Financial Analyst- FP&A

$80,000 - $128,000/Yr

Peraton - Herndon, VA

Full-time

Herndon, VA

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

About the position

The Financial Analyst - FP&A position at Peraton involves providing strategic insights and enhancing decision-making to drive financial performance across the organization. The role requires expertise in financial planning and analysis, with responsibilities including preparing financial reports, managing budgets, and ensuring compliance with financial policies.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly and quarterly deliverables detailing the performance of the business against key performance metrics.
• Compile and review budgets using actual performance, previous budget figures, estimate corporate growth factors, management inputs, and other data sources to control funds and provide proper financial administration.
• Assist with the development of the annual Forward Pricing Rates models and submission packages.
• Support various audit, executive financial analysis, and other related ad hoc project requests as necessary.
• Ensure strong operating financial controls and adherence to FAR, CAS, and Peraton financial policies and practices.
• Perform ongoing reviews of the accounting system to validate appropriate updates to orgs, reorgs, projects, etc are input timely and in line with the respective taxonomies and system logic in use.
• Prepare reports of findings and recommendations to management.
• Develop and implement fiscal operating policies and procedures for assigned portions of corporate expenses.
• Develop and deliver executive level briefings and high-priority initiatives, identifying and advocating for actions required to realize opportunities and mitigate risks.
• Create business cases, trend analyses, and other excel models.
• Define and develop key performance indicators; analyze and interpret financial and operational performance, and track key operational objectives and strategic initiatives to improve the efficiency and profitability of the business.
• Prepare journal entries as necessary in support of the monthly close process.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, STEM, or other related field of study with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience. Equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Experience with a government contractor.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Excel.
• Experience in financial analysis, reporting and forecasting.
• Ability to communicate complex financial information to non-financial professionals.
• Ability to partner with senior leadership to determine appropriate prioritizations and impact of trade-off decisions on financial metrics.

Nice-to-haves

• FPRP preparation and audit experience.
• Indirect cost pool structure development and analysis experience.
• General knowledge of government contracting and accounting, CAS, FAR, and GAAP.
• CostPoint and Cognos experience.
• Hyperion experience.
• M&A experience with integrating and restructuring indirect rate structures.