Financial Analyst Staff - E4

Standard Job Description

Performs one or more multiple financial activities within various finance job functions (FP&A, Overhead, Program Finance, Accounting, Controller, etc.). Will include some or all of the responsibilities as defined. Performs financial analysis, establishes performance management budgeting, and forecasting activities to include variance analysis, trend identification, workforce planning drivers, risk and opportunities assessment and development of mitigation plans. Integrates information from multiple financial systems, processes and functions in order to consolidate the data forensics into actionable business solution recommendations. Timely and accurately consolidates financial results (Orders, Sales, EBIT, Cash, ROIC, Overhead, Discretionary Funding) and monthly, quarterly and year end reporting to internal and external customers to include government contractual cost and schedule earned value management reporting. Develops and utilizes forward-looking data analytics, visualization and trend analysis to inform financial strategy and decision making. Develops and provides actionable recommendations to key stakeholders to make sound financial and operating decisions. Maintains applicable internal and external (FAR, CAS, SEC, US GAAP) policy, procedure, and controls for compliance to support internal process and external regulatory requirements. Provides subject matter expertise support to proposal development, basis of estimate and negotiations, as required.

In this role you will perform a variety of financial tasks to include resource controls, Basis of Estimate preparation, and resource estimating support for the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) Program at its Cape Canaveral, Florida location. Offices are located in Government provided facilities aboard the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Resource controls duties include extracting, analyzing, and compiling data for monthly variance reporting of contracts. Schedule and cost variances must be identified and explanations, both written and verbal, provided in accordance with strict deadlines.

Other duties include:

• Consolidates information from financial systems into actionable business solution recommendations to key stakeholders
• Participation in weekly meetings, direct interface with Management to ascertain variance cause, corrective action, and estimated recovery dates, maintaining detailed spreadsheets to track costs for various supporting areas of the FBM contract.

• Work with various data systems to support contract proposals for new and existing efforts, and respond to numerous ad hoc requests for cost estimates.
• Assist managers in development of staffing plans and forecasts and monitoring of weekly labor charges
• Analysis of actual headcount and cost
• Provide guidance to Control Account Managers to include trend identification and risk/opportunities assessments
• Present data in a business review format to LM Senior Management

Basic Qualifications

-Bachelors or Masters degree from an accredited college or equivalent years of combined education/experience or experience in lieu of degree

-Advanced Microsoft Office Skills

-Experience managing and analyzing large budgets or other related finance skills

-High analytical ability and degree of accuracy with numberical data

-Must be able to obtain or already have a Secret security clearance. US citizenship is a requirement.

Desired Skills

-Bachelors or Masters degree preferred in Accounting, Finance, or finance related field

-5+ years of prior EVM or Program Performance Management Experience

-Experience with SAP, Cobra, and Tableau

-Previous experience with Government / DoD contracts

-Demonstrated success in team based environments

-Ability to multi-tsk in a deadline driven environment under minimal supervision

-Previous experience with detailed analysis of large sets of data and high degree of accuracy

-Strong organization, analytical, presentation and interpersonal skills

-Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

-Must be able to obtain or already have a Secret security clearance. US citizenship is a requirement