Program Finance Analyst

Description

The Defense Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for a Program Finance Analyst to support our manufacturing portfolio across our Huntsville - AL sites. This is an exciting opportunity to support multiple high profile mission critical DoD development and production programs. This position will play a key role in supporting the rapid scaling of the Manufacturing organizations.

While you do need to be located in Huntsville - AL area, we offer flexible / hybrid work from home opportunity.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide support to the program and manufacturing teams in the planning, tracking, analysis, financial planning, and reporting of the program.
• Lead the development, maintenance, and/or tracking of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and related dictionaries, Earned Value Management, work authorization process, funding management, subcontractor management, material control, cost collection, technical performance, integrated analysis /reporting, forecasting, and assist with Estimates at Completion (EAC) analysis.
• Provide detailed financial analysis to the manufacturing site leadership regarding cost and financial performance of programs, contracts, and products manufactured at the site.
• Coordinate efforts across multiple sites when needed.
• Interact with Operations and Line Management, Finance, Contracts, Procurement, and Senior Technical personnel, as well as other functional or support organizations.
• Prepare written and verbal reports to customers, the program team, and management regarding program performance.
• Support internal financial activities such as invoicing support, accruals, and program financial revenue projections and variance analysis.
• Ad-hoc cost and performance analysis.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Finance related field and 4+ years of program finance control experience.
• Ability to work independently while contributing to the team through reporting, analyzing, and estimating.
• Must be highly proficient in MS Excel and/or other similar desktop tools that provide capabilities to collect and analyze information. 
• Strong organization, analytical, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Independent thinker and self-starter is important, with solid organizational skills and ability to multi-task and support varied assignments.
• US Citizenship is required and able to obtain security clearance as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with DoD Manufacturing or hybrid experience with R&D / Manufacturing programs.
• Experience with CostPoint, Deltek, or Fusion.
• Experience with Microsoft Project or other scheduling tools.
• Experience with Power BI.
• Experience with Earned Value Management concepts and application.
• Familiarity with medium to high level volume production/manufacturing concepts, processes, and tools.
• Experience with Oracle, OAC, and Cognos highly desirable.

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.