Federal Finance Analyst: Forecasting & Analytics

Guidehouse Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 98,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Holidays

Parental Leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Transit Benefit

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Guidehouse Inc. seeks a seasoned Financial Analyst to join our Segment Finance team.

You will forecast, model, and report on project finances, drive budgeting, and support financial operations across multiple units while ensuring compliance with federal standards. This role emphasizes delivering actionable insights through Power BI, automating workflows, and partnering with senior executives to align finance initiatives with contract requirements and audit readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics, Information Systems, or related field. Educational requirement may be waived if the candidate has Four (4) additional years of experience.
• Seven (7) years of more in financial analysis, budget formulation, and budget execution experience. Analyzing, applying problem solving methods, and financial modeling to identify solutions to complex problems, draw conclusions, and make recommendations to senior management.
• Hands-on experience with data analytics and automation applied to financial management use cases.
• In-depth knowledge of financial terms and principles.
• Strong communication and project management capabilities; ability to synthesize complex information and deliver high-impact solutions in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Financial Modeling, Reporting and Delivery: Deliver financial information to management by collecting and synthesizing data, modeling scenarios, producing comprehensive reports, and presenting analyses and actionable recommendations.
• Financial Forecasting: Forecast project's level of support that drives the project's future cost and revenue performance and prepares monthly performance reports, explaining variances. Assist in determining financial consequences of alternative methods, plans and strategies. Develop and assist in the management of annual budgets for operating expenses.
• Technology Enablement: Drive adoption of advanced tools and platforms (e.g., Power BI, Power Query) to build dashboards and automate workflows, with the potential for developing AI-driven models for financial data analysis going forward.
• Finance Transformation Projects: Helping to provide end-to-end delivery of initiatives that modernize financial operations, improve transparency, and strengthen performance management.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as a trusted advisor to senior client executives, providing strategic guidance and ensuring alignment with federal financial policies and audit readiness.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Automation

Data Analytics

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Python

R

SQL

Job description

Guidehouse Inc. seeks a seasoned Financial Analyst to join our Segment Finance team.

You will forecast, model, and report on project finances, drive budgeting, and support financial operations across multiple units while ensuring compliance with federal standards. This role emphasizes delivering actionable insights through Power BI, automating workflows, and partnering with senior executives to align finance initiatives with contract requirements and audit readiness.