Cybersecurity Program Finance Lead

Parsons; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 104,000 - 181,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons seeks a seasoned Customer Finance Lead to support a cybersecurity program in the United States. You will manage budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting for a complex, government-focused project, collaborating with program managers and stakeholders.

You will provide dashboards, analyses, and recommendations to leadership while ensuring compliance with contract requirements and government procedures.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance required and current.
• 10+ years of relevant finance experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, public administration, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial reporting, and resource planning.
• Experience developing and maintaining financial trackers, models, dashboards, and management reports.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial management and analysis support for a complex cybersecurity program.
• Support current-year and long-range financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and execution tracking.
• Develop and maintain budget trackers, financial models, dashboards, forecasts, spend plans, and management dashboards.
• Monitor planned versus actual expenditures, obligations, commitments, labor, travel, training, and other program costs.
• Analyze budget execution trends, variances, risks, and resource requirements.
• Prepare financial reports, briefings, presentations, and recommendations for customer leadership and program management.
• Support the development of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial performance reports.
• Maintain accurate financial records and supporting documentation in accordance with customer procedures.
• Coordinate with program managers, functional leads, Government stakeholders, and contractor management to collect, validate, and reconcile financial data.
• Support training-budget tracking and maintain transaction registers by directorate, as applicable.
• Assist with workforce, staffing, manpower, and resource forecasts.
• Identify potential funding shortfalls, execution risks, data inconsistencies, and emerging financial requirements.
• Support financial inputs to program reviews, status reports, acquisition planning, and risk-management activities.
• Develop standard operating procedures, templates, and process improvements to improve financial visibility and reporting efficiency.
• Ensure financial deliverables are accurate, timely, well documented, and aligned with contract requirements.
• Support the Program Manager with financial and business processes while recognizing that Government officials retain responsibility for inherently Governmental budget and funding decisions.

Skills

Budgeting & forecasting

Excel proficiency

Financial analysis

Dashboards & reporting

Stakeholder communication

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SAP

Costpoint

Deltek

Oracle

Momentum

Job description

Parsons seeks a seasoned Customer Finance Lead to support a cybersecurity program in the United States. You will manage budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting for a complex, government-focused project, collaborating with program managers and stakeholders.

You will provide dashboards, analyses, and recommendations to leadership while ensuring compliance with contract requirements and government procedures.