Program Business Analyst

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia · Operations (BD)

This role involves building financial and pricing models for new business opportunities within Northrop Grumman Australia's defense sector. It requires collaborating with various stakeholders to gather inputs, challenge assumptions, and develop clear, structured, and defensible financial models to support bid submissions and business case development. The role focuses on creating the financial backbone for bids rather than reporting.

What you'd actually do

  1. developing pricing and cost models for new business opportunities, pulling together inputs from engineering, program and SME stakeholders
  2. working directly with capture teams to support business case development and bid submissions
  3. seeking clarification on assumptions and unpacking cost drivers to improve accuracy and reduce risk
  4. helping bring structure and consistency into how pricing is done, including tools and repeatable processes
  5. partnering across the business to translate how work is actually delivered into practical financial models

Skills

Required

  • Excel proficiency
  • experience building financial models
  • experience supporting bids or large programs
  • strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Nice to have

  • experience in defense, mining, engineering or another complex environment
  • understanding of cost drivers

What the JD emphasized

  • building pricing models from the ground up
  • challenging assumptions
  • turning it into something clear, structured and defensible
  • unpacked cost drivers
  • building something structured from it
  • clarifying when needed