Program Finance Analyst – Forecasting & Budgeting

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems; Poway (CA); On-site; USD 57,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is seeking a budgeting and cost accounting professional to provide budgeting, cost analysis, and reporting for assigned contracts and projects.

The role involves preparing budgets, forecasts, and related reports for profit centers, monitoring financial performance, and presenting to management. The candidate will respond to inquiries, maintain records, and develop reports using ERP systems, collaborating with program managers and cost center

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration with emphasis in accounting/finance and 3+ years cost accounting in corporate environment.
• Substitution of equivalent experience in lieu of education may be acceptable.
• General knowledge of cost accounting principles, theories, concepts, and general cost accounting practices, techniques, standards.
• Customer-focused with ability to develop solutions to moderate-scope problems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentations to document and report accounting/finance findings.
• Strong interpersonal skills to influence and guide employees, managers and external parties on accounting/finance matters.
• Ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information; excellent computer skills; able to work independently or in teams; willingness to travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Assists in establishing profit center revenue, cost of sales, gross margin, discretionary spending through budgets and forecasts.
• Prepares actual vs. budget reports and variance analyses; recommends corrective actions and creates new reports.
• Develops balance sheets, cash flow schedules, and capital budgets for profit centers.
• Performs economic evaluations, cost impact analyses, and cash forecasting.
• Prices proposals based on direct labor hours and direct costs inputs.
• Collaborates with program and cost center managers on spending and profit margins.
• Prepares contract and funding status/backlog reports and monitors at-risk spending.
• Responds to financial inquiries on contract value, funding, revenue, costing, hours, and billing issues.
• Updates project structures and ERP system activities; ensures proper cost accounting controls.
• Reviews labor and procurement charges to cost centers; liaises with accounting on costing practices.

Job description

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is seeking a budgeting and cost accounting professional to provide budgeting, cost analysis, and reporting for assigned contracts and projects.

The role involves preparing budgets, forecasts, and related reports for profit centers, monitoring financial performance, and presenting to management. The candidate will respond to inquiries, maintain records, and develop reports using ERP systems, collaborating with program managers and cost center