Senior Financial Analyst

The Senior Financial Analyst is a hands-on, accounting-grounded FP&A role responsible for the budgeting, forecasting, indirect (OH & G&A) rate development, and business partnership activities that support Cherokee Federal's overhead and G&A pools. This is an execution-focused, individual-contributor role reporting directly to the Sr. Director, Finance. The successful candidate will have working knowledge of indirect cost accounting with the ability to independently own the monthly, quarterly, and annual OH & G&A cycle from day one.

This position sits at the center of the FP&A/Accounting/Financial Compliance relationship and has primary oversight of indirect rate budgeting, forecasting, and reporting, working closely with the Sr. Director of Finance, and coordinating regularly with Accounting and Financial Compliance leadership.

Starting Salary Range for Senior Financial Analyst Corporate Overhead & Administrative Costs: Pay commensurate with experience.

When considering your next opportunity, compensation is only part of the picture. We offer a benefits package designed to invest in your future and support your life outside of work.

• Up to a 6% 401(k) company match to help you build long-term financial security
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus prescription drug coverage
• Basic life and AD&D insurance, with supplemental life options
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options
• Professional development, training, and certification support
• Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, and identity theft protection

Because taking care of our employees isn't just a promise, it's part of who we are.

Benefits are subject to change and eligibility requirements apply.

• Build and maintain the annual overhead and G&A budgets across departments, accounts, and cost categories, including labor, fringe, and non-labor spend.
• Manage the annual department budget process end-to-end, including the calendar, templates, and department head submissions.
• Develop indirect rate build-ups and reforecasts to support pricing and proposal activity.
• Maintain and reconcile service center and cost pool data used in the budgeting and rate-setting process.
• Support headcount modeling and position-level budgeting for indirect departments.

• Prepare recurring forecasts of overhead and G&A department spend and projected rates.
• Own the process for updating and reconciling actuals, identifying accruals, reclasses, and correcting entries, and coordinating with accounting.
• Deliver budget-vs-actual and forecast-vs-actual variance analysis with clear, decision-ready explanations.
• Conduct rate impact and profitability analysis to inform pricing competitiveness.
• Build scenario and what-if models for proposals, hiring, facilities, reorganizations, and other cost drivers.
• Identify cost trends and cost-reduction opportunities through ongoing trend and run-rate analysis.

• Lead regular meetings with department heads on budget, forecast, headcount, and commitment status related to OH and G&A.
• Support leadership-level reporting on indirect spend and rate performance.
• Review and approve budget, project, and account-level activity, including capital expenditure.
• Recommend budget realignments, spend controls, and rate strategy.
• Partner with Business Development and Pricing on rate competitiveness.

• Validate actual rate calculations against forecast and explain variances in partnership with accounting.
• Build the basis for…