
Contract Administrator
Mesa, AZJob$62–113K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
Northrop Grumman seeks a Contract Administrator (Level 2) for Contract Set Up Group activities within its Defense Systems Sector. The role interprets contracts and configures setup requirements in SAP, coordinates with contract and business stakeholders, incorporates negotiated parameters into SAP S4 HANA, supports data requests, and resolves system and input errors. The position may be based at several listed locations or another Northrop Grumman onsite location.
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Full job description
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No
CLEARANCE TYPE: None
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
Description
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.
Northrop Grumman has an opening for a Contract Administrator (Level 2) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The selected candidate be responsible for Contract Set Up Group (CSG) activities within Defense Systems Sector. This position will be based in Northridge, CA, Mesa, AZ, Plymouth, MN or any NG onsite location .
Essential Functions:
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Interpret Contract and enter into SAP Contract Setup Form - Analyze contract to determine setup requirements such as progress billings and international contract nuances. Work with stakeholders to collaborate on contract and setup requirements. Investigate and resolve issues to include billing labor category errors that have an impact on business management reporting and billing. Research and resolve setup errors that impact financial reporting.
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Interact with Contract Administrator and other stakeholders on SAP Setup - Lead formal and informal contract kickoff meetings. Communicate effectively to address key setup questions and to avoid setup errors. Provide recommendations to contracts and business management to prevent issues with financial reporting, invoicing, and cash. Employee is the liaison between the Contract Administrator, Program Control, Billing, Shipping and other impacted stakeholders.
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Incorporate changes into the SAP S4 HANA system that reflect negotiated and agreed-upon contract parameters and guidelines.
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Support requests for data by programs, customers, and company management.
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Respond to system errors, identify and reconcile input errors, review outputs for data discrepancies.
Basic Qualifications:
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Bachelor's degree with 2 years experience, Associate’s degree with 4 years
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Understanding of government contracting.
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Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel with the ability to manage large sets of data and create pivot tables, charts, and graphs to summarize information.
Preferred Qualifications:
Proficient in contract set up within SAP S4 HANA.
Primary Level Salary Range: $62,000.00 - $113,000.00
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
Job Category: Business Management
How this job compares
Set against the 565 open Contract Administration jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$62–113K/yr
- US median$87–152K/yr340 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $88K, is 26% below the US median midpoint ($119K) — in the lowest quarter of Contract Administration salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 19 open Contract Administration jobs in Arizona and 565 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Deloitte86 open
- Oracle28 open
- Northrop Grumman (this employer)17 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Contract Administration postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 461 postings).
- Education
- 205 of the 565 open Contract Administration jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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