Business Management Analyst - Accounting

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: No 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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies. We are looking for you to join our team as a Business Management Analyst - Accounting based out of Sunnyvale, CA. This position may be staffed as a hybrid role from the Sunnyvale, CA area. This position offers the 9/80 work schedule. What You’ll get to Do: The Business Management Analyst - Accounting will support/lead program controls and cost reporting for a program in the Machinery Operating Unit within Northrop Grumman’s Mission Systems Sector Marine Systems Business Unit. The Business Management Analyst - Accounting will interface with the program managers, functional management, control account managers (CAMs) and business managers to provide financial support and analysis to meet program requirements. As part of this role the Analyst will analyze cost data to prepare program financial reports for internal and external customers relative to program cost incurrence, material tracking and labor expenses to help ensure program contracts perform within negotiated parameters and government cost control guidelines. This role will work cooperatively with business, functional, and technical staff to support cost estimate development, invoicing, customer proposals, negotiations, and various audits. This role will support the lead with the forecast for financial statements (Income Statement and Balance Sheet), the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), and the Labor Resource Plan for their program. Set up cost control system, monitor and control costs and schedules on contracts requiring validated cost schedule control system. Support audits and reviews requested by programs, customers, and company management, fact-finding and negotiation support. The Analyst supports identification and mitigation of program cost and schedule risks. Perform Earned Value Management (EVM) tasks including Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) development, Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB), cost risk analysis/ assessment and visibility reports, development and analysis of estimates to complete, controlling change management processes and preparing internal and external status reports. Basic