Senior Financial Analyst (Job ID:4667)

Valkyrie Enterprises•Virginia Beach, VA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Valkyrie Enterprises is hiring a Senior Financial Analyst to join its finance team in Virginia Beach or Chesapeake, Virginia. Reporting directly to the VP of Finance, this role owns core financial models, leads key parts of forecasting and budgeting, and provides analysis for executive leadership, business unit leaders, and the company’s ownership group. The analyst partners with operations, program management, contracts, and accounting, and contributes to a lean finance team. The role builds and maintains integrated, driver-based financial models connecting contract performance with company-wide revenue, gross margin, EBITDA, and cash flow. It develops program- and contract-level analyses for fixed-price, cost-plus, time-and-materials, and labor-hour contracts; models indirect rates; and performs scenario analysis supporting pricing, new business, investment, capital planning, and M&A. The analyst also supports forecasts, budgets, long-range plans, management reporting, variance analysis, program performance reviews, and cash flow planning. The position uses Deltek Costpoint and related reporting tools, improves FP&A processes and tools, supports standardization across business units, and coordinates with accounting on close, accruals, and data integrity. It requires compliance with applicable FAR considerations. Travel is minimal, at 10% or less. Security requirements are listed as none.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
Five to eight years of progressive FP&A, financial analysis, or corporate finance experience, including at least three years supporting a government contractor.
Advanced Excel modeling skills and demonstrated ability to build integrated, driver-based models from scratch.
Working knowledge of government contract types, indirect rate structures, and FAR/CAS cost principles as they affect forecasting, pricing, and margin.
Experience in a private equity-backed or acquisitive environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex analysis simply.
Collaborative team orientation, strong ownership, intellectual curiosity, and ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Three years supporting a DOD government contractor preferred.
MBA, CPA, or CFA preferred.
Experience with Deltek Costpoint strongly preferred.
Sponsor or lender reporting or M&A support preferred.

Responsibilities

Build, own, and maintain integrated, driver-based financial models linking contract-level performance to company-wide revenue, gross margin, EBITDA, and cash flow.
Develop program- and contract-level models for FFP, cost-plus, T&M, and labor-hour contracts, including revenue, cost, fee, and margin analysis.
Model fringe, overhead, and G&A indirect rates and analyze sensitivity to changes in direct labor base, headcount, and business mix.
Perform scenario and sensitivity analyses for pricing strategy, new business pursuits, investment decisions, and capital planning.
Support M&A through financial due diligence, acquisition modeling, and integration of acquired businesses into company forecasts and reporting.
Assist with monthly and quarterly forecasts by consolidating program manager and business unit inputs into a company-wide outlook.
Assist with annual budgets and long-range plans, including contract and pipeline revenue builds, headcount and labor planning, and indirect cost budgets.
Forecast revenue across funded and unfunded backlog, option periods, recompetes, and probability-weighted pipeline.
Develop and maintain short- and long-range cash flow forecasts reflecting government billing, funding, and payment cycles.
Track actual results against plans and forecasts, identify variance drivers, and improve forecast accuracy.
Assist with monthly management reporting packages, KPIs, dashboards, and covenant reporting for executive leadership, the board, ownership, and lending partners.
Conduct variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior periods, providing clear commentary on the drivers.
Partner with operations leaders and program managers to review program financial performance, EACs, labor utilization, and margin trends and recommend corrective actions.
Provide financial analysis to business development and pricing teams for bid decisions and proposal strategy.
Translate complex financial information into actionable insights for non-financial audiences.
Use Deltek Costpoint and related reporting tools to extract, validate, and analyze financial and project data.
Improve FP&A tools, templates, and processes to increase automation, scalability, and accuracy; help standardize planning and reporting across business units.
Coordinate with accounting on close, accruals, and data integrity, ensuring analyses are consistent with FAR.
Share knowledge and support colleagues during forecast, budget, and close cycles; build working relationships across operations, program management, contracts, HR, and accounting.
Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership and respond to ad hoc leadership requests with sound judgment, urgency, and attention to detail.