Program Financial Analyst, Principal

Leidos

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About The Position

Leidos' Decision Analysis Business Area within the Defense Sector has an immediate opening for a Program Financial Analyst, Principal. In this role, you will serve as a critical member of the team and help define the program’s financial goals and objectives; create and maintain a program's budget, analyze progress reported against the program baseline; identify risks and opportunities against the program baseline; and recommend actions to improve progress to achieve flawless program execution. We are seeking a talented and energetic candidate to work with the best and brightest employees around the country in creating innovative all-encompassing solutions for our programs. You will work in a fast-paced and diverse environment, enjoy flexible work arrangements, and will have a management team that encourages your career development and growth. In this role, you will gain many intangible skills, such as time and task management, critical thinking and problem solving, the ability to communicate complicated problems in a concise manner, as well as solve complex problems using available tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of prior relevant experience. Additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• Program Finance experience with multiple contract types
• Strong MS Office skills, in particular MS Excel
• PowerBi, PowerPivot and Advanced Data Reporting
• Ability to Learn Python and other data analysis, manipulation and automation skills
• Strong organization, analytical, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent analytical skills, able to identify financial drivers and perform high level and detailed analysis
• Extremely high level of attention to detail
• Customer focused
• Able to work successfully in a team environment
• Prior experience with government contracting industry.
• Prior experience, redesigning business processes
• US citizenship is required and able to obtain security clearance as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of Leidos financial systems such as: CostPoint, Cognos, Fusion, Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) and Insight.
• Prior FP&A Experience…preferably at Leidos
• Familiarity with Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Python Programming Intermediate Proficiency

Responsibilities

• Manage internal financial planning and analysis activities regarding the internal reporting for the $1.5B Hybrid Sentinel Contract
• Budgeting, forecasting, and analysis of all contract cost and financial data
• PMX System Administration and Leading of PMX Training (Train the Trainer role)
• Construction of Reports and PowerBI dashboards to aid in the display of program information to both internal and potentially external audiences
• Spearhead Sentinel Business Process Reengineering Efforts interacting with Sentinel program
• Support monthly closing of financial key measurements (Revenue, Operating Income, Operating Cash Flow, etc…)
• Participate in the development of program level processes and procedures to drive efficiencies
• Significant interaction with the Program Manager, Business Managers, Contracts team, Customer, and various other functional or support organizations
• Serve as liaisons between the Program Team and TDP project performing teams to perform financial research
• Support new business proposal efforts, assisting pricing strategy and business case analysis as needed.
• Support ad hoc requests by internal management and external customers
• Ability to work independently, or in a team environment and with various organizational levels

Benefits

• 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