Strategic Finance Analyst: Forecasting & Ops Partner

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems; Poway (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is seeking a driven Financial Analyst to support forecasting, budgeting, and reporting for the Operations team. You will act as a business partner, providing leadership and guidance to drive quality financial information and strategic decision making.

The role emphasizes cost accounting expertise, cross-functional collaboration, and process improvement, with a strong emphasis on confidentiality and compliance with company policies.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting and/or finance and ten or more years of progressive professional cost accounting experience in a corporate environment, preferably with a government contractor.
• Demonstrates extensive technical expertise in cost accounting principles, theories, concepts, standards, and practices.

Responsibilities

• Be a business partner to the Operations leadership team by providing leadership and guidance on financial decisions.
• Work cross functionally to help ensure efficient business processes, strong operational results, and profitability of the company.
• Provide finance insight to non-finance partners, including potential actions for recovery to plans.
• Support budgeting activities for the development of annual operation plans, forward pricing rate proposals, monthly estimates-at-complete and quarterly forecasts for the Operations team.
• Provide timely, relevant and accurate reporting & analysis of the company’s performance against historical, budgeted, forecasted and strategic planning results.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Leadership

Communication

Analytical

Teamwork

Customer focus

Education

Bachelor's in Business Administration (Accounting/Finance)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is seeking a driven Financial Analyst to support forecasting, budgeting, and reporting for the Operations team. You will act as a business partner, providing leadership and guidance to drive quality financial information and strategic decision making.

The role emphasizes cost accounting expertise, cross-functional collaboration, and process improvement, with a strong emphasis on confidentiality and compliance with company policies.