Project Financial Analyst

Leidos; United States; Remote; USD 72,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Program Finance Analyst, Lead to provide financial support for various programs. The role involves budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting, requiring a Bachelor's degree and relevant experience. Ideal candidates will have strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills, along with familiarity with financial systems like Costpoint and PowerBI.

Qualifications

• 4 years of relevant experience or 2 years with a Master's.
• Basic knowledge of contract types: CPAF, CPFF, FFP, T&M.
• Strong MS Office skills, particularly in Excel.

Responsibilities

• Budgeting, forecasting, and analysis of contract costs.
• Ownership of monthly closing process and program billing.
• Creating and presenting financial reports to customers.

Skills

Attention to detail

Team Player

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Costpoint

Cognos

Oracle Analytics

PowerBI

Job description

The Maritime Systems Division at Leidos has an immediate career opportunity for a Program Finance Analyst, Lead to provide program finance support for the multiple programs. The Program Finance Analyst, Lead is responsible for planning, tracking, analysis, and reporting on projects of various contract type, size, complexity, and level of risk. Individuals in this role have significant interface with Project Managers, Contracts, Senior Technical Personnel, as well as other organizations. Individual will work directly with the program manager to help define the program's goals; create and maintain a program's budget, schedule and prepare EAC. They will prepare and present financial forecasts, reports and help with new business proposals for the customer.

Primary Responsibilities

• Budgeting, forecasting, and analysis of all contract cost and financial data
• Ownership of monthly closing process, validating awards/bookings, backlog, revenue & op income for each program you support
• Variance analysis and reporting of actual program financial performance against AOP and quarterly forecast
• Accountable for program billing (in coordination with Leidos Billing Team), cash collection, analysis and clearing of unbilled receivables
• Responsible and accountable for program financial forecast including development and overall management of program EAC
• Program start-up and maintenance – ensure project setup process is executed correctly
• Analyzes contract actuals for accuracy, identifies errors, ensures errors are corrected timely
• Creating and presenting monthly internal and external customer reports
• Supporting any ad hoc requests by internal management and external customers
• Ability to work independently, or in a team environment and with various organizational level

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree and 4 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2 years of prior relevant experience.
• Additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Basic knowledge of multiple contract types: CPAF, CPFF, FFP, T&M
• Extremely high level of attention to detail
• Able to work successfully in a team environment
• Team Player - able to jump in where needed attitude

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Costpoint, Cognos, Oracle Analytics, Fusion, PowerBI and other Leidos financial systems

Original Posting:

May 19, 2025

The Maritime Systems Division at Leidos has an immediate career opportunity for a Program Finance Analyst, Lead to provide program finance support for the multiple programs. The Program Finance Analyst, Lead is responsible for planning, tracking, analysis, and reporting on projects of various contract type, size, complexity, and level of risk. Individuals in this role have significant interface with Project Managers, Contracts, Senior Technical Personnel, as well as other organizations. Individual will work directly with the program manager to help define the program's goals; create and maintain a program's budget, schedule and prepare EAC. They will prepare and present financial forecasts, reports and help with new business proposals for the customer.

Primary Responsibilities

• Budgeting, forecasting, and analysis of all contract cost and financial data
• Ownership of monthly closing process, validating awards/bookings, backlog, revenue & op income for each program you support
• Variance analysis and reporting of actual program financial performance against AOP and quarterly forecast
• Accountable for program billing (in coordination with Leidos Billing Team), cash collection, analysis and clearing of unbilled receivables
• Responsible and accountable for program financial forecast including development and overall management of program EAC
• Program start-up and maintenance – ensure project setup process is executed correctly
• Analyzes contract actuals for accuracy, identifies errors, ensures errors are corrected timely
• Creating and presenting monthly internal and external customer reports
• Responsible for program financial customer deliverables (CDRLs)
• Supporting any ad hoc requests by internal management and external customers
• Ability to work independently, or in a team environment and with various organizational level

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree and 4 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2 years of prior relevant experience.
• Strong MS Office skills, in particular MS Excel
• Additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Basic knowledge of multiple contract types: CPAF, CPFF, FFP, T&M
• Extremely high level of attention to detail
• Customer focused
• Able to work successfully in a team environment
• Strong communication skills
• Team Player - able to jump in where needed attitude

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Costpoint, Cognos, Oracle Analytics, Fusion, PowerBI and other Leidos financial systems

Original Posting:

May 19, 2025

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $72,150.00 - $130,425.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About the company

We Are Leidos For 50 years we have been tackling some of the biggest problems that face our nation and our world. Leidos is a science and technology solutions leader working to address some of the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and healthcare markets.

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