Cost Analyst in Milledgeville, Georgia at Qarbon Aerospace

Company Overview

Qarbon Aerospace is a world class manufacturer of cutting-edge composite components and assemblies for the Aerospace and Space industry’s most advanced commercial and military aircraft. Qarbon Aerospace has the capabilities and resources to solve the market’s toughest challenges On-Time with Quality Assured. As a US-based company with more than 100 years of experience and 1.6 million square feet of state-of-the-art facilities, we assure quality into every fiber, letting our customer’s ideas and our employee’s passion take flight.

About the role

An aerospace/defense manufacturer is seeking a Program Cost Analyst to support program and manufacturing costs, contribute to fiscal forecasts, and help connect production-floor cost data to program-level financial reporting. This is an individual contributor position with no direct reports and a clear path to greater ownership. The person in this seat works closely with program, operations, and finance leadership to help them understand what a program costs and why it moved.

What you'll own

Administer assigned program cost; prepare fiscal forecasts from historical cost and current production dataCompile and review program spend using actual performance, prior figures, estimated revenue, and expense data; prepare comparative evaluations of actual costs against prior EAC/forecast and investigate variancesAnalyze manufacturing cost data — standard cost, burden/overhead rate application, BOM and scrap variance, work-in-process — and reconcile job cost data between the ERP/MRP system and the general ledgerPrepare Estimate at Completion (EAC) inputs and supporting analysis; perform monthly variance analysis and support earned value reporting where applicableSupport labor, overhead, and burden cost rate maintenance; contribute to personnel and headcount forecasts by programApply and help interpret EAC cost; maintain historical cost records; prepare regular management reportsServe as a point of contact on assigned contracts and projects, coordinating with program management, contracts, operations, and finance colleagues