Cleared - Financial Analyst

Responsibilities

• Providing comprehensive budget, reporting, billing, and financial management support for IT initiatives and projects.
• Compiling, analyzing, and recording financial information related to IT operations and projects with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Proactively identifying and communicating cost avoidance and cost reduction opportunities within IT operations.
• Developing, implementing, and managing financial planning processes for IT initiatives, including budget creation, monitoring, and forecasting.
• Creating and maintaining detailed financial reports that clearly communicate: Actual financial results, Forecasted performance, Variances to plan and budget, Key financial metrics and trends.
• Incorporating relevant metrics and data visualization into financial reports to highlight trends and support fact-based decision making.
• Preparing and delivering high-quality financial presentations for senior management that effectively communicate complex financial information and strategic issues.
• Researching, analyzing, and evaluating strategic business opportunities, providing financial insights to support decision-making processes.
• Collaborating with IT and business stakeholders to align financial planning with organizational goals and technology initiatives.
• Monitoring IT project expenditures against budgets and providing regular status updates to project teams and leadership.
• Developing and implementing financial controls and processes to ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
• Performing cost-benefit analyses for proposed IT investments and technology solutions.
• Supporting the annual budget planning process for IT departments, including preparation of budget justifications and documentation.
• Providing financial guidance and expertise to IT project managers throughout project lifecycles.

Required Qualifications

• US Citizenship is required.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, business or a related field.
• Experience with providing support in areas of budget, reporting, billing, and financial management for IT initiatives.
• Experience in performing financial and business analyses; compiling, analyzing and recording financial information and proactively identifying and communicating cost avoidance and cost reduction initiatives.
• Experience developing, performing, and managing all aspects of financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting for IT projects/initiatives.
• Experience developing and maintaining financial reports to clearly communicate actual results, forecasted performance, and variances to plan, forecast, and budget; understands and incorporates metrics into reports to highlight relevant trends and support fact-based business decisions.
• Experiencing communicating financial information and strategic issues in a clear manner; produces high quality presentations that communicate a clear message to senior management.
• Experience researching and evaluating strategic business opportunities.

Desired Qualifications

• Education degree from an accredited institution in B-STEM field is highly desired.
• IC experience is highly desirable.
• Experience with having successfully demonstrated the ability to independently conduct the appropriate analysis to offer recommendations, solutions, and alternatives to resolve issues, concerns, problems, or methods.
• Experience in establishing strong working relationships with program managers as well as organization leadership; tracking task order efforts to rapidly identify and resolve potential and new problems; and identifying and resolving administrative and contractual issues related to a support services contract.
• Ability to solve problems in a rapidly changing environment, and interface with customers directly.
• Strong understanding of intelligence disciplines, methodologies, and the intelligence cycle.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and team environment.