Management Analyst

About Blue Water Thinking

Blue Water Thinking is a consulting firm dedicated to supporting Federal agencies to achieve their objectives through value generation, innovation, customer focus, and collaboration. Founded by a decorated 28-year US Army Veteran, the company combines military experience with private and public sector consulting expertise, fostering strong partnerships with clients and delivering tailored solutions. The organization values integrity, respect, professionalism, stewardship, and customer service, emphasizing collaboration, humility, and loyalty within its team and with clients.

Job Overview

The Management Analyst will play a critical role in supporting program management through data analysis, process refinement, stakeholder coordination, and routine reporting. This position involves maintaining program documentation, analyzing diverse datasets, documenting processes, managing stakeholder communications, and preparing management-level reports under the direction of senior personnel.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep program trackers, action item logs, status reports, milestones, and deliverables up to date and accurate.
• Gather, integrate, and reconcile data from multiple stakeholders and diverse sources.
• Monitor and document meeting outcomes, including action items, decisions, risks, issues, dependencies, and due dates.
• Analyze data to detect gaps, inconsistencies, trends, risks, and suggest improvements.
• Create management reports, dashboards, briefing materials, crosswalks, and summary tables.
• Document workflows, reporting methods, job aids, and standard operating procedures.
• Identify and recommend improvements to data quality, tracking systems, reporting, and manual processes.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and escalate findings or unresolved issues to senior staff as appropriate.
• Utilize data visualization tools such as Power BI and develop user interfaces using Power Apps.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in fields such as Business Administration, Public Administration, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Program Management, or related disciplines.
• 4 to 6 years of experience in management analysis, program support, data management, business operations, or a related area.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including formulas, lookup functions, PivotTables, filtering, and data validation techniques.
• Proven experience maintaining trackers, dashboards, status reports, and recurring management reporting packages.
• Strong skills in analyzing and reconciling data from varied sources.
• Excellent business writing, process documentation, communication, and stakeholder coordination capabilities.
• Familiar with Microsoft 365 collaboration tools such as SharePoint and Microsoft Teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal government programs, acquisition management, governance, audits, or oversight functions.
• Background in executive reporting, data governance, corrective action tracking, or process improvement initiatives.
• Familiarity developing crosswalks, matrices, business rules, data standards, or workflow enhancements.
• Knowledge of Veterans Affairs, GAO High-Risk List, OIG audits, Acquisition Lifecycle Framework, or similar oversight processes.

Eligibility

• Must have legal authorization to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain federal public trust clearance required for the position.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary is based on factors including location, experience, skills, and organizational requirements, with a proposed range of $80,000 to $95,000 per year. The benefits package includes health insurance (medical, dental, vision), paid time off, federal holidays, and a matching 401(k) plan.

Reasonable Accommodation

The company is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application and hiring process. Requests will be handled promptly and confidentially.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Water Thinking is an Equal Opportunity Employer, recruiting and promoting employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

Application Instructions

• Submit a resume in Word format, including dates for experience, education, and certifications.
• Candidates are required to complete an application form to the best of their knowledge.