Associate, Transformation Management Office

Cubic Corporation; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401k with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Cubic Corporation is seeking an Associate for Transformation Management Office (TMO) to assist in executing key strategic initiatives. The role combines analytical problem-solving, financial and operational modeling, and executive reporting within a fast-paced transformation environment.

You will work closely with the Director of Transformation and cross-functional leaders to monitor initiative performance, develop reporting tools, and support enterprise-wide transformation efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Data Analytics, or related field.
• Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Support the execution and tracking of strategic transformation initiatives across the organization.
• Maintain project plans, milestone trackers, risk logs, and action item registers.
• Prepare recurring status updates, dashboards, and executive-level reporting materials.
• Analyze operational and financial data to identify trends, risks, and performance improvement opportunities.
• Build and maintain forecasting models, KPI dashboards, and business performance reporting tools.
• Support initiative benefit tracking, savings validation, and value capture reporting.
• Conduct ad hoc quantitative and qualitative analyses to support business decision-making.
• Consolidate and validate data from multiple business functions and systems.
• Coordinate meetings, document key decisions, and track follow-up actions across stakeholders.
• Partner with Finance, Operations, Commercial, HR, IT, and other functional teams to support transformation workstreams.
• Assist with business case development, scenario analysis, and operational performance reviews.
• Support preparation of materials for senior leadership presentations and governance meetings.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Cross-functional teamwork

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Business Unit: Cubic Transportation Systems Company Details: When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com.

Job Summary: The Associate, Transformation Management Office (TMO) will support the execution and tracking of key strategic and operational initiatives across the business. This role combines analytical problem-solving, financial and operational modeling, project management support, and executive reporting within a fast-paced transformation environment. Working closely with the Director of Transformation and cross-functional business leaders, the Associate will help monitor initiative performance, develop reporting and forecasting tools, conduct data analysis, and support enterprise-wide transformation efforts.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the execution and tracking of strategic transformation initiatives across the organization
• Maintain project plans, milestone trackers, risk logs, and action item registers
• Prepare recurring status updates, dashboards, and executive-level reporting materials
• Analyze operational and financial data to identify trends, risks, and performance improvement opportunities
• Build and maintain forecasting models, KPI dashboards, and business performance reporting tools
• Support initiative benefit tracking, savings validation, and value capture reporting
• Conduct ad hoc quantitative and qualitative analyses to support business decision-making
• Consolidate and validate data from multiple business functions and systems
• Coordinate meetings, document key decisions, and track follow-up actions across stakeholders
• Partner with Finance, Operations, Commercial, HR, IT, and other functional teams to support transformation workstreams
• Assist with business case development, scenario analysis, and operational performance reviews
• Support preparation of materials for senior leadership presentations and governance meetings

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Data Analytics, or a related field
• Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively within cross-functional teams

Desirable

• Internship or prior experience in consulting, finance, strategy, operations, analytics, or PMO-related roles
• Experience developing financial models, forecasts, or business performance analyses
• Familiarity with data visualization and reporting tools such as Power BI or Tableau
• Experience working with large or complex datasets
• Understanding of project management principles and governance processes

Personal Qualities

• Highly motivated self-starter with strong intellectual curiosity
• Structured thinker with a proactive and problem-solving mindset
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
• Comfortable working in environments with ambiguity and evolving priorities
• Collaborative, professional, and low ego approach to teamwork
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at multiple levels of the organization

What you’ll gain

• Exposure to enterprise-wide strategic and operational initiatives
• Opportunity to work closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams
• Hands-on experience in transformation execution, analytics, forecasting, and performance management
• Development of consulting-style problem-solving and project management skills
• Broad exposure to operational, financial, and strategic aspects of the business
• Strong foundation for future career growth in strategy, operations, finance, consulting, or transformation leadership

The description provided above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities and requirements. Duties, responsibilities and requirements may change over time and according to business need.

Cubic Pay Range: $87,000.00 - $93,000.00 + benefits. #LI-MA1

The Cubic pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Worker Type: Employee

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic under applicable law.

All regular, full-time and part-time employees (working an average of 20 hours per week) are eligible for benefits that are effective on the first day of employment.

Benefits

• Cubic offers medical, dental and vision insurance
• company-paid disability (company continues full pay and benefits for up to six weeks)
• life insurance options
• critical illness and accident coverages
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• a pre-paid legal plan
• travel accident insurance
• an award-winning well-being program which includes an employer-funded lifestyle spending account
• up to six weeks of paid parental leave
• and a 401k Retirement Plan with a company match

Employees can also take advantage of backup childcare, pet care, pet insurance, virtual tutoring, and a tuition reimbursement program.

Additional Benefits

• backup childcare
• pet care
• pet insurance
• virtual tutoring
• a tuition reimbursement program

Many locations follow a 9/80 work schedule with time-off policies to help encourage employees to take time for rest and relaxation.

Full-time salaried employees are eligible to participate in Cubic’s flexible time-off arrangement.

Part-time and hourly employees accrue paid time-off (PTO)/Sick leave at a rate of 5.23 hours bi-weekly.

Lastly, Cubic provides its employees 11 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

With a presence in over 60 countries and more than 5,000 employees worldwide, Cubic is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer.

We are committed to ensuring a workplace free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, military or veteran status, and any other basis protected by applicable law.

For more information on Equal Employment please visit: http://www.cubic.com/Careers/Applicant-Help To learn more, visit Cubic.com. Follow us on LinkedIn!

Cubic creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation that make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities that help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global challenges through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Cubic is dedicated to providing a comprehensive employee benefits program.