Business Management Analyst

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph

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.

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Business Management Analyst based out Linthicum, MD or Annapolis Junction, MD. This is an onsite position that offers the 9/80 schedule.

What You’ll get to Do:

The Business Management Analyst will support the Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC).

Learn more about the NGMC and Northrop Grumman’s storied history, impact, and innovation in the microelectronics field here: https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/mission-solutions/microelectronics

The Business Management Analyst will interface with the program managers, functional management, cost account managers (CAMs) and business managers to provide financial support and analysis to meet program requirements. 

As part of this role the Analyst will analyze cost data to prepare program financial reports for internal and external customers relative to program cost incurrence, material tracking and labor expenses to help ensure program contracts perform within negotiated parameters. This role will work cooperatively with business, functional, and technical staff to support cost estimate development, invoicing, customer proposals, negotiations, and various audits. This role will forecast financial statements (Income Statement and Balance Sheet), the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), and the Labor Resource Plan for their program. The Analyst supports identification and mitigation of program cost and schedule risks. The Analyst will also perform Earned Value Management (EVM) tasks including developing the performance measurement baseline (PMB), forecasting the Estimate at Complete (EAC), controlling change management processes and preparing internal and external status reports.

This position is contingent upon offered candidate receiving Polygraph.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (Accounting, Data Analytics, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing, etc.) or Business adjacent degree (Mathematics, Risk Management) from an accredited institution with a minimum of 2 years of financial work experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, lookups, chart generation, VBA macros, etc.)
• Ability to travel domestically up to 10%. 
• US citizenship is required.

• A current/active DoD TS/SCI clearance and the ability to obtain and maintain a Polygraph is required prior to start

Preferred Qualifications:

• Basic understanding of Government Compliance.
• SAP, COGNOS, or similar ERP software experience
• Experience in strong data mining and database management.
• Professional experience in Aerospace & Defense, Financial Services, or Telecommunications.
• Earned Value Management (EVM) customer reporting, COBRA experience.

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