RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

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.

Northrop Grumman Insights & Intelligence is seeking a Finance Insights Analyst to join Northrop Grumman’s Finance AI & Analytics organization.  This position will support the Business Management function, and the selected candidate will report to the Manager, Finance AI & Analytics. The location for this position is Falls Church, VA with the opportunity for a 100% virtual/telework arrangement. At Northrop Grumman, Finance AI & Analytics is a core domain within our Insights & Intelligence (i2) organization.  As part of our Chief Information & Digital Office (CIDO), i2 works with all enterprise domains and businesses to drive our data, analytics & AI transformation. 

As a Finance Insights Analyst, you will conduct quantitative analyses and develop innovative data products that help to answer challenging business questions. Through these efforts, you will enable the business management organization to identify trends, improve forecasting, and make informed decisions that support enterprise strategy, continuous improvement, and operational excellence. This position will work closely with Northrop Grumman CFOs to provide meaning behind data, develop actionable insights, and drive performance that aligns with organizational goals and strategy.

Keys to success:

• Being curious, detail-oriented, and ethically conscious.

• You seek to ask the right questions about our strategies, the business, and how we can use data to find solutions.

• You are a strategic thinker who can translate data to create well-informed decisions to enable better business outcomes.

• You want to drive positive change for our organizations, are candid and collaborative in taking on our most difficult analytics projects as well as the process and culture changes that accompanies them.

• You build deep and trusted partnerships at the working and organizational levels.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Analyzing business requirements and processes to identify metric needs and opportunities for performance monitoring (e.g., customer satisfaction, service level agreements, case volume metrics, case resolution times, etc).

• Collaborating with business leaders to define, develop, and maintain business metrics and KPIs that align with organizational goals.

• Defining data requirements, gathering and validating information, while also applying sound judgment for people-related business problems and workforce management decisions.

• Creating strategic analyses by forming structured hypotheses, identifying patterns in data using quantitative methods and effective data visualizations, and deriving insights that drive decision making and operational improvements.

• Developing and maintaining innovative products that leverage data and advanced analytics.

• Driving analytics projects from initial concept through deployment, leveraging opportunities for automation.

• Providing training and support to stakeholders on data analysis tools and metrics interpretation.

• Conducting benchmarking against industry standards and competitors to assess performance and identify areas for improvement.

• Staying abreast of industry trends and methodologies and contributing innovative ideas to drive business value. 

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, 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:

• Must have, at-minimum, a Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience OR a Master’s degree with 3 years of relevant professional data analytics experience - OR - a PhD with 1 year of relevant professional data analytics experience. 

• Must have experience in developing performance metrics and using them to inform business strategies.

• Must have the ability to extract and manipulate data from databases using SQL and write custom queries. Familiarity with common table expressions and building views.

• Must have the ability to apply quantitative and statistical approaches to answer questions using data.

• Must be proficient using an object-oriented programming language (e.g., Python or R) to conduct analysis and create visualizations.

• Must be proficient in data visualization using Tableau or similar dashboarding tools.

• Must have experience in data storytelling - creating compelling, concise narratives to communicate developed insights.

• Must have experience collaborating on projects across teams, managing relationships, and communicating findings to audiences. 

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Degree in a quantitative field (engineering, mathematics, economics, statistics, computer science, etc.).

• Experience with finance- or business management-related data.

• Experience working with enterprise resource planning systems (ex. SAP).

• Experience working with financial planning systems and processes (ex. IBM Planning Analytics).

Primary Level Salary Range: $94,200.00 - $155,400.00

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.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 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.