Principal FP&A Analyst

Leidos • Reston, VA

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About The Position

Leidos is seeking a Principal Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Analyst to support our National Solutions business area. This is a key role in the Finance organization responsible for supporting business area-wide financial analysis and reporting. This position will support the financial forecasting of revenue, EBITDA, cash/working capital, backlog, and other financial metrics for the business area (BA) on a recurring basis, including monthly actual analysis, fiscal year projections, and the yearly AOP and multi-year strategic plan. This role reports directly to the Business Area CFO.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of prior relevant finance planning and analysis experience.
• Proficient with Excel, Word and PowerPoint, Insight, and Oracle Analytics (OAC).
• Expertise in quantitative analysis and presentations.
• Ability to effectively communicate with BA and Sector leadership regarding matters of significant importance to the organization.
• Candidate must possess excellent interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with internal customers.
• Prior defense contracting industry experience.
• US citizenship is required and able to obtain security clearance as needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and expertise to the BA’s financial planning and analysis teams.
• Collaborate with management BA-wide to create forward looking financial projections for cash and backlog and provide accompanying analysis.
• Provide recommendations and execute plans to improve financial processes and improve business process capabilities
• Track performance against key AOP metrics such Revenue, EBITDA, Bookings, Cash, DWC and DSO.
• Perform data reconciliation and consolidation, as well as variance analysis.
• Perform multiple financial cost analysis functions, including cost allocation, setting up cost control systems, collecting data, controlling costs and preparing reports that maintain the company's cost accounting system.
• Collaborate with Business Development to understand and forecast pipeline, book to bill and backlog metrics
• Apply principles of accounting to analyze financial information and prepare financial reports.
• Support key weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting deliverables that track and communicate the performance of the business’s key metrics.
• Support the consolidated planning of Revenue, EBITDA, Cash and Balance Sheet accounts.
• Provide support to the organization in all audits, reviews, data requests, etc. during the current quarter and fiscal year.
• Directly interface with various functions within the Sector and BA and serve as a resource to various stakeholders.
• Support long-term strategic planning, including process development, presentation creation, and partnering between finance and strategy.
• Ad-hoc business performance reporting.
• Identify and communicate areas of concern to both operational and financial leadership when identified in a timely manner.
• Support the BA leadership team with data-driven analysis.

Benefits

• Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.

What This Job Offers

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