Finance Operation Associate

Description

Leidos' Chief Information Office, reporting through our Digital Modernization sector, is seeking a Finance Operations Associate to join the CIO/CIS Financial Services and Operations team. The selected individual will play a key role in supporting the financial operations for a multi-hundred-million-dollar IT and Cybersecurity portfolio. The role spans across the entire CIO/CIS business portfolio, providing key support across all facets of the businesses.

Location: This is a remote role that requires occasional onsite support from Reston, VA.

Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship is required.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage prepaid expenses and accruals for CIO and CIS, ensuring timely and accurate monthly financial recognition.
• Prepare, review, and post required journal entries to ensure proper cost alignment and accurate monthly close.
• Oversee and administer all Internal Work Orders (IWOs) across the CIO and CIS organizations, ensuring accurate tracking and compliance.
• Act as primary liaison with CIO Contracts team to proactively identify, quantify, and incorporate cost impacts from new procurements and recurring contract, software, and subscription renewals into budgets and forecasts.
• Aid Lead/Senior Finance Business Analysts in managing the Estimate at Completion (EAC), Estimate to Complete (ETC), and Variance Reporting (VAR).
• Aid Senior/Lead Finance Business Analysts in the management of financial risk and opportunities across CIO and CIS.
• Assist in tracking and reporting labor expenses, including headcount and labor cost variances, to support accurate financial reporting.
• Ability to work independently, or in a team environment and with various organizational levels.

Basic Qualifications:

• B.S. degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field with minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in financial management; equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Knowledge of financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting within an IT environment.
• Understanding of government financial regulations, compliance requirements, and financial controls.
• Experience with program start-up and lifecycle financial management.

Required Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial data.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Demonstrated advanced Excel skills leveraging complex formulas and Pivot Tables to streamline data analysis and reporting.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Experience working in an Earned Value Management (EVMS) environment, supporting program/organization financial analysis and reporting.
• Experience working with managed services and driving cost-saving initiatives in an IT environment.
• Knowledge of Leidos Financial Systems.
• OAC/data query tool experience.

Pay Range: $59,150 - $106,925.

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.