Management Analyst

About Blue Water Thinking

Guided by our principles of value generation, continuous innovation, customer-centricity, and vested collaboration, Blue Water Thinking proudly supports our Federal clients in achieving their Agency goals.

Founded by a decorated twenty-eight year Veteran of the United States Army, Blue Water Thinking understands and supports the mission of our Nation's war fighters, Veterans, their families and caretakers.

Leveraging our executive team's military experience and private and public sector consulting expertise, Blue Water Thinking takes an integrated "one-team" approach and brings to bear best-fit solutions, thought leadership, and grit to meet our client's transformational needs.

Fueled by our values of integrity, respect, professionalism, stewardship and customer service, the Blue Water Thinking team understands the power of the human connection, collaboration, humility and loyalty to one another, our clients and industry partners.

Lastly, our formula for success is simple: Build something good, take care of our people, keep our clients satisfied, nurture our work ethic and reputation, build long-lasting partnerships, enjoy what we do and give back as much as possible.

Job Description

We are seeking a Management Analyst to support program management, data analysis, process improvement, stakeholder coordination, and recurring reporting activities. In this role, you will maintain program information, analyze data, document processes, coordinate stakeholder inputs, and prepare management reporting products under the guidance of senior staff.

Responsibilities

• Maintain program trackers, action item logs, status reports, milestones, and deliverables
• Collect, consolidate, and reconcile information from multiple stakeholders and data sources
• Track meeting actions, decisions, risks, issues, dependencies, and due dates
• Analyze data to identify gaps, inconsistencies, trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement
• Develop management reports, dashboards, briefing materials, crosswalks, and summary tables
• Document workflows, reporting processes, job aids, and standard operating procedures
• Recommend improvements to data quality, tracking, reporting, and manual processes
• Coordinate with stakeholders and communicate findings or unresolved issues to senior staff
• Familiarity with Power BI or other data visualization tools
• Familiarity with Power Apps and/or user interface development

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Program Management, or a related field preferred
• 4–6 years of management analysis, program support, data management, business operations, or related experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel , including formulas, lookup functions, PivotTables, filtering, and data validation
• Experience maintaining trackers, dashboards, status reports, and recurring management reporting packages
• Experience analyzing and reconciling data from multiple sources
• Strong business writing, process documentation, communication, and stakeholder coordination skills
• Familiarity with SharePoint , Microsoft Teams , and other Microsoft 365 collaboration tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal government programs, acquisition management, governance, audits, or oversight activities
• Experience supporting executive reporting, data governance, corrective action tracking, or process improvement initiatives
• Experience developing crosswalks, matrices, business rules, data standards, or workflow improvements
• Familiarity with Veterans Affairs, the GAO High-Risk List, OIG audits, the Acquisition Lifecycle Framework, or similar oversight processes

Eligibility

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required federal public trust clearance for this role

Blue Water Thinking offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance (medical, dental, and vision), paid time off, federal holidays, and a matching 401(k) plan.