Senior Business & Economic Analyst

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Senior Business & Economic Analyst

Full Time Professional Arlington, VA, US

Strategic Insight, Ltd. is seeking a Senior Business & Economic Analyst to support FIR as the team's lead subject matter expert and principal analyst, personally tackling the most complex and strategically important economic security challenges.

Founded in 1985, Strategic Insight, Ltd. is committed to excellence, professional growth, and delivering superior services to our government clients. Employees enjoy competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, 401(k), and merit-based bonuses.

Mandatory Security Requirement

Applicants selected for this position must meet eligibility requirements for access to Top Secret-level classified information.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Threat & Trend Analysis:

• Conducts "deep dive" analysis on China's investment patterns, industrial policies, and their specific impacts on the global defense industrial base.
• Continuously monitors and analyzes global economic trends, such as inflation, currency fluctuations, and capital flows, to produce strategic foresight on future risks and opportunities for the DON.
• Produces a monthly "China Economic Statecraft Update" for internal team awareness.
• When new national/DON strategy is released, author a "Strategic Impact Analysis" memo explaining how it affects the team's priorities.

Industrial Base & Economic Readiness:

• Leads the most complex, high-stakes analyses of critical industrial base sectors, identifying systemic vulnerabilities and single points of failure that could impact the fleet.
• Owns and champions the "Economic Readiness" framework. Is responsible for defining the metrics, conducting the assessments, and briefing senior leaders on the overall economic health of the sectors that support the DON.
• Personally lead the annual "State of Economic Readiness" assessment and present the findings to director-level leadership.

Applied Economic & Business Analysis:

• Personally conducts the economic suitability and risk assessments for the most sensitive and consequential transaction
• Evaluates the economic effects of U.S. policies on both the broader economy (macro) and on individual corporate and consumer choices (micro).
• Proactively analyzes the structure of the DON's own partnerships and investment vehicles, providing expert advice on how to structure deals to mitigate risk and maximize advantage.
• Leverages a deep understanding of business operations and contract law to identify hidden risks in supplier agreements, joint ventures, and other commercial arrangements.

Team Integration:

• Integrates the work of the Economic Business Analyst (case-specific) and the Economist (data-driven trends) into their own broader strategic assessments.
• Serves as the final quality control for all major team products, ensuring every assessment is rigorous, defensible, and meets the highest standards before it reaches leadership.
• Chairs the weekly "Analytic Review Meeting," where the team discusses trends, reviews complex cases, and deconflicts findings.

Minimum/General/Experience:

• Minimum 5-7 years of experience working with the DoD or DON programs within specified technical or operational areas, including FIR, CFIUS support, outbound investment, and non-notify reviews.
• Should have supervisory or team lead experience and be able to liaise with senior DON leadership. Senior analysts should have backgrounds across finance, business analytics, policy analysis, or intelligence analysis with demonstrated ability to speak and write at an executive level. A TS/SCI clearance will be required.
• Experience working in an Echelon 1 organization and working with SES/FO/GO is highly recommended.
• Education: Minimum of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college.

Team Culture:

Diversity

All staff members are expected to accomplish their work in a businesslike manner and always be courteous toward all other staff members, clients, business associates, guests, and visitors. All staff members should be treated in a manner free from bias, favoritism, and any form of illegal discrimination.

Ethics

All members of Strategic Insight should be marked by a commitment to excellence, professional integrity, self-discipline, and wise judgment. Our employees reflect this through attention to detail, comprehensive staff work, and honorable behavior.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain or to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of the employee assigned to this job.

Strategic Insight, Ltd. is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, age, gender, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other class protected by applicable state or federal law.