Senior Financial Analyst, Program Finance

CHAOS Industries•El Segundo, CA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

CHAOS Industries is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst for Program Finance to own financial forecasting and reporting across funded programs and IRAD projects. The role partners with Program Management, Mission Operations, Business Development, and R&D to provide a clear view of projects competing for shared labor and equipment resources. The analyst builds financial models to support pricing proposals, maintains forecasts for approved projects to help program managers track profitability, and provides program forecasts and estimates-at-completion used for revenue recognition and customer audits.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
At least 3 years of relevant experience in program finance, cost/project accounting, or FP&A.
Strong Excel and financial modeling skills.
Experience with ERP/timekeeping systems and project/charge code setup.
Working knowledge of fully burdened labor rates, including fringe, overhead, and G&A, and how they affect pricing and program margin.
Comfort working across a portfolio of concurrent, fast-moving projects with competing resource demands.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a government contracting, R&D, or defense/aerospace environment.
MBA or advanced degree in a finance-related discipline.
Familiarity with FAR/CAS cost allowability as it relates to IRAD, NRE, or demonstration/prototype efforts.
Familiarity with government contract types (FFP, T&M, and cost-type) and how program costs and estimates-at-completion feed revenue recognition on customer-funded work.
Experience with NetSuite, Salesforce, and/or Datarails.

Responsibilities

Own financial tracking for funded programs and IRAD projects, including labor hours, labor cost and burden, travel, and other direct costs.
Partner with Program Management, Mission Operations, and R&D to build budgets and staffing plans before project kickoff, maintaining an up-to-date view of labor and equipment demand across projects.
Assign project and charge codes at the inception of each program or IRAD project using defined criteria, and ensure setup across timekeeping, procurement, and accounting systems.
Monitor purchase orders and accounting actuals against project codes to confirm proper charging and identify mischarges early.
Validate labor charging to projects, including labor categories and rates, in coordination with Cost Accounting.
Build financial models and cost estimates to support pricing proposals for new funded work.
Maintain forecasts for approved projects and calculate program margin at key milestones and close-out, providing analysis to help program managers manage program P&Ls.
Maintain a portfolio-level view across active funded programs and IRAD projects, flagging resource conflicts, at-risk margin, and funding issues.
Own program estimates-at-completion used in revenue recognition and support customer audits with program-level cost data in coordination with Revenue and Cost Accounting.