Sr Financial Analyst
Role Overview
The Senior Financial Analyst provides financial analysis and project control support for government contracts.
Partners with program managers, accounting, and contracts teams to monitor performance, funding, expenditures, invoicing, subcontract oversight, operating plans, and forecasts.
Key Skills for This Role
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Position summary
The Senior Financial Analyst provides financial analysis and project control support for government contracts.
Partners with program managers, accounting, and contracts teams to monitor performance, funding, expenditures, invoicing, subcontract oversight, operating plans, and forecasts.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration with equivalent experience and 5–7 years of progressive government-contract financial analysis; four additional years may substitute for a degree.
- 2–5 years of government contract financial management covering budgets, funded values, cost tracking, and project profitability.
- Experience in project control analysis, invoice tracking, subcontract financial tracking, and contract funding monitoring.
- Experience with annual operating plans, monthly forecasts, and variance analyses.
- 1–2 years of Deltek Costpoint, including hands-on Costpoint Planning for budgeting and forecasting.
- Advanced Excel skills; clear financial communication; attention to detail, organization, and ability to meet competing deadlines.
- Flexibility around month-end close and tight deliverables; demonstrated use of AI or automation tools; ability to obtain Secret clearance.
- Must be a U.S. Person as defined in the posting: a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee.
Project financial controls
- Monitor budgets, actual costs, commitments, estimates to complete, and estimates at completion.
- Track contract funding, expenditures, and remaining balances; identify shortfalls and coordinate updates with program and contracts teams.
- Track invoices, billing, receivables, and subcontract budgets, commitments, invoices, and expenditures.
- Support annual operating plans covering budgets, revenue, expenses, and staffing assumptions.
- Prepare monthly Costpoint Planning forecasts and conduct variance analysis; explain drivers and recommend corrective actions.
- Maintain Costpoint data, reconcile reporting discrepancies, and improve reporting, forecasting, and project-control processes.
Reporting and program support
- Prepare financial reports and communicate risks, opportunities, and performance trends to program managers and leadership.
- Review contract awards and modifications for financial requirements; coordinate project setup, labor assignments, and WBS structure with Project Accounting.
- Support client status reports, program reviews, financial requests, and monthly portfolio forecast updates.
- Review expenditures for accuracy and collaborate with accounting to resolve discrepancies or miscoded costs.
Eligibility and export controls
- The posting requires U.S. Person status as defined in its eligibility terms.
- Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws and related U.S. Person requirements.
Compensation
- Salary range is $78,000 to $125,400 per year.
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