Leidos Hiring for Program Finance Analyst – EMEAI Region Job at Luton, East of England, England Full Time

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Job Description:

Role Overview

Reporting to the Manager, Program Finance EMEAI, the Program Finance Analyst is responsible for providing Program Financial Control and ensuring the integrity of the financials on the programs. This role will be primarily responsible for supporting our programme teams in the SD&A Division and the EMEAI Region.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Be a key member of Program Management Team and act as a Finance Business Partner

• Provide highest level of customer service to all customers and stakeholders

• Develop, track and update programme baseline including tracking actual costs against baseline, development and overall management of program Estimate At Complete (EAC)

• Analysis of program actuals for accuracy, identifying & correcting errors, and communicating issues to Program Management to prevent future errors

• Responsibility for producing program financial customer deliverables

• Supporting financial presentation for programme or operational reviews

• Support pricing of new business opportunities when required

• Performing both short and long-term forecasting for corporate metrics (Awards, Revenue, and Operating Income) at the program level. Providing commentary on variances and of any financial Risks & Opportunities against financial forecast

• Accountable for program billing, cash collection, analysis and clearing of unbilled receivables

• Ownership of monthly closing process, validating awards/bookings, backlog, revenue & operating income

• Provide excellent ad-hoc support to a wide variety of stakeholders both within the finance leadership team, and within wider operational teams.

The candidate will be expected to work on multiple tasks simultaneously and to show a degree of flexibility in working hours when required to meet project and finance deadlines. The successful candidate will take ownership of decisions made.

Skills Required

• Project/program accounting experience

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills

• Recognised accounting qualification, or studying towards qualification e.g. CIMA

• Team player but able to work independently and proactively

• Good time management with the ability to achieve deadlines

• Ability to work effectively across organisations and with multiple locations

• Capable of operating to tight schedules in a demanding environment

Desirable Skills

• Pricing/Cost Estimating experience

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel

• Demonstrated ability to work proactively to complete work assignments

• Organised, thorough, with attention to detail and good analytical skills

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