Program Financial Analyst I

Sierra Nevada Corporation • Beavercreek, OH

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About The Position

Are you looking for an opportunity to use your analysis and finance skills in a meaningful work environment that supports and protects explorers and heroes? Join our team! The Program Financial Analyst I is responsible for reviewing, monitoring, and controlling project data to support internal and external project reporting. This role involves preparing budgets and schedules for contract work, assisting with cost proposals, pricing documentation, and performing cost variance analysis to ensure realistic contract cost and schedule baselines are maintained. The Mission Solutions and Technologies (MST) business area provides affordable, turn-key command/control, communications, integrated ISR, force protection and security solutions worldwide. The MST team has a long legacy of supporting the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, commercial and international customers with years of experience in platform operations, engineering and full lifecycle management across domains – air, land, sea, space and cyber.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field. 0-2 years of experience in financial analysis, project control, or a related field. Relevant experience can be considered as a substitute for the required educational qualifications. In the absence of a degree, a minimum of 4 years of related experience is required.
• Ability to effectively and clearly communicate program and financial related information.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software, especially Excel.
• Cobra experience
• Deltek Costpoint experience
• Forecast Analysis
• Budget Management
• The ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance may be required

Nice To Haves

• Expert in Excel
• Pivot tables
• Formula V Look up’s
• Earned Value Management experience
• Master’s Degree
• VBA Experience
• Financial Modeling

Responsibilities

• Provide pricing documentation to be utilized in proposal development including ‘what-if’ program cost analysis
• Provide assistance in development of payment plans (Milestone, CLIN Liquidation, etc.)
• Assist in the utilization of product oriented or Business Area specific work breakdown structures (WBS) with responsibility assignment matrixes, WBS dictionaries, milestones, baseline establishment, and budgeting of projects/tasks
• Provide assistance in timely completion of PMPs and program baseline upon Contract Negotiation
• Review of Cobra budget data, ensuring budgets tie to program baseline and are not exceeding contract value.
• Work with PMs and APMs to complete program statusing, and ETC forecasting, resulting in accurate Program and Resource projections
• Develop management by exception reporting and analysis for senior management review
• Generate contractually required cost performance reports
• Provide notification to the Contracts department on limitation of cost or funds as required by the contract
• Provide Earned Value Management guidance, support, and reporting in accordance with established internal process and/or external requirements
• Participate in role specific working groups
• Partner with other Business Areas and Corporate Functional groups on process and tool improvement as it relates to the Program Financial Analyst role

Benefits

• SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.

What This Job Offers

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