Senior Specialist, Program Finance Analyst

L3Harris•Anaheim, CA

6d•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 assess financial position and performance. Work includes preparing quarterly, monthly, and weekly internal and external financial reports; validating actual cost reporting; supporting monthly close activities; maintaining project baselines and forecasts; and setting up and maintaining projects in financial systems. The role supports program controls by analyzing and interpreting data to identify trends, cost and schedule risks, and opportunities. It maintains the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) for assigned programs and performs selected system-level maintenance. The analyst coordinates inputs, supports baseline and forecast maintenance, monitors variance analysis, manages financial and contract tracking records, and provides financial-performance projections and recommendations to management. Other special projects may be assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 6 years of prior relevant experience; or a graduate degree and at least 4 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, at least 10 years of prior 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 Excel knowledge.
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 data to identify trends, cost and schedule risks, and opportunities that influence program outcomes.
Work proactively with Program Management and project teams to support program financial performance and requirements.
Manage and maintain the 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 for performance measurement and monthly forecasts for financial reporting.
Identify, generate, and ensure proper recording and documentation of 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 with CAMs, help determine actionable tasks, and track tasks to completion.
Reconcile and track management reserve logs, risk reserves, financial reserves, and undistributed budget.
Create and manage the contract budget base log, 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.
Perform other special projects as directed by management, such as reconciliations and cleanup of migrated or closed projects.
Prepare quarterly, monthly, and weekly financial reports; validate actual cost reporting; support monthly closing activities; and support project setup and maintenance in financial systems.