Program Finance & Control Analyst — Forecasting & Dashboards

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Savings Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Paid Time-Off (PTO)

Holidays

Education Reimbursement

Disability Insurance

Job summary

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Program Control Analyst in Huntsville, AL to support financial planning, cost control, forecasting, funding management, and reporting for a fast-paced defense program.

You will develop and maintain financial models, trackers, dashboards, and reporting tools to improve data accuracy, automate recurring reports, and support timely program decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Data Analytics, or related field (equivalent experience may be considered).
• Two or more years of relevant experience in finance, program control, accounting, data analysis, or business operations.
• High-level proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, lookups, and financial modeling.
• Demonstrated capability to develop financial models, analytical tools, dashboards, trackers, and reports.
• Skilled in analyzing financial data and communicating trends, risks, and variances to stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and data accuracy, with excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet recurring reporting deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Track program funding, commitments, expenditures, contract ceilings, available balances, and forecasted spend.
• Support EACs, ETC forecasts, variance analysis, burn rate reviews, and out-of-funds projections.
• Monitor actual costs, open commitments, planned procurements, subcontract activity, accruals, and other anticipated expenses.
• Develop financial models, trackers, dashboards, templates, and decision-support tools using Excel, Power BI, or similar applications.
• Automate recurring reports, reconciliations, and data analysis to improve efficiency, consistency, and reporting accuracy.
• Validate formulas, assumptions, data sources, and reporting outputs.
• Prepare financial reports, executive summaries, dashboards, and briefing materials for program leadership.
• Coordinate with Procurement and Subcontracts to track requisitions, purchase orders, subcontract actions, commitments, and related spend.
• Support contract modifications, task orders, funding actions, and ceiling updates.
• Analyze labor, material, travel, subcontractor, and other direct costs.
• Identify financial, funding, schedule, or execution risks and communicate potential impacts to leadership.
• Improve program control processes, templates, reporting methods, and data workflows.]
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Skills

Excel proficiency

Financial modeling

Data analysis

Power BI

Deltek Costpoint

Cobra

SpendLogic

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Data Analytics, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Deltek Costpoint

Cobra

SpendLogic

Job description

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Program Control Analyst in Huntsville, AL to support financial planning, cost control, forecasting, funding management, and reporting for a fast-paced defense program.

You will develop and maintain financial models, trackers, dashboards, and reporting tools to improve data accuracy, automate recurring reports, and support timely program decision-making.