Senior Financial Analyst, Program Finance

CHAOS Industries•El Segundo, CA

5h•$120,000 - $140,000

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 maintain visibility into projects competing for shared labor and equipment resources. The analyst builds financial models for pricing proposals, maintains forecasts for approved projects to help program managers track profitability, and provides program forecasts and estimates-at-completion 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; ideally in government contracting, R&D, or defense/aerospace.
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 flow into pricing and program margin.
Comfort operating across a portfolio of concurrent, fast-moving projects with competing resource demands.

Nice To Haves

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, 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 and maintain a shared view of labor and equipment demand across competing projects.
Assign project and charge codes at program or IRAD project inception 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.
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 program managers with analysis to manage program P&Ls.
Maintain a portfolio-level view of active funded programs and IRAD projects, flagging resource conflicts, at-risk margins, 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.