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Amentum
Senior Financial Analyst
Amentum is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst (Financial Analyst III) based in Arlington, VA to be responsible for functions of the division accounting and budgetary process. Using established procedures, the financial analyst aggressively and proactively analyzes and forecasts division fiscal data, programs, operations, budgets, expenses and profit and loss. Position can be REMOTE within the United States with occasional travel required.
Applies fundamental fiscal concepts, prepares written and oral budgetary recommendations for implementation in department budgets. Assists teammates, management and other personnel in technical budgetary matters during budget meetings, finance meetings, and in the general preparation and administration of the budget and profit and loss. Assists with preparing short- and long-range budgetary projections utilizing economic forecasting and financial analytic techniques to assess the impact of budget changes and client requirements. Forecasts cash weekly and performs DSO analysis for monthly reviews. Assist Business Unit managers with monthly financial close and audit requests to consolidate and ensure accuracy. Utilizes current organization-wide software and systems to complete assignments.
Senior Financial Analyst will support the Diplomacy and International Development (D&ID) line of business.
The Senior Financial Analyst will:
Lead Finance team members on Department of State (DOS) and other programs.
Provide Diplomacy and International Development (D&ID) with finance and business operations support.
Generate and submit invoices for D&ID
Support budgeting/reporting, forecasting, invoicing, fringe rate management, proposal pricing and long range planning.
Perform financial analysis through reporting and forecasting orders, sales, EBITDA and cash.
Prepare funding requirement analyses and monthly estimates to compete.
Prepare accruals/journal entries for monthly closing and analyze general ledger.
Analyze and reconcile balance sheet accounts (including billed and unbilled receivables).
Ensure responsiveness to program, customer, and corporate needs.
Be responsible for overall support of the monthly/quarterly/annual internal and external financial statements.
Support the response to internal and external inquiries for financial data (including audit).
Prepare certain analyses of Financial Statements and Program Data for Management and review such analyses prepared by other members of the Financial Accounting Staff.
Complete or delegate actions to execute process improvements.
Ensure clear, prepared and effective communications to Program/Corporate Leadership.
Involve Amentum Leadership and management and in Key Business Operations issues.
Communicate issues clearly and decisively, and with prepared solutions.
Uses various software applications, such as accounting systems, spreadsheets, databases, and presentation packages to assemble, manipulate and/or format data and/or reports.
Minimum Requirements:
Education:
Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college in Accounting, Finance, Economics or comparable related work experience in finance and accounting field.
Experience:
Requires minimum of 4 years of experience in Finance or Accounting.
Functional knowledge in the use of financial software applications.
Must have experience in a financial/analytic role and be familiar with GAAP conventions.
Experience with Deltek, Costpoint and COGNOS Financial Accounting applications highly desired but not required.
Experience with budgets for various Government contract types: CP, CR, FFP, T&M.
Skills:
Fluent English communication, both oral and written is required.
Ability to define problems, collect and analyze data, establish facts and propose solutions is required.
Must have the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently.
Must have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment that requires handling multiple tasks at a given time and rapidly adapting to changing priorities, schedules and budgets.
Excellent organizational and time management skills are required.
Requires excellent computer skills, specifically in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Cross-cultural sensitivity and international perspective are highly desired.
If you think you are close, but don’t meet all the requirements, apply. We are open to hiring a Financial Analyst II with aptitude and ability and looking for a career path in an organization and department that support and encourage this.
Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.