Operational Research Systems Analysis (Orsa) Analyst

Kalman & Company is seeking a highly motivated, performance driven individual with strong experience with Operational Research Systems Analysis to work closely with our Federal and DoD clients.

This position will require on-site meeting attendance at corporate and/or client locations several times a month. Successful candidates will have excellent communication, quantitative, research, and analytical skills and the ability to principally contribute to several of the largest and most significant studies in Kalmans portfolios. This role consists of workforce planning, data analysis, and reporting using a variety of tools.

A career with Kalman & Company, Inc. is both rewarding and challenging. Our clients require skilled, hardworking, innovative support service providers who can meet the demands of a dynamic and fast-paced workplace. As a Kalman Analyst, you will collaborate with military leaders, engineers, developers, technicians, logisticians, and financial managers to collect, analyze, and communicate information that helps ensure the success of programs that are critical to the United States Department of Defense and our allies.

Benefits

• Engage with motivated and highly skilled teammates to solve the governments most challenging analytics problems by developing decision analyses for military and civilian leaders.
• Support the Business Analytics team via a flexible working structure that balances each employees lifestyle while providing opportunities for in-person client and team engagement.
• Join a diverse, inclusive, and growing team that fosters a supportive and encouraging environment to explore a variety of unique projects and clients for career success and fulfillment.
• Take advantage of a competitive salary along with a generous benefits package and paid opportunities for learning and professional development as well as on-the-job training and growth

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Work directly with stakeholders to understand their reporting requirements and apply data analytics tools and methods to streamline monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
• Develop reports using Access, Excel, Power BI, PowerPoint, and/or Word.
• Develop and manage organization-wide business intelligence solutions.
• Create or modify existing report assets.
• Build data visualizations including dashboards and reports.
• Document data profiling and quality assurance results, data dictionaries, and analytical findings
• Use data to create predictive models and trend analyses.
• Collaborate with colleagues to define data collection strategies and establish data frameworks.
• Collect, audit, compile, and validate data from multiple sources.
• Interpret data and analyze results using statistical techniques to produce as-needed reports to meet client and/or business needs.
• Proactively integrate new technologies for more advanced analytics and automate business processes including and not limited to Power Flow, PowerApps, AI, and Machine Learning
• Effectively communicate analysis to government stakeholders

Required Education/Qualifications:

• US Citizenship
• Bachelors degree in a Quantitative Field (Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Computer Science, etc.)
• More than five years overall experience, primarily related to data analytics or workforce planning or manpower.
• Strong quantitative skills with ability to critically analyze client requirements, disparate collections of datasets and market intelligence and synthesize all inputs in into coherent, insightful cost deliverables, findings, and recommendations.
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, and presentation skills and the ability to contribute effectively to working groups through oral and written communication.
• Comprehensive understanding of current principles, practices, and techniques of Systems Analysis, Business Analysis, and Business Intelligence
• Produce and enhance reports and dashboards.
• Skilled in using data analytics tools such as Access, Excel, Power BI, Tableau, etc.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

Preferred Education/Qualifications

• Active Secret Security Clearance
• Knowledge of DoD acquisition, financial, and PPBE processes
• Experience developing data models in Power BI and managing distributed reports, dashboards, and apps in Power BI Service
• Experience with current computing technologies and software applications such as specialized Business Intelligence software, SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Access, SharePoint, and other database applications