Defense Program Finance Analyst
Job Summary
The Defense Program Finance Analyst will join the Defense Sector finance team to support financial planning, analysis, forecasting, and reporting for various service centers. The role involves managing end-to-end financial operations, including monthly closes, variance analysis, and cross-functional collaboration. This position is critical for driving operational efficiency and supporting financial decision-making across a wide portfolio of facilities.
Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end financial operations for service centers
- Prepare budgets, forecasts, and financial reports
- Conduct monthly close and variance analysis
- Collaborate with program managers on financial strategy
Required Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
- 4+ years of FP&A experience
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- US Citizenship for security clearance
Job Details
Primary Responsibilities:
- Own the end-to-end financial management of assigned service centers, supporting a wide range of facilities and specialty service centers.
- Partner with the service center accounting team, program managers and functional leaders to help ensure accurate and compliant allocations.
- Prepare financial forecasts, standard reports, and ad hoc analyses to support decision-making.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and analysis of cost and financial performance drivers.
- Own the monthly close process for assigned service centers, including validation and certification of allocations.
- Perform variance analysis and reporting against AOP and quarterly forecasts; communicate drivers, risks, and opportunities.
- Support service center and facility start-up and maintenance activities, ensuring processes are executed correctly.
- Analyze actuals for accuracy, identify errors, and ensure timely correction.
- Serve as a liaison between the program team and cross-functional partners to perform financial research and resolve issues.
- Participate in new business/proposal support activities as needed.
- Provide strategic solutions to help optimize to enable operational efficiency and cost design.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field and 4+ years of experience in finance operation or financial planning (additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree).
- Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and analysis of cost and financial data.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Ability to identify financial drivers and perform both high-level and detailed analysis.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present clear, data-supported conclusions.
- US citizenship is required and able to obtain security clearance as needed.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Finance experience supporting service centers and previous Sector FP&A experience preferred.
- Experience with Costpoint, Cognos, Oracle Analytics, and other Leidos financial systems.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and strong financial modeling skills with the ability to perform what-if analysis and multiple scenario building.