Program Financial Analyst, Project FAST

Job Summary

This Senior Program Finance position will report directly into the FP&A Manager for the Garden Grove site within the Defense Business Line and will lead financial analysis and modeling for the F-35 expansion project. Including weekly, monthly and quarterly program financial status analysis; Cost, Schedule and Performance and Earned Value Management (EVM).

This is an individual contributor position and will be responsible for developing and providing actionable program/project recommendations to key stakeholders and senior leaders to ensure sound financial and operation decisions occur. This position will be involved in a variety of financial, operational and strategic analysis, reviews and related decisions that have significant impact on the business, and also essential in supporting functional areas with financial analysis, ad-hoc and complex what-if/scenario-based planning, program finances and risk assessment to delivering on business commitments (e.g. indirect rate volatility, material/headcount impacts and trend analysis), overhead/conversion cost and Forward-Pricing Rates.

Job Responsibilities

• Effective oral and written communication skills will be required to effectively manage across multiple leadership levels as well as various functional and customer levels
• Analyze financial data from ERP and utilize financial models and reporting tools to perform financial analysis and distill into actionable reports
• Develop and utilize Estimate-at-Complete model and forward-looking data analytics and trend analysis to inform financial strategy and decision making
• Perform analysis on program cost/margins in detail by WBS to understand and explain cost components to managers to ensure effective action to improve cost, schedule and performance while maintaining quality and delivery commitments
• Analyze direct and indirect labor levels and trends to project over/under absorption
• Ensure managers are kept fully informed of their spending and financial results, while maintaining a firm and creditable relationships with all levels of management
• Perform indirect cost and program costs analysis to ensure the required operating and financial performance objectives at achieved.
   

Job Qualifications

• BS/BA in Accounting, Finance
• 5+ years of experience in Aerospace and Defense industry 
• Experience using Excel Power Query and/or SQL 
• Prior experience in FP&A and Program Finance
• Experience with enterprise-level cost management tools
• Working knowledge and experience developing concise and clear executive-style presentations to support various reviews, forecasting cycles and monthly & quarterly performance briefings 
• Demonstrate clear understanding and application of cost and indirect Forward-Pricing Rates (Overhead, Material Handling and SG&A) management techniques, including performance against budget and rate monitoring cadence
• Strong knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) 
• Advanced Excel, Power Point and Reporting skills required
• US Citizen

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to work independently and meet hard deadlines
• Able to extract, compile and summarize financial data in such a manner that complex matters can be distilled into simple problem statements & recommendations
• Advanced degree is a plus
• Experience leading projects that aim to innovate tools, processes, and product

Compensation Data

Compensation Range: $108,289.00 - $135,361.00