Reporting Specialist - Manager

Lafayette Group Inc.; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Lafayette Group Inc. is seeking a dynamic Reporting Specialist to lead data collection, analysis, and the development of recurring federal cybersecurity reporting products.

This role defines workflows, translates findings into actionable recommendations, and coordinates across teams to ensure input accuracy and alignment with requester needs. The ideal candidate uses qualitative and quantitative insights to improve Production Office performance and supports leadership with data-driven reporting

Qualifications

• Ten+ years of experience supporting customer feedback programs, analytics, or related initiatives.
• Five+ years developing presentations, reports, dashboards, or executive briefings with metrics and trends.
• Experience in cybersecurity or federal context is preferred.
• Strong writing and communication abilities to translate inputs into reporting products.
• Ability to coordinate across cross-functional teams and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and delivery of all reporting products.
• Coordinate with teams to communicate reporting requirements and ensure high-quality input from contributors.
• Serve as SME on reporting processes, required deliverables, and workflow expectations.
• Validate accuracy and completeness of reporting inputs from stakeholders.
• Ensure all reporting products are timely, accurate, and aligned with leadership needs.
• Collect data and track Production Office performance.
• Support data calls by gathering, analyzing, and presenting information for leadership decision-making.
• Respond to ad hoc information requests quickly and thoroughly.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes and workflows.
• Develop and maintain project plans, track key deliverables, and coordinate analytics-related milestones across initiatives.
• Maintain awareness of IT, information security, customer experience, analytics, and federal policies and best practices, including the Paperwork Reduction Act.
• Work through existing relationships and contract alignment to connect related efforts, identify information gaps, and improve customer service and information sharing.

Skills

Data analytics

Communication

Project coordination

Executive reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, communications, cybersecurity, information systems, information security, data analytics, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Visio

Job description

Reporting Specialist - Manager

Join our team of high-end strategy and management consultants and professionals who have served on the front lines of homeland security, law enforcement, criminal justice, emergency management, and the military. Have an immediate impact and grow your career quickly at the same time!

Job Summary

Lafayette Group is seeking a dynamic and experienced Reporting Specialist to lead data collection, analysis, performance measurement, and development and delivery of recurring federal cybersecurity reporting products. This role will help define reporting workflows and requirements, translate findings into clear recommendations for cybersecurity subject matter experts and leadership, and coordinate across teams to ensure inputs are accurate, complete, and aligned with requester needs. The ideal candidate is a strong analytical thinker who can use qualitative and quantitative insights to improve Production Office performance and support leadership with actionable reporting data.

Job Responsibilities

• Support the development and delivery of all reporting products.
• Coordinate with teams to communicate reporting requirements and ensure high-quality input from contributors.
• Serve as SME on reporting processes, required deliverables, and workflow expectations.
• Validate accuracy and completeness of reporting inputs from stakeholders.
• Ensure all reporting products are timely, accurate, and aligned with leadership needs.
• Collect data and track Production Office performance.
• Support data calls by gathering, analyzing, and presenting information for leadership decision-making.
• Respond to ad hoc information requests quickly and thoroughly.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes and workflows.
• Develop and maintain project plans, track key deliverables, and coordinate analytics-related milestones across initiatives.
• Maintain awareness of relevant IT, information security, customer experience, analytics, and federal feedback policies and best practices, including the Paperwork Reduction Act.
• Work through existing relationships and contract alignment to connect related efforts, identify and address information gaps, and improve customer service, stakeholder engagement, and information sharing at all levels.

Required Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain DHS Suitability (EOD).
• Bachelor's degree in business, communications, cybersecurity, information systems, information security, data analytics, statistics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Ten or more years of experience supporting customer feedback programs, customer success programs, performance analytics, business analytics, or related initiatives.
• Five or more years of experience developing presentations, reports, dashboards, or executive-level briefings using metrics and trend analysis.
• Five or more years of experience using Microsoft Office tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Experience supporting operational reporting cycles, preferably in a cybersecurity or mission-driven federal context.
• Strong writing, editing, and communication abilities to translate diverse inputs into consistent reporting products.
• Ability to coordinate across cross-functional teams and manage deadlines.
• Detail-orientation and accurate in validating input and preparing reports.
• Experience gathering and synthesizing data for leadership briefings.
• Ability to identify and implement process improvements.
• Familiarity with government reporting environments.
• Experience gathering, validating, analyzing, and reporting data from multiple internal and external sources.
• Experience developing metrics, KPIs, dashboards, data visualizations, or performance reports.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain data insights to technical and non-technical audiences.

Desired Qualifications

• Understanding of mission integration workflows.
• A collaborative team player who solicits and offers input and support for decision-making.
• Experience supporting time-sensitive reporting cycles.
• Ability to synthesize complex organizational input under tight deadlines.
• Comfort working in high-tempo environments with shifting priorities.
• Ability to deal diplomatically and effectively at all levels of the business, to include technical and non-technical staff, management, and senior leadership.
• Possess innovative and creative problem-solving skills, able to understand the essence of the matter and communicate it effectively.
• Ability to proactively obtain and leverage new and current information to efficiently achieve team and corporate goals.

Location

Hybrid / Client-site (Arlington, VA)

Federal Contracts

This position involves working on federal contracts that require all workers on the contract to be U.S. Citizens. Additionally, some contracts may require the ability to obtain a security clearance.

Salary Range: $95K-$125K

LGI carefully considers various factors when determining salary, including but not limited to education and training, professional experience, knowledge, skills and competencies, licensure and certifications, contract-specific affordability, and organizational requirements. New employees are not usually hired at the top of the estimated salary range and salary decisions depend on the circumstances and factors for each case. Salary is only one aspect of LGI's generous total compensation package.

Lafayette Group provides equal employment opportunities to all persons and prohibits employment decisions based on race, religion, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, or sexual orientation. Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.