Growing government consulting firm looking to bring on a Financial Analyst.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for oversight of all aspects of operational finance for their supported programs
Responsible for attending contract kick off meetings and working together with accounting to set up projects correctly.
Responsible for various financial functions such as budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analysis on a portfolio of programs of varying contract types
Responsible for setting up projects in the Vena forecast tool.
Work closely with project managers to prepare and communicate monthly forecast, risk assessment and variance analysis to senior management
Support the monthly close activities, such as recording journal entries, revenue recognition process, variance analysis.
Provide templates, perform QA analysis and provide feedback to project managers, market leads and management.
Collaborate with the rest of the Finance team, Contracts, Accounting, Human Resources, and Operations to ensure accuracy and to collect data.
Participate on PMRs (project management reviews) for corresponding portfolio of programs as needed.
Ensure accurate processing and documentation of financial reporting/transactions to ensure established levels of quality and efficiency
Ability to forecast, process, report and manage any intercompany transactions with the parent company
Support the accounting team to prepare monthly billings.
Education and Experience Qualifications:
Bachelor’s in business administration, Accounting or Finance,.
Minimum of 5 years of related experience in a government contracting environment
Knowledge of general and corporate business practices, government contracting regulations and principles, and accounting and finance principles
Advanced knowledge of Excel (e.g., formulas, Vlookups, and pivot tables).
Advanced oral and written communications skills
Flexible team player with ability to work in cross-functional teams and across varying groups and organizational levels.
Extreme attention to detail is required. Ability to handle multiple concurrent work streams while maintaining high quality output specially during tight deadlines.
Project control experience required
Experience with Deltek Costpoint required
Demonstrated experience with financial modelling and data analytics