Financial Analyst II

Scientific Research Corporation • North Charleston, SC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This role involves coordinating the preparation and modification of forecasts and budgets at the project level, performing various analyses such as sales outlook, funding profiles, and variance analysis to support corporate, divisional, and project activities. The analyst will establish contract parameters and project setup in the control system, prepare reports and analyses to ensure contracts are within agreed-upon parameters and government cost control guidelines, and ensure adequate funding availability through monitoring and communication processes. Responsibilities also include incorporating contractual changes into control systems, scheduling and performing risk assessments to identify and mitigate program cost and milestone risks, performing miscellaneous analyses and reconciliations, and analyzing unbilled AR, AP, and WIP accounts at the project level. The position supports compliance and financial/analytical audits and may involve other assigned duties. Filling this position is contingent upon funding.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical discipline and three to five years of work related experience or a master’s degree in a relevant technical discipline and two or more years work related experience
• Application of moderately complex, technical professional disciplines and the extensive, applied use of related concepts, practices, and methods
• A thorough knowledge of the forecast/budget cycle
• Past participation in or exposure to internal controls documentation and testing
• High level of communication
• U.S. Citizenship and eligibility for a U.S. Government Security Clearance at the Secret level

Nice To Haves

• None

Responsibilities

• Coordinating the preparation and modification of forecasts and budgets at the project level(s)
• Performing various analyses such as sales outlook, funding profiles and variance analysis to support corporate, divisional and project activities
• Establishing contract parameters and project setup in control system
• Preparing reports and analyses in order to ensure that contracts are within agreed-upon parameters and government cost control guidelines
• Ensuring adequate funding availability by utilizing/establishing a monitoring and communications process
• Incorporating contractual changes into control systems by staying aware of outstanding work against each contract in order to maintain realistic contract cost and milestone baselines
• Scheduling and performing risk assessments to identify and mitigate program cost and milestone risks
• Performing miscellaneous analyses and reconciliations
• Performing analysis on unbilled AR, AP, and WIP accounts at the project level
• Supporting compliance and financial/analytical audits through analysis, explanations and document gathering
• Performing other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision plans
• 401(k) with a company match
• Life insurance
• Vacation and sick paid time off accruals starting at 10 days of vacation and 5 days of sick leave annually
• 11 paid holidays
• Tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level