Finance Analyst - A&MDS

at  BAE Systems

JOB DESCRIPTION

BAE Systems is seeking a Financial Analyst with prior government contracting experience to support the Army and Missile Defense Systems business unit within Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) business area.
The position requires a candidate to apply finance and accounting principles in the analysis and evaluation of the prior, current and future financial conditions of ongoing and projected projects, programs or operations to determine status, performance, expenditures and revenues. The candidate will utilize existing data across a cross functional team to gather, analyze, and summarize the reporting for recommendations to leadership.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS

Bachelor’s Degree and 2+ years work experience or equivalent experience

PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS

Understanding of Deltek Costpoint ERP, and Cognos Reporting Software.
Experience with Hyperion Planner, Essbase, and SmartView are preferred.
Excellent command of MS Office Suite to include: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
Experience in program finance/program control and government contracting for multiple contract types (FFP, CPFF, T&M).

• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual analysis and presentations to the Finance and Program Managers including Annual Operating Plan, Integrated Business Plans, and Monthly and Quarterly Business Review submissions.
• Provide timely financial guidance and analysis to various stakeholders (Utilizing STCS).
• Initiate and maintain surveillance of subcontractor and material expenditures
• Develop, review and analyze financial documentation and CDRLs such as cost performance and funding status reports.
• Monitors costs of tasks to prevent cost overruns. Compares cost to total budget
• Complete and review Monthly Financial Report and Project Performance Review (PPR) decks for Life Cycle Management (LCM) required programs.
• Review and approve customer invoices in Billing tracking system, ensuring accuracy and compliance to contract.
• Where applicable, perform general ledger account reconciliations to ensure program performance.
• Support month-end closing activities
• Enter forecast data into Hyperion.
• Support other ad hoc analysis, projects, or data request