Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Leidos is a company that delivers innovative solutions through the efforts of its diverse and talented people. They are seeking a Financial Analyst to ensure accurate financial reporting and collaborate with program teams to manage budgets and financial risks.
Responsibilities
- Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, forecasting, and effectively managing financial risks and opportunities
- Collaborate with program team and across Leidos functions to define program goals, establish budget, and prepare and maintain EAC
- Prepare and submit work package plans and ETCs, maintain the financial integrity of assigned work packages
- Facilitate internal and external financial reviews
- Support the invoice process, cost validation, variance analysis, prepare journal entries, charge number maintenance, WAD issuance
- Make recommendations to leadership for making business decisions
- Building internal and external relationships to grow the program and achieve strategic goals
- Continuously drive reporting process and system enhancements to increase speed, consistency and accuracy of KPI reporting
- Support ad-hoc cost reporting and performance analysis
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting OR related field and 2+ years of relevant experience
- 2 years of program financial analyst experience
- Able to perform functions such as financial planning, financial analysis, and general accounting
- Able to extract data from multiple sources and effectively summarize the current financial position of the program
- Have a comprehensive knowledge of the project finance field and the ability to complete difficult and complex assignments. This position requires a problem solver that can pull together knowledge from a broad range of subjects to produce thorough analysis of multifaceted, challenging issues, and use those analyses to find solutions
- Committed to customer service, be well organized, be able to plan and prioritize assignments, and be able to successfully handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, be courteous and professional
- Have the ability to work with remote teams and in a fast-paced environment
- Propose and implement project/program improvements
- Strong background in the entire Microsoft Office Suite with emphasis on Excel, particularly in the development of formulas, v-lookups, and macros
- Demonstrate advanced analytical skills
- Positive can-do attitude, excellent communication, and problem solving skills
- US Citizenship is required and able to obtain at minimum Public Trust clearance
- Knowledge of Leidos Financial Systems such as Costpoint, Oracle Analytics Cloud, Cognos, Power BI, and ServiceNow
- Microsoft Excel (Advanced Level)
Benefits
- Grow with Us: Be part of a company that values innovation and encourages professional development.
- Make a Difference: Your work will directly contribute to safer, more efficient airspace for everyone.
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