Financial Analyst - SME

Job Description BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, federal law enforcement officials, and troops deployed around the world.

At BAE Systems, we promote a strong, collaborative culture and provide our employees with the tools, skills and training they need to succeed. We are all about trust, camaraderie and a shared ambition to lead the world in defense technologies and national security services. We offer flexible work environment to support the balance in your life and keep you performing at your best. Be a part of a company that is part of the community; driven to improve our future and protect our freedom.

We are looking for an experienced Financial Analyst to join our technology-based program supporting a key government customer. In this role, you will provide long-term (strategic) and short-term (tactical) financial planning/execution/facilitation assistance to ensure alignment of funds to program/project goals, milestones, expectations, agreements, plans, briefings, working groups and any forum or document (e.g. formal or informal) requesting and/or requiring tracking and reporting (e.g. written and verbal).

Tasks and Requirements:

Business Process Improvement

• Continuously work with Sponsor staff and contractor team members to identify opportunities to improve financial tracking and reporting (e.g. data, processes and products)
• Maintain internal processes, make recommendations for improvements, track expenses, obligated/committed/expensed, monitor budget line items and provide guidance if overruns/underruns are anticipated.

Financial Policy Formulation and Development Requirements

• Develops and maintains spend plans
• Performs short- and long-term financial trend analysis leveraging data from all Sponsor financial services

Financial Reporting and Analysis

• Assists personnel in researching and resolving finance and budget issues and questions whenever possible
• Provides strategic and programmatic plans and budget support to Sponsor activities
• Prepares supporting documents for budget exercises, over-guidance, unfunded calls and reprogramming
• Provide advice and guidance to Sponsor to formulate sound financial and programming decisions
• Coordinates, generates, compiles and/or aggregates responses to fiscal and outyear requirements and tasking
• Preparation and reconciliation of financial data required. Ensuring financial data integrity
• Monitor spend rates, estimate at completion and estimate to complete

Strategic Financial Planning

• Interpret Sponsor program/project needs/plans and speak to fiscal matters as they pertain to program/project execution
• Ability to reconcile errors, adhere to budget timelines, understand service level agreement workflow intricacies as well as general ledger knowledge.
• Provide guidance, recommend areas where spend is too high, look for patterns/trends where costs may need adjusted.

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Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelors degree and 16 years of relevant experience
• Understanding of federal government policies and regulations
• Have a strong working knowledge and experience with key Sponsor systems such as Service Level Agreements (SLA)
• Workflow tool, internal planning and resource tool, sponsor contracts and billing systems, project management application, and
• Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Knowledge of sponsor budget and finance processes and understanding of budget deadlines, financial submissions and appropriate use of tools used by officers.
• Expert proficiency across all financial tools and systems.
• Prior sponsor experience in finance.
• Intermediate/expert level proficiency with Microsoft Excel version on Sponsor systems to perform various types of data analysis
• Proficient working with excel workbooks, worksheets, cells and ranges, table and worksheet formatting (e.g. including conditional formatting), printing, templates, data validation, creating pivot tables, working with formulas and functions to manipulate text, working with date and times, creating formulas that count/sum, creating formulas that lookup values without sorting data (e.g. index/match)
• Strong organizational and time management skills to address both planned and unplanned events
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with ability to adapt/tailor message and delivery based upon intended audience.
• Ability to analyze and evaluate financial data to resolve inconsistencies, identify key issues and propose solutions.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Degree in accounting or related field.
• Minimum of ten years of experience working with federal financial data systems and programs within the Intelligence Community (IC).

Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range: $149603 - $254317

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics. About BAE Systems, Inc.BAE Systems, Inc. is a defense, aerospace, and security company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, with more than 40,000 employees worldwide. We serve, supply, and protect those who protect us. As one of the most geographically diverse international defense companies, we deliver a full range of products and services spanning air, land, maritime, space, and cyber, including advanced electronics, intelligence solutions, and dedicated customer support.

Our culture is performance-driven and values-led, built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Purpose isn't a tagline here. It's what drives us. We're developing breakthrough technologies that defend national security and make a lasting impact on our communities and our planet. When you join BAE Systems, you're not just building a career. You're contributing to a mission that truly matters.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.