Program Finance Analyst - Military veterans preferred

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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Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.