Program Financial Analyst, Project FAST

This Program Finance Analyst position will report to the FP&A Manager for the Garden Grove site within the Defense Business Line and will lead financial analysis and modeling for the F-35 expansion project. Including weekly, monthly and quarterly program financial status analysis; Cost, Schedule and Performance.

As a Program Finance Analyst you would be responsible for developing and providing actionable program/project recommendations to key stakeholders and senior leaders to ensure sound financial and operation decisions occur. This position will be involved in a variety of financial, operational and strategic analyses, and essential in supporting functional areas with financial analysis, complex what-if/scenario-based planning, program finances and risk assessment (e.g. indirect rate volatility, material/headcount impacts and trend analysis).

• Effective oral and written communication skills will be required to effectively manage across multiple leadership levels as well as various functional and customer levels
• Analyze financial data from ERP and utilize financial models and reporting tools to perform financial analysis and distill into actionable reports
• Develop and utilize Estimate-at-Complete model and forward-looking data analytics and trend analysis to inform financial strategy and decision making
• Perform analysis on program cost/margins in detail by WBS to understand and explain cost components to managers to ensure effective action to improve cost, schedule and performance

• BS/BA in Accounting, Finance
• 3+ years of experience in Program Finance or FP&A
• Able to extract, compile and summarize financial data in such a manner that complex matters can be distilled into simple problem statements & recommendations
• Comfortable developing concise and clear executive-style presentations to support various reviews, forecasting cycles and monthly & quarterly performance briefings
• Advanced Excel and Power Point working knowledge.
• US Person per ITAR regulations and able to comply with export compliance requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrate understanding of cost and indirect rates (Overhead, Material Handling and SG&A), including performance against budget and rate monitoring cadence
• Experience with enterprise-level cost management tools

Compensation Range: $108,289 - $135,361