Principal Budget Analyst

Northrop Grumman•Baltimore, MD
•$81,800 - $122,600•Onsite

About The Position

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 Principal Budget Analyst based out of Linthicum, MD. This is an onsite position that offers the 9/80 schedule.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree plus 5 years related work experience – OR – a Master’s Degree with 3 years of related work experience.
  • Experience in cost control, financial analysis, or accounting.
  • High level of understanding of government compliance.
  • Experience in overhead rate preparation and analysis.
  • Experience with financial systems and financial planning software including SAP/S4 and Cognos Resource Budgets.
  • Strong Data Mining and Database management background including experience with MS Excel, MS Access, MS Query, Tableau and Power BI.
  • Experience with pivot tables, conditional formatting and slicer tools to provide analysis.
  • US Citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or Accounting.
  • Prior operations experience.
  • Prior rates and budgets experience.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the manufacturing budgeting activities within the Airborne Multifunction Sensors (AMS) Division.
  • Responsible for indirect cost estimation, utilization planning, cost allocation, tracking, and analysis.
  • Work closely with the AMS Manufacturing functional teams to develop monthly Indicated Finals (IF).
  • Prepare and present financial data to internal customers, including month-end actuals, variance analysis and forecasts.
  • Responsible for all aspects of financial administration for the Sector’s Operations organization, with specific focus on development of both near term and long-term Sector strategy and analysis of alternatives.
  • Provide financial oversight in the development and implementation of various projects and works closely with Director’s from the various locations across the Sector.
  • Evaluate processes across the Mission Systems sector with focus on standardization of best practices, processes, tools and procedures.
  • Financial data collection, consolidation, interpretation, and analysis in an effort to maintain affordability and promote the predictability of future trends.
  • Prepare financial plans and assess impacts from major program awards on facility utilization and future needs.
  • Prepare regular and special-purpose reports.
  • Assess impacts of organizational and operational changes to ensure impacts are properly evaluated and incorporated into budgets to ensure recoverability.
  • Present results of analysis for evaluation by Director level staff.
  • Prepare comparative evaluation of actual costs against budgeted funds and determining rationale for variances between costs and budget.
  • Analyze trends and review Actuals to Budgets monthly with budget owners; update forecast as needed.
  • Provide financial oversight in the development and implementation of material rates and works closely with both GSC and Rates management.

Benefits

  • Health Plan
  • Savings Plan
  • Paid Time Off
  • Education Assistance
  • Training and Development
  • 9/80 Work Schedule
  • Health insurance coverage
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Company paid holidays
  • Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
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