About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Admin.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

• Set up and maintain cost control systems and monitor costs and schedules for contracts requiring validated cost/schedule control.
• Perform cost and schedule analyses and prepare reports to ensure contracts stay within negotiated parameters and government cost-control guidelines.
• Prepare budgets, schedules, funding profiles, sales outlooks and variance analyses.
• Develop program plans to capture requirements and statement-of-work tasks, and maintain realistic cost and schedule baselines.
• Conduct schedule risk assessments and support mitigation planning for cost and schedule risks.
• Track expenditures, prepare expenditure projections and submit timely funding requests to the government to ensure adequate funding availability.
• Incorporate contractual changes into control systems and track outstanding work on contracts.
• Process subcontractor invoices using PLSC2.
• Support earned value management (EVM) contracts by preparing reports and summaries for program and technical teams.

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Who You Are

Basic qualifications — you must meet ALL items below:

• Completing or recently completed a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD from an accredited institution.
• Major or concentration in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration/Management, or a closely related field.
• 0–2 years of related experience (entry-level).
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance (required).
• Ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) clearances within a reasonable timeframe as determined by the confidential client.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Preferred qualifications:

• Cumulative GPA of 3.00/4.0 or higher.
• Experience with SAP and Cobra (earned value tool) or other EVM tools.

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Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $63,000 to $94,600 (base). Final offer depends on role, experience, education, skills and market conditions.
• Eligible employees may receive overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus and other incentive awards depending on role.
• Typical benefits may include health insurance, life and disability coverage, retirement/savings plans, paid holidays and paid time off — specifics provided by the confidential client during hiring.

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Location & Travel

• Work location: Boulder, CO (on-site at the confidential client’s Space sector).
• Travel: approximately 10% of the time.
• Relocation assistance: none provided for this posting.

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Additional Details & Legal

• This is an entry-level opportunity within a space/defense-related program supporting mission systems and earned-value cost management.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to clearance needs. The confidential client will determine clearance and SAP eligibility timelines.
• The application period may change based on business needs.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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