reporting
- "What-if" analysis
- Expertise required to develop a Cost Analysis Requirement Document (CARD) that may be used for the purpose of constructing a cost estimate; and enterprise integration.
This individual must be versatile and have the ability to work independently at the client's site. He/she must be a self-starter. Experience in the use of the PRICE Models (PRICE H, PRICE HL, PRICE M and PRICE S) is a strong plus.
Job Requirements:- Minimum Four Year College Degree
- Engineering background a plus
- Ability to interface with clients
- Ability to perform Classroom instruction
- Ability to prepare and present technical papers
- Must be an excellent communicator
- Willing to Travel
Salary commensurate with experience and skills.
