F-35 Financial/Cost Analyst 4 - 27336

HII's Mission Technologies division•Arlington, VA

About The Position

This opportunity resides with Warfare Systems (WS), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Warfare Systems comprises cyber and mission IT; electronic warfare; and C5ISR systems. HII works within our nation’s intelligence and cyber operations communities to defend our interests in cyberspace and anticipate emerging threats. Our capabilities in cybersecurity, network architecture, reverse engineering, software and hardware development uniquely enable us to support sensitive missions for the U.S. military and federal agency partners. Meet HII’s Mission Technologies DivisionOur team of more than 7,000 professionals worldwide delivers all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies is leading the next evolution of national defense – the data evolution - by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5ISR, AI and Big Data, cyber operations and synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment, environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. Find the role that’s right for you. Apply today. We look forward to meeting you. To learn more about Mission Technologies, click here for a short video: https://vimeo.com/732533072Job Description HII has a need for a Financial Analyst who will be responsible for providing senior leadership team with timely financial and operational analysis to facilitate sound business decisions in support of the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO). Position will focus on the strategic plan, budgeting, monthly forecasting, and consolidated financial reporting. Will conduct and document financial analysis projects, data gathering, manipulation, summarization, and analysis of financial reports, sales activity, trends, and opportunities. The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) requires a disciplined, repeatable business case analysis approach to identify and evaluate the benefits and trade-offs associated with a series of affordability opportunities. The Affordability Directorate requires analysis and support services to develop executable business cases for the F-35 fleet that dramatically reduce the Cost Per Tail Per Year (CPTPY), Unit Recurring Flyaway (URF) cost, and Development related costs. These specialized services will be critical to the success of the JPOs Affordability Strategy for the next 5 years and beyond through delivery of meaningful, tangible projects the program can plan investments and returns against.

Requirements

10 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 8 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 14 years relevant experience.
Ability to understand and resolve complex financial problems effectively.
Experience conducting annual cost estimates.
Excellent presentation skills required.
Excellent research and analysis skills.
Working knowledge of relevant software applications, including Excel, and others
Experience in job cost or service industry.
Strong analytical abilities; detail oriented.
Strong customer service focus.
Clearance: Active Secret security clearance required at time of application and consideration

Responsibilities

Own and build on current models to forecast financials and operational KPIs
Develop and implement FP&A best practices, procedures, and processes to drive forecast & planning, business insight and analysis to support senior leadership team.
Prepare and maintain financial models and tools; learn and master the budget forecast model, making enhancements for accuracy, relevance, changing business, changing markets, etc.; manage the data collection and consolidation process with accounting resources and functional leadership; analyzing the information to validate completeness and accuracy with the goal of communicating trends and key drivers to executive leadership.
Ensure reporting systems and source data are accurate and reconciled including supporting accounting with variance analysis.
Understand and analyze business units monthly/quarterly financial results (vs. forecast, prior year, budget) and clearly articulate themes and performance drivers; this includes driving efforts to understand root causes of variances and making recommendations to enhance business performance.
Gather, manage, and manipulate data from multiple sources for analysis; identify trends, extract insights, and deliver actionable presentations of findings.
Collaborate cross functionally as a “business partner” to drive continuous improvement in reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and analysis processes.
Create and manage improvements to financial reporting templates, current reporting hierarchy and general FP&A related business practices.
Conduct business call analyst and analyze actual results to understand variances and revise projections as appropriate.
Create, promote, and sustain a high-performance culture; continuously raise the performance bar for the finance organization.