Aerospace FP&A Analyst (Onsite)

Parallax Space, Inc.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Parallax Space is seeking an organized FP&A Analyst to support cost accounting, purchasing, and program-level financial tracking. The role collaborates with engineering, manufacturing, and program leadership to drive accurate reporting and continuous improvement in a fast-growing aerospace setting.

The ideal candidate will manage monthly closes, cost allocations, and dashboards, ensuring data accuracy and auditable processes across ERP systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in finance, accounting, business, economics, or related field.
• 2–5 years of relevant experience in accounting, financial analysis, procurement, or business operations.
• Working knowledge of reconciliation, accruals, cost tracking, and purchasing transactions.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills (lookups, pivot tables, formulas, analytical reporting).
• Experience using ERP, accounting, procurement, or related enterprise systems.
• Excellent attention to detail, problem-solving, prioritization, and cross‑functional communication.
• Comfort with hands‑on data entry and transactional tasks as well as analytical responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Support monthly close: review transactions, prepare accruals and reconciliations, and maintain supporting schedules.
• Maintain job-cost structures and track direct labor, materials, subcontractors, and other program expenses.
• Reconcile purchase orders, receiving records, invoices, vendor statements, and accounting entries.
• Support inventory accounting, work-in-process (WIP), cost of goods sold (COGS), and inventory adjustments.
• Assist with direct and indirect cost allocations, actual-versus-budget reporting, and variance investigation.
• Prepare cost summaries, financial dashboards, budgeting inputs, rolling forecasts, and cash-flow projections.
• Help maintain accounting controls, audit support files, and timely resolution of discrepancies.
• Process purchase requisitions, issue purchase orders, and maintain vendor, pricing, and order records.
• Coordinate buying needs and delivery priorities with engineering, program management, and manufacturing.
• Track open orders, acknowledgments, delivery dates, and outstanding financial commitments.
• Support vendor onboarding, quote comparisons, and supplier documentation.
• Perform three-way matching of purchase orders, receiving documentation, and vendor invoices.
• Resolve invoice and receiving variances and support accurate accounts payable processing.
• Maintain records and approval workflows for commercial and government-contract procurements.
• Help establish program budgets, work breakdown/cost codes, and consistent program financial baselines.
• Track actual costs, open purchase commitments, remaining funding, and forecast costs to complete.
• Support estimates to complete (ETC), estimates at completion (EAC), and cost variance analyses.
• Prepare recurring program financial reports for program managers and executive leadership.
• Align purchasing and spend forecasts with program schedules, milestones, and cash requirements.
• Support contract milestone billing, customer invoicing, and funding or payment tracking.
• Flag emerging budget, commitment, and margin risks and investigate accounting discrepancies.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Operational ownership

Systems aptitude

Accuracy and data integrity

Cross‑functional collaboration

Adaptability

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or related area

Tools

ERP/MRP software (NetSuite, Dynamics, SAP, Acumatica)

Job description

Parallax Space is seeking an organized FP&A Analyst to support cost accounting, purchasing, and program-level financial tracking. The role collaborates with engineering, manufacturing, and program leadership to drive accurate reporting and continuous improvement in a fast-growing aerospace setting.

The ideal candidate will manage monthly closes, cost allocations, and dashboards, ensuring data accuracy and auditable processes across ERP systems.