Cost & Business Analytics Associate

About the role

The Cost & Business Analytics Associate supports analytical, financial, and data‑driven activities across federal and DoD programs. This role blends cost estimation, quantitative analysis, data modeling, and business intelligence to deliver insights that improve program planning, budgeting, and decision‑making. The associate contributes to building cost models, validating datasets, performing trend analyses, developing dashboards, and supporting strategic assessments for leadership and client stakeholders. This role is part of a modernized analytics job family designed to reflect growing expectations for cost analysts to possess strong data, BI, and automation skills alongside traditional cost‑estimating capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Cost Analysis & Modeling: Assist in developing, updating, and maintaining cost models, life‑cycle cost estimates (LCCE), ROMs, IGCEs, and program affordability assessments. Collect, normalize, and analyze cost, technical, and programmatic data from multiple sources. Support analyses related to acquisition strategies, sustainment planning, and program financial impacts. Prepare clear, data‑driven visualizations and supporting materials for leadership briefings.
• Data Analysis & Business Intelligence: Clean, validate, and structure datasets to support quantitative analysis and model development. Build dashboards and analytic reports using BI tools (Power BI preferred). Identify trends, anomalies, and insights that inform cost modeling and performance assessments. Support automation of recurring analytics tasks, reporting workflows, and data pipelines. Document data dictionaries, analytical methods, and model assumptions.
• Decision Support & Collaboration: Participate in client and internal team discussions to gather data requirements and analytical needs. Communicate analytical findings in a clear, concise, and accessible manner. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams including program management, finance, engineering, and data stakeholders.

Requirements

• 1–3 years of experience in cost analysis, data analytics, financial analysis, business analytics, or a related quantitative field.
• Experience working with datasets, conducting structured analysis, or supporting model development (coursework, internships, or project‑based experience acceptable).
• Exposure to business intelligence tools (Power BI, Tableau) or advanced Excel functionality through coursework, internships, or previous roles.

Skills

• Strong quantitative and analytical problem‑solving abilities.
• Proficiency with Excel; foundational experience with BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).
• Ability to analyze large datasets and apply basic statistical methods.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to explain technical findings to non‑technical audiences.
• Detail‑oriented, organized, and comfortable managing multiple data inputs simultaneously.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance and term life insurance
• 401(K) with safe harbor contribution
• Paid time off and 11 paid holidays
• Tuition and career development assistance
• A selection of voluntary benefits