Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Guidehouse is a consulting firm that specializes in finance and accounting services. The Life-Cycle Cost Analyst will evaluate the full cost of projects or assets, focusing on long-term investment decisions and providing expertise in Life-Cycle Cost Analysis.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the Functional Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis, providing expertise and guidance in support of the Defense & Security Segment – FM Horizontal team
- Develop, review, and support life-cycle cost analysis activities, methodologies, assumptions, and deliverables in alignment with program and business needs
- Advise on Economic Analysis, Life-Cycle Cost Analysis, cost estimating, capital investment analysis, and financial management workflows
- Identify current-state pain points, analyst inputs, review steps, approval expectations, data dependencies, and human review points
- Support requirements refinement for cost model inputs, assumptions, cost categories, escalation logic, discounting, sensitivity analysis, uncertainty analysis, validation rules, and report outputs
- Review historical analyses, cost models, and decision-support artifacts to identify reusable assumptions, data elements, precedent examples, and common quality issues
- Help translate business, financial, and mission user needs into functional requirements for technical delivery teams
- Support validation of sample scenarios, including output completeness, interpretability, traceability, and defensibility
- Advise on data requirements and data quality challenges, including cost databases, project attributes, asset inventories, historical performance data, and source system limitations
- Support definition of dashboards, visualizations, reports, and user interfaces that present analytical results clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Participate in stakeholder sessions, demonstrations, pilots, testing activities, and user acceptance reviews with Government and internal delivery teams
- Analyze project alternatives to determine their total cost over the asset’s lifespan
Skills
- An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED 'SECRET' Federal or DoD security clearance
- Bachelor's degree in finance, business, economics, construction management, engineering, or a related field
- FIVE (5) or more years of experience supporting DoW, federal, and/or large enterprise financial management in cost analysis, economic analysis, and/or capital investment analysis
- Experience with Life-Cycle Cost Analysis, business case analysis, cost estimating, economic analysis, or decision-support workflows
- Ability to assess cost assumptions, alternative comparisons, analytical outputs, model results, and reviewer-ready documentation
- Experience developing, validating, reviewing, or using quantitative cost models
- Familiarity with cost drivers, escalation, discounting, sensitivity analysis, uncertainty analysis, and scenario comparison
- Ability to translate functional user needs into clear requirements for technical, analytics, and AI delivery teams
- Strong written communication, analytical documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills
- Comfort working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders in regulated, audit-sensitive, or mission-sensitive environments
- Strong analytical thinking and problem‑solving skills
- Ability to interpret data and translate findings into simple, actionable insights
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Experience supporting DoW, federal financial management, facilities, infrastructure, construction, sustainment, or capital planning programs
- Familiarity with LCCA methodology, NPV analysis, discounting, energy cost analysis, maintenance and repair cost assumptions, and long-term investment planning
- Experience supporting analytics, automation, AI, workflow modernization, or decision-support modernization efforts as a functional SME
- Ability to support demonstrations, pilots, training, testing, and user acceptance with Government or enterprise stakeholders
- Experience with cost estimating, budgeting, forecasting, or financial analysis
- Familiarity with facilities, infrastructure, or capital projects
- Exposure to tools such as cost and financial databases, modeling software, or project management systems
Benefits
- Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
- Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
- Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Basic Life & Supplemental Life
- Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- Student Loan PayDown
- Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
- Skills Development & Certifications
- Employee Referral Program
- Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
- Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
- Mobility Stipend
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