RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE TYPE: None
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.
Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you’ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you defining possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.
Northrop Grumman Space Sector Business Systems and Tools team is seeking a Business Process Analyst to be the focal point for Rates and Budgets leading the sustainment and enhancement efforts for Space Sector IBM Planning Analytics models. This individual will be the liaison between technology teams and the business, facilitating, developing, and driving business processes and solutions. This position will be located in McLean VA. May consider a remote working scenario for this role.
Keys to success include:
- Ability to listen, communicate, collaborate, and influence effectively across levels and functions.
- Strong project management skills (to include the ability to set and maintain accountability to execution schedules and commitments).
- Ability to maneuver changing demands, requirements and technology, utilizing both diplomacy and flexibility to balance requirements, technology sustainment, efficiencies, quality and compliance.
- Completing requirements in a fast-paced, multifaceted environment.
- Knowledgeable about constraints associated with compliance, reporting requirements, upstream/downstream systems.
Roles and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Acting as a liaison between technology teams and Sector Rates and Budgets to help develop and sustain requirements and processes for IBM Planning Analytics Rates and Budgets tools, Space Rates and Budgets (SPRB) and Northrop Grumman Rates and Budgets (NGRB).
- Identifying opportunities for technology insertion for operational efficiency.
- Troubleshooting system issues and supporting harmonization.
- Developing requirements, business cases, test plans, test scripts, training, and documentation.
- Accountable for systems and tools impact to process efficiency and data integrity/integration.
- Maintaining consistent communication with business and technology teams.
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- 401k
- Educational Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
- Paid Time Off
- Health & Wellness Resources
- Employee Discounts
This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.
Basic Qualifications:
This requisition may be filled at either a level 3 or a level 4.
Basic Qualifications for a Level 3:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Related field with 6+ years of Finance/Accounts Receivable experience - OR - a Master's degree with 4+ year of Finance/Accounts Receivable experience.
Basic Qualifications for a Level 4:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Related field with 10+ years of Finance/Accounts Receivable experience - OR - a Master's degree with 8+ year of Finance/Accounts Receivable experience.
Additional Basic qualifications for both levels:
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite - specifically MS Excel and MS Word.
- Defense Contractor Rates and Budgets experience.
- Ability to effectively communicate well with all levels of the organization.
- Experience with data integration, requirements gathering, system definition development and documentation, as well as project management.
- Demonstrated ability to support complex operations while collaborating with multiple stakeholders.
- Ability to understand and document a technical business process as well as comprehend a policy and translate into a process flow.
- Experience facilitating and driving decisions and actionable plans.
- Experience with ERP systems, SAP and/or Costpoint.
- IBM Planning Analytics experience.
- Ability to obtain a security clearance. US Citizenship is a prerequisite.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Excel add-in for Planning Analytics (PAX) experience.
- Defense contractor forward pricing rate and indirect budgeting development and management experience.
- IBM Cognos Analytics Dashboard, Query Studio, or Report development experience.
- PowerBI or Tableau experience.
Salary Range: $88,600.00 - $146,300.00Salary Range 2: $109,900.00 - $181,300.00
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
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 all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
