Senior Program Financial Analyst

Join our team as a Senior Program Financial Analyst supporting our Program Management Office (PMO). You will play a key role in providing overall financial guidance to development, maintenance, and analysis of a large, complex program (or multiple smaller programs).

We welcome applicants local to Menomonee Falls, WI; Danbury, CT; or Fitchburg, MA. This position reports to our Menomonee Falls, WI location but can work out of any of the three locations noted.

• Develop and analyze forecasts and financial reports and communicate financial issues/risks to non-financial personnel
• Apply critical thinking to assist site management in identifying risk and developing risk mitigation strategies
• Conduct internal training sessions on relevant financial topics within area of expertise
• 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
• Maintain effective business relationships with, and serve as point of contact with, government, commercial, foreign and domestic customers
• Support negotiations with the government, industry prime contractors and foreign customers
• Provide oversight of global linearity of manufacturing activities and forecasting, track cost-down initiatives across assigned programs and Line of Business
• Understand standards of conduct to include: conflicts of interests; improper practices; liability and fraud
• 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
• 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

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting or a related field and at least five years of progressive experience in a government manufacturing environment
• In-depth knowledge of the FAR, DFAR, CAS & SOX
• Strong grasp of generally accepted accounting principles and an in-depth working knowledge of the cost accounting standards (CAS) and IFRS
• Contract compliance knowledge
• Ability to guide difficult analysis on programs
• Working knowledge of IR&D/B&P/direct sell and allowable vs. unallowable cost
• Strong communicator of financial issues/risks to non-financial personnel