Principal Auditor

Northrop Grumman

Auditor performing internal audits for Northrop Grumman across various programs and locations. Involving travel and review of program business functions such as Earned Value Management.

Posted 6/25/2026full-timeRedondo Beach • California, Maryland • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $89,900 - $134,900 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERPOracle

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Travelling to domestic, international, major program, and/or subsidiary company locations to perform audits of Northrop Grumman programs with other Internal Audit teammates.
Performing audit procedures to review program related business functions such as: Program planning, scheduling, and control, in both fully compliant and tailored Earned Value Management (EVM) implementations.
Substantiation of financial EAC update, reporting and recording with substantiation and reserves assessment, when required.
Supplier management, including supplier performance reporting and management and contract requirements flowdown.
Risk and Opportunity Management process and incorporation into Financial EACs.
Management reporting of program data both internally and externally.
Ensuring proper recording of transactions and compliance with applicable company policies/procedures, related contracts/agreements, and applicable laws.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Quality, or related field with 6 years of relevant work experience; OR a Master's degree in said disciplines with 4 years of relevant work experience.
4 or more years in analytical roles within Business Management including cost management, schedule management, pricing/estimating, and finance.
Working experience with a fully compliant and/or tailored Earned Value Management System (EVMS) implementation in a financial, cost, or schedule analyst role.
Working knowledge of business reporting, management, and analytical tools (e.g. SAP-S4 HANA, CostPoint, MS Office, Deltek Cobra, Microsoft Project or Oracle Primavera) to interrogate data from ERP and Program Management systems.
Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret a wide variety of data/information to identify trends, positive and negative correlations, form valid conclusions and present data to best highlight relevant points.
U.S. Citizenship, with eligibility to obtain a DoD Secret and Top Secret and/or Special Access Program (SAP) Security Clearances within a reasonable amount of time following hire.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

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Hard Skills & Tools

audit proceduresprogram planningschedulingcontrolEarned Value Management (EVM)financial EAC updaterisk managementopportunity managementcost managementschedule management

Soft Skills

analytical skillsdata interpretationcommunication skillspresentation skills

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeMaster's degreeDoD Secret ClearanceTop Secret ClearanceSpecial Access Program (SAP) Security Clearance