Financial Analyst

About Nava

Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple and effective. Since 2015, federal, state, and local agencies have trusted Nava to help solve highly scrutinized technology modernization challenges.

As a client services company, we guide agencies constrained by legacy systems to a future with sharp user experiences built on secure, reliable, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure. We bill for our time, offering our expertise and problem-solving approach to help our government partners enhance their digital products and services. People are at the heart of our work, from members of the public who rely on benefit programs to government agency staff.

Through human-centered design and modern engineering best practices, we help our government partners understand user needs and deliver on their missions more effectively. This focus gives everyone at Nava the opportunity to do work that is meaningful, impactful, and deeply connected to public good.

The Financial Analyst role at Nava is intentionally designed to bridge two functions that are often separated:
project-level financial control and client billing/invoicing
. As a professional services consultancy, Nava needs a strong analytical partner who not only understands project performance, forecasting, and cost control — but who can also translate that understanding directly into accurate, timely client invoices.

In many organizations, project controls and billing sit in different teams. At Nava, this role brings those responsibilities together to ensure tighter alignment between how projects are run, how performance is tracked, and how work is billed. This position is critical to maintaining financial accuracy, operational clarity, and trust with both internal teams and external clients.

As the Financial Analyst, you will work closely with Program Managers, project leadership, Accounting, and Contracts to own project-level financial operations end to end, from estimates-at-completion and variance analysis through invoice preparation and reconciliation. You will be a core member of the Finance and Accounting team, reporting to the FP&A Manager, and will play a key role in supporting Nava’s continued growth by strengthening project financial discipline and visibility across a portfolio of client engagements.

This is a remote-first role within a fast-growing, mission-driven consultancy, well suited for an analyst who enjoys operating across functional boundaries, building trust through accuracy and clarity, and solving complex financial problems in a professional services environment.

• Provide project control support for monthly close activities, including variance analysis across revenue, margin, billable hours, and other key performance drivers
• Own project-level billing and invoicing, working closely with Accounting, Contracts, and Program Managers to prepare accurate, timely invoices in accordance with contract terms
• Prepare and maintain Estimates-at-Completion (EACs), analyzing budget vs. forecast vs. actuals and identifying financial and operational trends
• Conduct contract and subcontract administration, including monitoring funding levels and analyzing project cost, schedule, performance, risks, and variances
• Reconcile unbilled balances, provide regular status updates on overdue invoices, support timesheet reviews, and maintain billing and project financial tracking files
• Partner with Program Managers and Directors to support day-to-day project financial management, translating financial data into actionable insights
• Develop and deliver monthly financial reports and dashboards to program leadership and company executives
• Support executive briefings, ad-hoc financial analysis, and decision support across a portfolio of projects
• Coordinate with program leadership to ensure project execution remains aligned with approved budgets and financial plans

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 4+ years of experience in finance, project accounting, or project financial operations, preferably in a…