Financial Analyst

Blue Marble Communications•Poway, CA

About The Position

Blue Marble Communications is seeking a Financial Analyst to support program finance, forecasting, and reporting activities across multiple engineering and development programs. This role partners closely with Program Managers, Engineering, Operations, and Management to provide accurate financial visibility, support proposal development, and maintain compliance with customer and audit requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
3–8 years of financial analysis, program finance, or project accounting experience
Strong Excel skills (financial modeling, lookups, pivot tables)
Experience working with budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis
Ability to communicate financial concepts to non-finance personnel
Must be a US Person (This position has export control and security-related requirements that mandate attention to the citizenship status of any potential candidate and necessitates that the individual either be a United States Citizen, Permanent Resident of the United States, or lawfully admitted into the United States as a refugee or granted asylum by the United States Government.)

Nice To Haves

Experience in manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or engineering environment, preferred
EVMS / project-based accounting experience, preferred
Proposal or cost-volume pricing support, preferred
ERP system experience (project or job-cost environment), preferred
Exposure to audits, diligence, or investor reporting, preferred

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain Estimates to Complete (ETCs) and Estimates at Completion (EACs) for assigned programs
Partner with Program Managers to review actuals, forecasts, risks, and opportunities
Monitor costs against planned expenses
Improve financial visibility into material spending, work in process, and forward projections
Support maintenance of Earned Value Management practices
Track and analyze performance metrics
Maintain financial tracking for IR&D efforts and internal projects
Assist with cost volume development for future proposals
Build program budgets and high-level financial models for leadership planning
Support basis-of-estimate documentation and pricing assumptions
Prepare and enhance recurring monthly financial reporting packages and dashboards
Perform variance analysis and present key drivers to leadership
Support ad-hoc financial analysis requests from leadership and stakeholders
Assist with financial data requests related to diligence and audits
Ensure financial data supports contractual and accounting requirements
Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and Accounting
Help standardize processes and improve reporting consistency