The Company

Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength - delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately - is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 300,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 13,000 people in 185 locations around the world.

The Role

Bloomberg has created a new web-based information product that will report on, analyze and quantify the impact of government actions on business and industry.It brings the same unparalleled level of fact-based, objective reporting and analysis to policymaking as it has provided to the financial community for the past 27 years.

Bloomberg Government is seeking analysts to help produce rich, in-depth information for a new product examining the implications of government actions for the defense industry. The analyst will join an industry-focused team of editors, reporters, and financial analysts to deliver high-quality content to customers. The analyst will:

• Write and issue reports of upcoming government actions and upcoming events, e.g., new rules or potential legislative outcomes
• Analyze the defense budget, congressional and regulatory processes and closely monitor relevant events in the industry
• Outline potential policy scenarios and assess the likely impact of each scenario
• Work with team to quantify the impact of government actions on business and defense
industry

• Analyze and report implications of appropriations legislation, government contract awards, and governmental decisions for businesses and industries

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in government, economics, finance, journalism or political science
• At least five years of professional work experience analyzing government and political

affairs


• A deep understanding of the political, legislative and regulatory processes affecting the defense industry
• In-depth knowledge of the defense industry, including military intelligence and US special operations
• Exceptional research and analytical skills. Must be able to crunch and analyze defense budget and company financial data
• Advanced Excel skills
• Superior ability to disaggregate information and understand issues
• Ability to draw conclusions from a well-documented and well-supported set of analyses
• Understanding of government affairs, business and technology
• Strong writing skills, with an ability to deliver information accurately in a fast-paced media environment
• Demonstrable attention to detail and organizational skills
• An entrepreneurial and energetic approach to the job
• A good communicator, collaborator and team player