Business Management Analyst - Multifunction

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Linthicum Heights, MD +1 · Business Management Mult-Func

This role is for a Business Management Analyst at Northrop Grumman, focusing on program cost control, pricing, rates & budgets, or financial planning. Responsibilities include analyzing program performance, supporting cost estimate development, invoicing, customer proposals, and audits. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a business-related field, proficiency in MS Excel, and a Secret security clearance. Experience with SAP, COGNOS, government contract compliance, and Earned Value Management is preferred. The role is not directly AI/ML related, but operates within a large defense contractor that likely uses AI in its products.

What you'd actually do

  1. Generate program performance measurement baselines (PMB) and implement approved changes
  2. Perform analyses and prepare reports to ensure program contracts are within negotiated, agreed-upon parameters, government cost control guidelines, and accounting guidelines
  3. Perform analyses and prepare program financial reports for internal and external customers relative to program cost incurrence, material tracking, and labor spending
  4. Identify and mitigate program cost and schedule risk
  5. Coordinate and prepare program financial forecasting and reporting, the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), and the Labor Resource Plan

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Business adjacent degree
  • Minimum of 2 years of relevant financial work experience
  • Proficiency in MS Office Suite
  • High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, lookups, chart generation or VBA macros.)
  • US Citizenship Required
  • Current, active U.S. Government Secret level security clearance

Nice to have

  • SAP or similar ERP software experience
  • COGNOS
  • Understanding of Government Contractual and Finance Compliance
  • Understanding of budgets, rates and forecasting
  • Earned Value Management customer reporting, MPM, or COBRA experience.
  • Professional experience in a regulated industry such as Aerospace & Defense, Insurance, Financial Services, or Telecommunications.

What the JD emphasized

  • US Citizenship Required
  • Current, active U.S. Government Secret level security clearance is required