Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

Organizational Overview

Our Client is a nationally respected provider of health, science, and technology solutions supporting clients in the government and commercial sectors. They provide comprehensive enterprise information technology, strategic sourcing, and management solutions to DoD and federal civilian agencies in 40 states.

Position Summary

Our Client is currently seeking a full-time Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst with strong federal government contracting experience to support budgeting, forecasting, revenue/backlog analysis, government contract pricing, and financial performance analysis. This role will partner closely with Finance, Operations, Contracts, Business Development, and Program Management to improve forecast accuracy, pricing decisions, and financial visibility. Our culture is fast-paced, fun, collaborative, energetic, and positive.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the annual operating budget process, including revenue, direct labor, subcontractor costs, indirect expenses, headcount, and profitability.
  
• Partner with department leaders and program managers to develop assumptions and consolidate project-level and departmental budgets into the corporate financial plan.
  
• Develop and maintain monthly or quarterly rolling forecasts based on actual results, contract performance, staffing changes, new awards, contract modifications, and business development activities.
  
• Prepare and maintain revenue and backlog waterfall forecasts, including funded and unfunded backlog, new awards, recompetes, options, extensions, and contract pipelines.
  
• Perform Budget vs. Actual and Forecast vs. Actual analysis and identify key financial drivers, variances, risks, and opportunities for management.
  
• Analyze contract financial performance, including revenue, gross margin, labor, subcontractor costs, utilization, burn rates, funding levels, indirect costs, and contract profitability.
  
• Support federal government contract pricing for new business, recompetes, task orders, contract extensions, and modifications.
  
• Develop and review pricing models incorporating labor categories and rates, escalation, fringe, overhead, G&A, subcontractor costs, ODCs, and fee/profit assumptions.
  
• Perform scenario and sensitivity analyses to evaluate alternative pricing, staffing, labor mix, indirect-rate, and profitability assumptions and support management decision-making.
  
• Monitor contract funding and financial trends and proactively identify potential revenue, margin, funding, or forecast issues requiring management attention.
  
• Support cash flow forecasting and working capital analysis, including collections, payroll, subcontractor payments, and other significant cash requirements.
  
• Improve and automate recurring financial reports, dashboards, and models, with an emphasis on maximizing Unanet reporting capabilities and reducing manual Excel processes.
  

Requirements

Education, Certifications and Years of Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
  
• 7+ years of FP&A, financial analysis, pricing, or related finance experience.
  
• Federal government contracting, budgeting, and forecasting experience.
  
• Hands-on Unanet and/or Deltek experience required.
  
• Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Government contract pricing/proposal experience.
  
• Knowledge of FFP, T&M, Cost Plus, backlog, contract funding, indirect rates, and contract profitability.
  

Citizenship Requirements:

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
  
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
  

Benefits

Compensation

Salary Range $125,000 - $135,000 annually

The salary range for this position is determined based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, experience, qualifications, skill level, and location. The final salary offer will fall within this range and will be commensurate with the candidate’s background and the specific demands of the role.

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