Samuel Ho

About Samuel Ho

I am an experienced finance professional and currently work as a Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis, for Northrop Grumman where I specialize in forecasting, process improvements, productivity gains, data analytics, as well as executive dashboards. I have experience in providing recommendations to executive management regarding complex financial analysis and decisions. In addition to my experiences, I also have a background in Business Economics, Accounting, and Computer Science. I utilize these skills in creating automated solutions that boosts productivity and efficiency.As a Manager, I provide analysis on critical business decisions and also motivate, inspire, supervise, and lead a team of financial analysts that report directly to me. I am also familiar with Annual Operating Plans (AOP), Long Range Strategic Plans, Budgeting and Forecasting as well as Valuations and Price/Cost analysis. In addition to being in management, I have managed budgets up to $74M and have overseen budgets as large as $1B. I am a graduate from UC Irvine (B.A, Class of 2007) and a MBA graduate from USC (Class of 2014). I also have a Certificate in Project Management from UC Irvine as well as a Certificate in Financial Analysis & Valuation - Corporate Finance from USC. With my diverse experience and education, I offer a unique perspective as well as the capacity to provide insights to financial analysis, management, and automated process improvements.My specialties include:• Financial Analysis• Automated Process Improvements• Executive Dashboards and Presentations• Business Analytics and Business Intelligence• Forecasting and Budgeting• Problem Solving• ManagementIf my experience and expertise can help you in any way, please feel free to reach out. I enjoy networking and meeting new people.

Experience

1. Senior Manager - Affordability & Process Improvement

   Northrop Grumman

   Dec 2025 — Present

   Responsible for overseeing a team of analysts to implement process improvement for the organization and management of the financial affordability initiatives

Education

• USC Marshall School of Business

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Financial Analysis and Valuation - Corporate Finance

  2011 — 2014

• UC Irvine

  Certificate, Project Management

  2008 — 2009

• UC Irvine

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Business Economics with Minors in Accounting and Information & Computer Science

  2003 — 2007