Financial Planning & Analysis – Lead Analyst, Corporate Expense

The Leidos Corporate Finance Group is actively seeking a FP&A Analyst Lead to join our Corporate FP&A team. This role offers the opportunity to hone your financial storytelling skills starting from detailed analysis and planning to presenting to Senior Leadership. You’ll act as a Finance Business Partner to Corporate Functions, ensuring functional spending aligns with company strategy. Responsibilities will include planning, forecasting, reporting, and overall budget maintenance.

In addition, you can expect to perform ad hoc modeling and other requests that drive operational and strategic efficiencies within the business.

This is a hybrid role that requires 3-4 days of onsite support from Reston - VA. Selected candidate is expected to live within commuting distance from Reston - VA.

• Support, enhance and maintain financial reporting
• Collaborate with Senior Leadership to formulate accurate expense forecast
• Update and maintain quarterly forecast in financial system
• Deliver monthly expense variance analysis
• Provide analytical support and actionable financial insights
• Be a Finance Business Partner to the function

• Bachelor's Degree with 4+ years of applicable FP&A experience or Master’s degree with 2+ years of applicable FP&A experience
• Prior experience should include financial forecasting and variance analysis
• Strong skills in Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps), Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Microsoft SharePoint, and ability to learn new applications
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, using advanced formulas to generate efficiency
• Demonstrated analytical ability
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Creative thinking and problem‑solving ability
• Excellent communication skills
• US citizenship is required and able to obtain security clearance as needed

• Experience with financial reporting
• Experience with IR&D Tracking and accounting
• User of Leidos Financial and Business Development systems including Costpoint, Insight, OAC, and WinIT
• Knowledge of database management systems and data warehousing concepts
• Data/configuration management experience
• Working knowledge of government accounting regulations (CAS, FAR, GAAP)

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.