Senior Specialist, Program Finance Analyst

L3Harris Technologies•Anaheim, CA

6d•$76,000 - $164,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Program Finance Analyst is responsible for financial management, review, and forecasting for assigned programs, along with some financial system maintenance. The analyst partners with program management and project teams to understand and analyze program financial positions. Work includes preparing quarterly, monthly, and weekly internal and external financial reports; validating actual cost reporting; supporting monthly close activities; establishing and maintaining project baselines and forecasts; and setting up and maintaining projects in financial systems. The role also supports program financial performance and requirements through analysis of financial and schedule data, management of Earned Value Management System (EVMS) processes, coordination of baseline and forecast inputs, and maintenance of financial records and tracking tools. The position is based in Anaheim, California, and follows a 9/80 schedule: employees work nine days in each 14-day period, totaling 80 hours, with every other Friday off. The role requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 6 years of relevant experience; or a graduate degree and at least 4 years of related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, at least 10 years of related experience.
5–7 years of experience with Earned Value Management, including EIA-748 ANSI EV Guideline Reviews.
4–6 years of experience with Earned Value Management software such as COBRA or MPM.
4–6 years of experience manipulating pivot tables and advanced knowledge of Excel.
4–6 years of experience with an ERP system such as Costpoint or SAP.
Ability to obtain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience with contract types such as FFP, CPFF, and T&M.
Knowledge of government contracts, funding profiles, sales outlook, and variance analysis.
Knowledge of Deltek Costpoint, IBM Cognos reporting, and Deltek Cobra.

Responsibilities

Analyze and interpret program data to identify trends, cost and schedule risks, and opportunities that may influence outcomes.
Work proactively with Program Management and project teams to support program financial performance and requirements.
Manage and maintain EVMS for assigned programs and perform system-level maintenance, including rate, resource, and calendar file updates.
Coordinate CAM inputs to maintain time-phased program baselines and monthly forecasts.
Identify, generate, record, and document required correcting entries.
Create and maintain projects in Deltek Costpoint and Deltek Cobra in accordance with company procedures.
Support creation and ongoing maintenance of time-phased project baseline budgets for performance measurement.
Maintain financial forecasts, including Estimates at Completion (EACs) and Latest Revised Estimates (LREs), obtaining project-team inputs as needed to meet deadlines.
Monitor monthly variance analysis reporting and help CAMs derive actionable tasks and track them to completion.
Reconcile and track management reserve logs, risk reserves, financial reserves, and undistributed budget.
Create and manage contract budget base logs, budget change requests, charge number requests, work authorization documents, and other tracking tools.
Provide management with recommendations on financial performance projections based on business knowledge and experience.
Complete special projects as directed by management, including reconciliations and cleanup of migrated or closed projects.