Responsibilities

• Conduct and support the continued development of Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Operating Plan and Modeling tools in close collaboration with the VP of Finance and a cross-functional team.
• Play a key role in supporting de-centralized budgeting and reporting functions to increase knowledge, consistency, and transparency.
• Partner with project teams to accurately maintain people plans associated with current projects and project proposals as well as ongoing project monitoring.
• Monitor personnel budgets and forecasts, in collaboration with directors and managers, including time/effort allocations to direct projects.
• Assist project managers in analyzing project profitability for federal contracts, including forecasting impact of proposed personnel changes on profit margins.
• Assist with the preparation and analysis of monthly and quarterly financial / operational reports presented to management.
• Compile, verifiy, and analyze financial information for senior leadership to have accurate and timely information for making strategic and operational decisions.
• Identify financial trends by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecasts.
• Prepare ongoing financial and business-related analysis and research in financial performance, including cost analysis, profitability, utilization, and working capital.
• In collaboration with the Pricing Team, prepare pricing and cost proposals for new business efforts for federal contracts.
• Assist with evaluating investment proposals in support of strategic initiatives by identifying outcomes and potential returns.
• Support development of financial models, including sources of information and verifying data.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for process improvement initiatives and systems implementation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• 3+ years’ experience in Financial Planning and Analysis or related work.
• Advanced proficiency level in Excel (advanced formulas; pivot tables; modeling, etc.) and PowerPoint (presenting information in a meaningful and concise manner). 
• Knowledge of different federal contract types and financial impacts/risks of each.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Thorough understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Thorough understanding of methods of systems analysis and the principles, design, and procedural methods used in big data analysis.
• Understanding of project management.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and technical skills.

Nice to haves

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Experience with Power BI.
• Knowledge of accounting for federal services contractors.