Program Finance Analyst

Job description

Description Leidos Defense Systems Sector has an immediate opening for a Program Financial Analyst to support our Airborne and Mission Solutions portfolio. As a key member of the program team, you will work directly with the program managers to help define each program's financial goals and objectives; create and maintain a program's budget, analyze progress reported against the program baseline; identify risks and opportunities against the program baseline; and recommend actions to improve progress to achieve flawless program execution. Additional Responsibilities: Prepare financial forecasts, reports, and analysis. Work closely with other functional areas on financial related elements while, managing a programs general ledger, and monitoring a programs cash flow. Help develop and drive financial forecasts, EACs; manage subcontractor and analyze the programs revenue and costs. Help program managers identify programmatic risk and opportunities that will impact program financials while recommending cost reductions and ways to mitigate risk. Month-end closings and variance/trend analyses Cash management to Inventory analysis as well as timely submittal of invoices, collections, and unbilled reduction. Deliverables: Estimate at Completion (EACs), Quarterly Financial Status Reviews (QFSR), monthly and quarterly business reviews (IPR), and Annual Operating Plan (AOP). Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, or a related discipline plus 2+ years of program financial control related experience. Prior defense contract industry experience with knowledge of multiple contract types: FFP, FPLOE, T&M, Cost Plus and hybrid contracts. Strong analytical, communication and presentations skills needed as well as being able to operate independently. US citizenship is required and able to obtain security clearance as needed. Preferred Qualifications: Knowledge of Leidos financial systems such as: CostPoint, Cognos, Fusion, and Insight. Proficient in Microsoft applications, such as: Excel, Power Point and Word. If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares. O…