Financial and Program Analyst

Job Title:

Financial & Program Analyst

Location:

Huntsville, AL

Job Type: Full-Time;
Non-Exempt

Reports to:

General Manager

Job Summary:

The Financial & Program Analyst at Sun Test Systems, Inc. is responsible for providing financial, operational, and program analysis that helps leadership make better business decisions. This is a high-impact, cross-functional position for an analytical professional who enjoys working with numbers but also wants to understand what is happening on the manufacturing floor, within customer programs, and across the business. The Financial & Program Analyst will analyze project financial performance, budgets, forecasts, labor, material costs, schedules, and operational metrics.

The position will work closely with Finance, Program Management, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Contracts, and senior leadership to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and actions required to improve project and company performance.

• Develop and maintain financial reports, dashboards, and management reports supporting company and project performance.
• Analyze revenue, costs, gross margin, labor, material, and other key financial metrics.
• Assist with monthly financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis.
• Compare actual performance against budget, forecast, and established financial objectives.
• Identify significant financial trends, variances, risks, and opportunities and communicate findings to leadership.
• Analyze the financial impact of changes in scope, schedule, staffing, material costs, and other project variables.
• Assist in developing annual operating budgets and periodic reforecasts.
• Provide management with concise analysis and recommendations rather than simply presenting data.

• Partner with Program Managers to monitor project financial and operational performance.
• Track project budgets, actual costs, commitments, forecasts, schedules, and performance against plan.
• Analyze labor utilization, material expenditures, subcontractor costs, and other project expenses.
• Monitor project profitability and identify potential margin erosion early.
• Assist Program Managers in developing and maintaining project forecasts.
• Identify schedule, cost, resource, and performance risks and elevate issues requiring management attention.
• Support project reviews with financial and operational analysis.
• Develop project performance dashboards and recurring management reports.
• Assist with project closeout and lessons-learned analysis.

• Analyze manufacturing performance and its financial impact.
• Partner with Operations and Manufacturing leadership to evaluate productivity, labor efficiency, throughput, overtime, scrap, rework, and other operational metrics.
• Support analysis of production capacity, resource requirements, and future workload.
• Identify opportunities to reduce cost, improve productivity, and increase operational efficiency.

• Build and maintain Excel-based financial and operational models.
• Consolidate information from Finance, ERP, project management, manufacturing, and supply chain systems.
• Develop dashboards and reporting tools that provide leadership with timely visibility into business performance.
• Perform trend analysis and develop forward-looking projections.
• Conduct sensitivity and scenario analysis to support strategic decisions.

• Serve as a financial and analytical resource to Program Managers and operational leaders.
• Support strategic planning, business reviews, and special projects.
• Assist with customer and government reporting requirements as appropriate.

• Other duties may be assigned.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, lookups, data analysis.
• Ability to analyze large amounts of data and identify meaningful trends and relationships.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Experience in manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or government contracting environment.
• Experience with project financial management.
• Experience with ERP systems and/or business intelligence tools.
• Experience analyzing labor, material, overhead, and project profitability.
• Knowledge of government…