Description

Job Description

Independent Cost Evaluation (ICE) Manager

This role is responsible for providing independent cost evaluation (ICE) leadership in support of multiple business areas within the ES sector. This person will work closely with proposal and program teams throughout the ES sector. The candidate will provide ICE training as required. This role is critical to understanding the range of outcomes on our key bids and programs. Chosen individual will be working with bid capture leads, and senior management to ensure these factors are understood and considered in our pricing strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Provide ICE support to proposals and programs in accordance with the ICE charter such as:
  
  • Develop understanding of the proposal or program along with associated business case to determine potential issues
    
  • Evaluate and express as potential consequences to cost and risk and provide a range of potential outcomes for the proposal or program
    
  • Present the ICE report to the ICE Director and senior management
    
• Use and Support the ICE Metrics Dashboard
  
• Work collaboratively with the other ICE team members to ensure the effective development and retention of ICE skills and knowledge, and effective delivery of day-to-day support to programs and proposals requirements of the businesses
  
• Develop continuous improvement ideas.
  

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• A Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business is required.
  
• 8+ years of professional finance experience is required.
  
• Strong analytical abilities combined with the interpersonal skills necessary to communicate and support analyses at various management levels within our organization
  
• Good negotiation skills and an ability to positively confront and challenge
  
• Strong problem solving skills and the capacity to work under tight deadlines
  
• The ability to question assumptions, understand engineering and product technical complexities and be able to evaluate and express these as potential cost or risk impacts is essential
  
• Secret level clearance or ability to obtain a security clearance
  
• Ability and willingness to travel 10% of the time
  

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Prior experience with Independent Cost Evaluation within a defense contracting setting.
  

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $116419 - $197912

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

About BAE Systems Electronic Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems' game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere - from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact - for our customers and the communities we serve.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.