Senior Financial Analyst

Leidos Digital Sector has an immediate opening for a Senior Financial Analyst to support NASA End-user Service and Technology (NEST) Program. Working with the best and brightest employees around the country in creating innovative all-encompassing solutions for our programs. You will work in a fast-paced and diverse environment and will have a management team that encourages your career development and growth.

This is a key contributor role for a Leidos focus program with $2B total contract value and annual revenue of $87M that delivers IT solutions to our NASA customer.

NOTE:

This position is 100% telework, with preference given to candidates located in or near Huntsville, AL;
Reston, VA;
Gaithersburg, MD; or San Diego, CA.

• Deliver accurate and timely financial reporting, forecasting (inventory, cash, capital), and risk/opportunity management.
• Partner with program teams and cross-functional stakeholders to set cash goals, establish inventory budgets, and support EAC development.
• Execute monthly close activities, including revenue recognition, subcontractor accruals, and journal entries to ensure proper cost cutoff.
• Perform pricing and cost volume support for proposals and strengthen internal/external relationships to drive program growth.
• Manage and enhance Power BI dashboards and operational metric reporting; continuously improve reporting processes and systems to increase speed and accuracy.
• Provide ad-hoc cost reporting, performance & profitability analysis, and actionable financial insights to leadership.
• Support annual planning efforts and perform quarterly inventory and cash flow forecasting; update models as business conditions evolve.
• Develop internal reporting and recommendations to support senior management decision-making.
• Provide management with timely, accurate, and insightful financial analysis to monitor inventory results and enable strategic decision-making.
• Assist with identifying potential accounting issues and driving the resolution to ground.
• Provide inventory guidance to Warehouse, Supply Chain, and Service Delivery to ensure correct charging and process compliance.
• Review inventory balances for accuracy and compliance; run inventory-related close activities and JE preparations.
• Perform slow-moving and obsolete inventory reserve analysis and quarterly updates.
• Support special projects focused on the best financial practices, internal controls, and inventory/DOS optimization.
• Collaborate across the finance organization to drive process and system improvements.
• Other duties may be assigned as needed.

• Bachelor's degree with at least 8-12 years of finance experience (Inventory Management, Program Finance, General Accounting, FP&A).
• Must be able to perform functions such as inventory management, financial planning & forecasting, financial analysis, and general accounting. Must be able to extract data from multiple sources and effectively summarize the current financial position of the program.
• Have a comprehensive knowledge of the project finance field and the ability to complete difficult and complex assignments. This position requires a problem solver that can pull together knowledge from a broad range of subjects to produce thorough analysis of multifaceted, challenging issues, and use those analyses to find solutions.
• Must be committed to customer service, be well organized, be able to plan and prioritize assignments, and be able to successfully handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, be courteous and professional.
• Can work with remote teams and in a fast-paced environment.
• Propose and implement project/program improvements.
• Strong background in the entire Microsoft Office Suite with emphasis…