Tayyiba Malik
MESA,Arizona
Summary
Seasoned financial manager with broad experience in budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning. Skilled in optimizing financial processes and leading teams to exceed corporate goals through innovative strategies and efficient resource allocation. Excel in communication, and problem-solving to navigate complex financial landscapes and achieve organizational objectives.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Manager II
Northrop Grumman
Mesa, USA
05.2023 - Current
- Manage and support a team of 11 Direct and Indirect Financial/Budget Analysts: Led and developed a team of analysts by setting priorities, providing coaching and driving accountability to deliver high-quality financial outputs.
- Trained and mentor new hires by creating standardized work instructions and strengthening team capabilities and independence.
- Built a high-performing team culture focused on ownership, continuous improvement, and proactive communication.
- Guns OU Financial Management: Earned Value POC for Guns Operating unit.
- Responsible for timely financial reporting, analyzing financial data to identify trends and insights, and presenting findings to senior management.
- Implement cost-control measures and identify opportunities for savings and efficiency improvements.
- Consolidate site EACs and present quarterly financials to leadership.
- Managed labor and overhead rate impacts on program budgets by analyzing rate changes, updating forecast and ensuring cost allocation across projects.
- Led risk and budget governance across cross-functional programs, driving decision-making through detailed variance analysis, forecasting, and scenario planning.
- Consolidate and review the development of 5-years Long Range business plans and financial projections.
- Consolidate and review monthly Guns' forecast for completeness and determine appropriate adjustments and provide recommendations to optimize financial outcome.
Sr. Prin Program Cost Schedule Control & (FP&A)
Northrop Grumman
Mesa, USA
03.2016 - 04.2023
- Review site EACs for reasonableness and financial accuracy and provide feedback to analysts on areas of concern and present quarterly financials to leadership.
- Managed multimillion-dollar budgets while proactively identifying financial risks, implementing mitigation plans, and ensuring projects stayed on schedule and within cost targets.
- Assist management to reach monthly, quarterly & yearly sales forecast/target.
- Consolidate and review monthly Guns’ forecast for completeness and determine appropriate adjustments.
- Collaborated with management to prepare 5-year Long Range Strategic Plan.
- Review quarterly EAC Scorecard, Variance summary, rate & profit impact for Guns OU.
- Established Program Baseline over $500M in COBRA and prepared monthly Earned Value reports for Management. Provided necessary training to control Account Managers.
Finance
Boeing
Mesa, USA
10.2012 - 03.2016
- Prepared Quarterly Estimate at Completion (EAC) for International Customers.
- Maintained Control accounts in Cost, Scheduling, Planning & Reporting.
- Prepared weekly & monthly Earned Value reports for Management.
- Variance analysis to EAC, Budget at Completion (BAC) and proposal.
- Established Program Baselines for over $500M for new awards/contracts.
- Supported several Internal and External audits with no issues found.
Contracts Team Lead
Boeing
Mesa, USA
02.2012 - 10.2012
- Managed a group of 7 contracts administrators.
- Administered the execution phase of the contracts.
- Prepared and reviewed both USG and Commercial Spares proposals.
- Mentored teammates on the process flow and provided presentations and Management on the process.
- Led cross-functional teams to enhance project efficiency and collaboration.
- Streamlined workflows by implementing process improvements across departments.
Education
Master of Science -
Information Management
Arizona State UniversityMBA - Finance
University of AK
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
University of South Alabama
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
Punjab University
Women Leadership Certificate -
American Management Association
New York, NYSkills
- IBM Planning and Analytics Platform
- Microsoft Office
- COBRA
- Team leadership
- Process improvement
- Training and mentoring
- Financial modeling
- Cost control
- Strategic planning
- Financial management
Honors And Awards
- Northrop Grumman multiple Star Awards
- Boeing’s Achievement Award (Best Team Player)
- W.P Carey Scholarship for Academic Achievement
- Boeing’s Achievement Award, Boeing’s Pride Award for Exceptional Performance
- President and Dean’s Awards for Academic Excellence
Volunteer Work And Membership
- Co-Lead of Survey Accountability Team at Northrop Grumman
- Panelist at NG 2022 Defense Sector Vice President Forum
- Member of Women Leadership Team and Affinity Forum at Northrop Grumman
- Co-chair of Mesa Activities Committee (MAC) at Guns Operating Unit
- Led Diversity Team at Boeing, Mesa AZ
- Served as a Treasurer at BASIS Mesa parent-teacher organization
Languages
- Fluent in speaking Hindi (India)
- Fluent in speaking, reading, and writing Urdu (Pakistan)
Special Projects And Leadership
- Streamlined the EAC Labor Review Template across all portfolios by utilizing the TMI IBM analytics modeling.
- Updated New EAC template by leveraging TM1 (IBM Analytics) functionality, resulting in the automation of numerous previous manual tasks.
- Streamlined and automated weekly and monthly Labor actuals reporting across all Gun’s portfolio, allowing analysts to allocate their time and effort to other tasks and generating cost savings for Guns programs.
- Co-Lead for Survey accountability team. Implemented the EEC portal 'Employee Excellence Club' specifically for AS Finance team.
- Created New Hire Training Catalog for Finance department.
- Developed Contractual Process flow to improve, standardize, and lean out the Contracts Closeout process resulted in cost savings of $1.2M first year.
Timeline
Finance Manager II
Northrop Grumman
05.2023 - Current
Sr. Prin Program Cost Schedule Control & (FP&A)
Northrop Grumman
03.2016 - 04.2023
Finance
Boeing
10.2012 - 03.2016
Contracts Team Lead
Boeing
02.2012 - 10.2012
Master of Science -
Information Management
MBA - Finance
University of AK
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
University of South Alabama
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
Punjab University
Women Leadership Certificate -
American Management Association