Secret Clearance Business Management Associate / Analyst

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 is seeking experienced and motivated professionals for the various entry level roles in Business Management as part of this Profile Requisition. Roles include Program Control Analysts (PCA), Pricing Analysts, Budget Analysts, Rates Analysts, and Financial Analysts.SECRET CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR BOTH ROLESThis position will be located in Linthicum or Annapolis Junction, MD.
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 could encompass the following and vary slightly depending on specific position, program, or business unit to which you are assigned:

• Generate program performance measurement baselines (PMB) and implement approved changes.
• Perform analyses and prepare reports to ensure program contracts are within negotiated, agreed-upon parameters, government cost control guidelines, and accounting guidelines.
• 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
• Facilitate, monitor, and forecast program financing mechanisms including Accounts Receivable, Advanced Payments, and Performance Based Payments
• Support program audits, reviews, and fact-finding as requested by program customers, audit agencies, and company management.
• Support program cost estimate development, customer proposals, and negotiation
• 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.

Basic Qualifications for Level 1:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business Management or Economics from an accredited institution with a minimum of 1 year of financial work experience
• Basic understanding of Government Compliance
• Demonstrate leadership, critical thinking and innovative behaviors in past projects, roles or experiences.
• The ability to communicate with all levels of the organization and work within a team structure.
• The willingness and ability to travel domestically up to 10% of the time.
• US citizenship is a prerequisite.
• Secret Clearance Required

Preferred Qualifications or Level 1:

• Experience in Data Analytics, Data Mining and Database management
• Perform complex EXCEL spreadsheet, formulas, pivot tables and slicers.
• SAP Experience or similar ERP software

Basic Qualifications for Level 2: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business Management or Economics from an accredited institution with a minimum of 3 years of financial work experience.
• 1 to 2 years’ experience in strong data mining, database management and strong Microsoft Excel experience is a MUST.  To include strong knowledge of pivot tables, macros, V-lookups and managing large data sets.
• Demonstrates the skill and ability to perform professional tasks independently.
• The ability to communicate with all levels of the organization and work within a team structure.
• The willingness and ability to travel domestically up to 10% of the time.
• US citizenship is a prerequisite.
• Secret Clearance Required

Preferred Qualifications for Level 2:

• SAP Experience or similar ERP software

This position reports to Linthicum, MD, USA, however, you are able to work from any of the additional 2 locations listed above.

Salary Range: $55,400 USD - $83,000 USD

Salary Range 2: $67,000 USD - $100,400 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.