Northrop Grumman | Business Management Analyst – Cost Control | Sunnyvale, CA | United States | BigDataKB.com | 2023-01-27

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 Mission Systems sector is seeking an experienced and motivated professional to fill a role in Business Management – Cost Control. This position will be supporting the Maritime/Land Systems and Sensors Division, Launcher Operating Unit.

This position is located in Sunnyvale, CA and will offer a hybrid work arrangement.

Ideal candidates must be able to make sound decisions in a timely manner, display strong interpersonal and leadership skills, and follow compliance protocol.

Roles and responsibilities of the Business Management Analyst – Cost Control include, but are not limited to -the following:

• Generate program performance measurement baselines (PMB) and implement approved changes
• Perform analyses and prepare program financial reports for internal and external customers relative to program cost incurrence, material tracking, and labor spending
• Identify and mitigate program cost and schedule risk
• Coordinate and prepare program financial forecasting and reporting, the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), and the Labor Resource Plan
• Support program audits, reviews, and fact-finding as requested by program customers, audit agencies, and company management
• Perform Earned Value Management (EVM) tasks including developing the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and performance measurement baseline (PMB), monitoring and analyzing the Estimate to Complete (ETC), Estimate at Complete (EAC), significant variances, risk management reserve (MR), and financial reserve (FR), and preparing of internal and external status reports
• Work cooperatively with the business, functional, and technical staff to address internal and external customer requests

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS REQUISITION.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution with 3 years of professional experience in business management, finance, accounting, or related fields – OR – a Master’s degree with 1+ year of experience as described above.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, specifically a high level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, lookups, chart generation, VBA macros, etc.)
• Some Earned Value Management experience.
• The willingness and ability to travel domestically up to 10% of the time
• US Secret level security clearance is required. Active within 2 years may be considered.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional experience in a regulated industry such as Aerospace & Defense, Insurance, Financial Services, or Telecommunications.
• SAP or COGNOS software tool experience
• Earned Value Management customer reporting, MPM, or COBRA experience

Salary Range: $70,200 USD – $105,200 USD

Employees may be eligible for 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 health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.