Senior Program Financial Analyst

Job Summary

The Senior Program Finance Analyst supports financial planning, analysis, and reporting for defense programs, partnering with Program Management and cross-functional teams to ensure accurate forecasting, cost control, and contract compliance. This role owns key program financial deliverables—including budgets, Estimates at Completion (EACs), variance analysis, and monthly performance reporting—while helping drive disciplined execution and informed decision-making. The position also provides a growth pathway for developing leadership skills, including guiding and mentoring less experienced analysts, sharing best practices, and helping improve team processes in a fast-paced, growing environment.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for the financial and program analysis management functions of the company
• Ensure soundness of analysis, good business judgment, compliance with policies and procedures, adequacy of results and that all costs and reasonable fees have been provided for
• Establish, develop and maintain effective business relationships with internal and external customers
• Support negotiations with the government, industry prime contractors and foreign customers
• Conduct difficult analytical studies, monitor trends and be able to accurately interpret the results
• Support of government compliance and audit activities
• Participate in acquisition planning strategies including: the definition of contract requirements and risks, and, market research
• Support proposal preparations including: bid/no-bid requirements; cost estimating; pricing; RFP review; risk mitigation; and negotiation
• Program and finance: Basis of Estimate (BOE) preparation; budget preparation, reporting and management; cost & variance analysis; Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS); estimate at completion (EAC); cash management/working capital; forecasting; contractual reporting (CDRL, EVM, cost and pricing, C/SSR); risk management; return on investment (ROI); audit preparation and management; and program review preparation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting or related field
• 7+ years of progressive experience in a government-manufacturing environment (or equivilent combination of education and experience)
• Understand financial analysis principles and have financial analysis skills
• Understand the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and the Strategic Guide Plan process and help prepare program bookings, revenue, operating profit, investment and cash flow data
• Understand how job costs are collected and billed on all contract types
• In-depth knowledge of the FAR, DFAR, CAS, GAAP, IFRS, and SOX
• Contract compliance knowledge
• Developing leadership skills (Ability to mentor junior staff members, etc.)
• Understand contract design and structure to include: FFP; CPIF; CPFF; CPAF; BOA; IDIQ; Foreign Military Sale (FMS); and International Direct Commercial Sale (DCS), and, competitive and sole source procurements
• Ability to interact effectively at all levels and across diverse cultures
• Working knowledge of IR&D/B&P/direct sell and allowable vs. unallowable cost
• Strong computer skills (MS Office Suite , MS Project, Visio, Oracle, Pro Pricer)