Financial Systems Analyst (UH60 Aviation)

Job Summary

Financial Systems Analyst

Provide financial/business lead support in the areas of: project management and contract performance measurement including policy interpretation, requirements analysis, planning and administration, cost estimating, proposal evaluation, control systems implementation, compliance reviews, performance monitoring, data analysis, risk assessment and status reporting. Analyze contractor performance trends and prepare completion forecasts. Assist in the development of customer correspondence.

• Collect and analyze performance data. Assess and quantify cost/schedule/technical status and risk; evaluate trends, and project cost completion estimates.
• Participate in program management reviews and financial administration meetings.
• Prepare and coordinate inputs for acquisition documentation, status reports, briefings, and information inquiries. Train new staff (internal & external) on CPM concepts, analysis techniques and related reports.
• Conduct technical evaluation of cost proposals including fact finding, cost/technical trade-off analyses and evaluation report writing. Prepare independent cost estimates to support evaluation of alternatives including development of cost and operational effectiveness analyses, and Bottom-Up/Top-Down cost estimates.
• Conducts special studies to analyze financial actions and prepares recommendations for policies and procedures.
• Interprets and applies policies, government legislation and accounting theories.
• Ensures compliance with internal procedures and regulatory agencies.
• Provides interpretation of financial policies, governmental legislation, accounting theory or customer financial regulations.
• Analyzes financial information especially concerning overhead to determine present and future financial performance of the SBU.
• Acts as a liaison between program controls group and prepares comparative evaluation of actual costs against budgets.
• Reviews complex financial data received from managers for inclusion in indirect and forward pricing rate packages submission to the government.
• Make recommendations to management regarding cost saving or profit generating opportunities and profitability improvement strategies.
• Develops plans including budgets and schedules to meet contractual/project requirements.
• Coordinates, negotiates and resolves financial compliance issues with various agencies.
• Good written communication skills; working knowledge of word processing and integrated software applications; organizational skills and ability to perform detail-oriented work are required. Demonstrate proficiency in finance and accounting relational databases. Knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and General Accepted Accounting principles (GAAP).
• Excellent decision making, problem solving, communication, and leadership skills.
• Knowledge of PeopleSoft and/or Deltek preferred. Results oriented individual with exceptional organizational skills and able to work independently.

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Economics

7 years of job-related experience or equivalent.

Position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance

Must be a US Citizen