Strategic Cost Analytics Analyst

Northrop Grumman; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 76,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Savings plan (401k)

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Falls Church, VA, seeks a Strategic Cost Management and Operations Analyst to ensure financial rigor and narrative quality for business cases and optimization ideas crossing the Optimization Hub. The role partners with IPTs to build defensible cases and apply standard financial metrics.

The position prefers onsite Falls Church with a potential hybrid schedule, and offers the chance to influence portfolio decisions and drive measurable savings across programs.

Qualifications

• 3 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's; 1 year with Masters
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Partner with 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.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Data visualization tools

Executive-level reporting

FinOps concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Data visualization tools

Job description

Northrop Grumman in Falls Church, VA, seeks a Strategic Cost Management and Operations Analyst to ensure financial rigor and narrative quality for business cases and optimization ideas crossing the Optimization Hub. The role partners with IPTs to build defensible cases and apply standard financial metrics.

The position prefers onsite Falls Church with a potential hybrid schedule, and offers the chance to influence portfolio decisions and drive measurable savings across programs.