Financial Planning & Analysis – Lead Analyst, Corporate Expense

Leidos

About The Position

The Leidos Corporate Finance Group is actively seeking a FP&A Analyst Lead to join our Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. This exciting role offers the opportunity to hone your financial story telling skills starting from detailed analysis and planning to presenting to Senior Leadership. You’ll consider yourself a Finance Business Partner to Corporate Functions, ensuring that functional spending is aligned with company strategy. Responsibilities will include planning, forecasting, reporting, and overall budget maintenance. In addition, you can expect to perform ad hoc modeling and other requests that drive operational and strategic efficiencies within the business.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree with 4+ years of applicable FP&A experience. Additional years of relevant FP&A experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
Prior experience should include financial forecasting, and variance analysis
Strong skills in Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps), Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Microsoft SharePoint, and ability to learn new applications.
Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, using advanced formulas to generate efficiency
Demonstrated analytical ability
Attention to detail and accuracy
Creative thinking and problem-solving ability
Excellent communication skills
US citizenship is required and able to obtain security clearance as needed

Nice To Haves

Experience with financial reporting
Experience with business development/capture/proposal activities
User of Leidos Financial and Business Development systems including Costpoint, Insight, OAC, and WinIT
Knowledge of database management systems and data warehousing concepts
Data/configuration management experience
Working knowledge of government accounting regulations (CAS, FAR, GAAP)