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The SCRM Financial and Economic Analyst will support Department of War (DoW) supply chain, industrial base, and logistics initiatives by conducting comprehensive all-source risk assessments across suppliers, parts, materials, programs, and industrial sectors. The analyst will evaluate critical risks including financial health, foreign ownership and control (FOCI), manufacturing capacity, quality performance, cybersecurity, geopolitical exposure, and continuity of supply.

This position involves gathering and analyzing data to enable proactive industrial base decision-making. The work strengthens the defense industrial base, reduces supply chain vulnerabilities, and supports sustainment and production objectives for critical national security capabilities.

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Conduct financial, economic, market, and industrial base risk assessments for suppliers, sectors, materials, technologies, and defense supply chains.
• Assess supplier financial health, including revenue trends, liquidity, profitability, debt, ownership changes, bankruptcy risk, mergers and acquisitions, capital investment, and signs of financial distress.
• Evaluate broader economic and market risks, including inflationary pressure, commodity exposure, labor constraints, demand shocks, supplier consolidation, foreign dependency, and industrial capacity limitations.
• Support all-source SCRM assessments by integrating financial and economic risk indicators with FOCI, quality, capacity, manufacturing, and operational risk information.
• Rapidly identify and analyze near-, mid-, and long-term courses of action related to sustainment, industrial base expansion, supplier stabilization, and mitigation of supply chain vulnerabilities.
• Provide industrial base and supply chain assessments, market surveys, sector studies, supplier financial profiles, and investment-related analysis.
• Review, assess, and monitor industrial base trends, financial reports, market data, earnings reports, trade data, public filings, and economic indicators; recommend actions to resolve or mitigate industrial base issues.
• Conduct manufacturing readiness, technology readiness, and market readiness assessments related to emerging technology, advanced manufacturing, critical materials, and other priority industrial sectors.
• Assess the financial and economic feasibility of industrial base investments, including supplier expansion, alternate sourcing, production ramp-up, capacity investments, and reshoring or friend-shoring opportunities.
• Use supply chain analysis tools, financial databases, market research tools, government data, and commercial data sources to identify supplier vulnerabilities and market constraints.
• Perform data analysis to identify supplier fragility, cost drivers, economic dependencies, constrained markets, and potential disruption impacts.
• Support planning, organizing, and management of critical aspects of development, production, deployment, and sustainment activities tied to industrial base and supply chain investments.
• Develop briefings, reports, papers, decision memoranda, and executive-level materials for DoD leadership and program stakeholders.
• Prepare and finalize correspondence, including letters, memoranda, briefings, speeches, presentations, meeting minutes, and formal reports.

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, supply chain management, logistics, national security, engineering, data analytics, or a relevant technical field
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in supply chain risk management, industrial base analysis, technology assessments, logistics, acquisition support, intelligence analysis, or a comparable field
• Demonstrated experience conducting supplier, market, industrial base, or all-source risk assessments
• Demonstrated quantitative, analytical, and research skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex information into clear, concise findings, risk statements, and actionable recommendations
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including experience preparing and presenting executive-level briefings and reports
• High energy, enthusiasm, tact, and proven ability to interact effectively with senior executives across government and industry
• Demonstrated ability to foster and maintain a collaborative work environment
• Self-motivated and detail-oriented, with ability to meet deadlines, adapt to changing work priorities, and manage multiple tasks
• Willingness to travel on occasion
• Active Secret security clearance required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting DoD, defense industrial base, acquisition, logistics, sustainment, or supply chain resilience initiatives within a government or highly regulated industry
• Familiarity with FOCI, CFIUS, GIDEP, defense industrial base supplier risk concepts, critical materials, sole-source suppliers, foreign dependencies, and counterfeit risk assessment
• Demonstrated experience conducting supplier and sub-tier mapping, identifying single-source and foreign-ownership concerns, and performing industrial base assessments to identify critical supply chain risks
• Experience supporting strategic sourcing, production capacity expansion, and providing rapid assessments of ownership events, including mergers, acquisitions, and market changes affecting the industrial base
• Experience with market intelligence, competitive analysis, and support for industry engagement activities
• Experience delivering high-impact briefings, dashboards, and strategic insights to inform executive-level investment and resource allocation decisions
• Proficiency using supply chain mapping, supplier risk assessment, business intelligence, or data visualization tools
• Experience developing and recommending courses of action, mitigation strategies, or investment recommendations related to supply chain and industrial base risks.

Target Salary Range: $100,000-$150,000

Disclaimer:

The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation. Individual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, skills, and security clearances.

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