Principal Program Financial Analyst

Job Responsibilities

• Providing guidance and direction to development, maintenance and analysis of the financial activity, scheduling and performance measurement data for the program.
• Leading and/or performing financial planning and analysis for a complex program of moderate to large size, or several smaller programs for an organization or LOB
• Developing and analyzing financial reports and communicate financial issues/risks.
• Applying critical thinking to assist management in identifying risk and developing risk mitigation strategies
• Conducting internal training sessions on relevant financial topics within area of expertise
• Maintaining business relationships with and serve as point of contact with government, commercial, foreign and domestic customers
• Supporting negotiations with the government, industry prime contractors and foreign customers
• Providing oversight of global linearity of manufacturing activities and forecasting, track cost-down initiatives across assigned programs and Line of Business
• Participating in acquisition planning strategies including: the definition of contract requirements and risks, and, market research
• Supporting proposal preparations including: bid/no-bid requirements; cost estimating; pricing and negotiation
• Understanding source selection evaluation process to include cost and price analysis, discussions, debriefings and protest
• Mentoring, training and providing work leadership to less-experienced Financial Analysts
• Supporting, communicating, reinforcing and defending the mission, values and culture of the organization
• Ability to interact effectively at all levels and across diverse cultures

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting or related field and at least eight years of progressive experience in a government manufacturing environment
• Strong grasp of generally accepted accounting principles and an in-depth working knowledge of the cost accounting standards (CAS) and IFRS
• Strong contract compliance knowledge
• Strong leadership and developmental skills
• Understand advanced financial analysis principles and have financial analysis skills
• Ability to mentor and train others
• Ability to guide difficult analysis on programs
• Working knowledge of IR&D/B&P/direct sell and allowable vs. unallowable cost
• Strong communicator of financial issues/risks to non-financial personnel