Principal Business Management Analyst

Northrop Grumman is hiring a Principal Business Management Analyst for its Strategic Cost Management and Operations, Cost Optimization team. The role develops and validates business cases, maintains Optimization Hub reporting integrity, analyzes initiative performance and risks, and advises stakeholders on financial models and executive-ready narratives.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) to develop comprehensive, data-driven business cases and optimization ideas from problem definition through approval and benefits realization
• Gather and synthesize financial, operational, technical, and qualitative data into cohesive, evidence-based, narrative-driven decision artifact
• Independently validate financial assumptions and calculations, including return on investment, net present value, payback period, run-rate savings, and one-time benefits, using established financial templates and methods
• Perform sensitivity and risk analyses to identify material financial, execution, schedule, or benefits-realization risks; document findings and recommend corrective actions
• Review business cases, optimization ideas, and supporting artifacts against established narrative and financial standards to ensure submissions are complete, internally consistent, defensible, and executive-ready
• Advise and coach IPTs on business case and optimization idea development, financial modeling, and executive narrative quality
• Maintain the accuracy, completeness, traceability, and reporting readiness of initiative data within the Optimization Hub
• Produce and analyze approved business cases and optimization ideas performance reporting for weekly, monthly, and quarterly business reviews, highlighting trends, exceptions, and emerging risks
• Monitor business cases and optimization ideas across pipeline stages and apply established health, aging, and at-risk criteria consistently
• Escalate material variances, aging actions, and underperforming initiatives to project owners and appropriate leadership, supported by clear analysis and recommendations
• Partner with Business Management, CIDO, and other stakeholders to reconcile realized savings, run-rate versus one-time classifications, and budget-to-actual results
• Identify recurring control, reporting, and data-quality issues and recommend improvements to templates, standards, metrics, and operating processes
• Prepare and present financial analyses, portfolio insights, and recommendations to managers, directors, and other senior stakeholders
• Serve as the primary analytical point of contact for assigned business cases and optimization ideas

Requirements:

• 5 years of relevant experience with a Bachelors; 3 years with Masters; 1 year with PhD
• Advanced Excel skills, including development and review of formula-driven financial models
• Working proficiency with data visualization and reporting tools
• Experience preparing and presenting executive-level reporting to senior leadership
• Ability to develop proficiency in the FinOps Framework as well as data center and cloud financial-management concepts
• Experience with IT cost management, procurement, FinOps, and/or corporate FP&A program doing business cases and cost-benefit analysis
• FinOps practitioner certificate
• Strong written communication skills, with experience holding business documents to an explicit narrative or writing standard
• Able to work independently within established standards and recommend practical improvements to templates, metrics, and processes