Senior Financial Analyst

Overview

This role supports the NASA End-user Service and Technology (NEST) Program as a Senior Financial Analyst. Responsibilities include financial reporting, forecasting, pricing/cost support, and operational metric analysis to help leadership make strategic decisions.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Provide pricing and cost-volume support for proposals and help strengthen internal and external relationships to drive program growth.
• Manage and enhance Power BI dashboards and operational metric reporting; continually 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; perform quarterly inventory and cash flow forecasting and update models as business conditions evolve.
• Develop internal reporting and recommendations to support senior management decision-making.
• Provide timely, accurate, and insightful financial analysis to monitor inventory results and enable strategic decision-making.
• Assist with identifying potential accounting issues and drive 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 provide quarterly updates.
• Support special projects focused on best financial practices, internal controls, and inventory/DOS optimization.
• Collaborate across the finance organization to drive process and system improvements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 8-12 years of finance experience (Inventory Management, Program Finance, General Accounting, FP&A).
• Ability to perform inventory management, financial planning & forecasting, financial analysis, and general accounting; extract data from multiple sources and summarize the current financial position of the program.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the project finance field, with the ability to complete difficult and complex assignments.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to apply analysis to multifaceted, challenging issues.
• Commitment to customer service; strong organization, planning, and prioritization; ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Effective verbal and written communication; courteous and professional.
• Ability to work with remote teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to propose and implement project/program improvements.
• Strong Microsoft Office Suite skills, emphasizing Excel (formulas, v-lookups, and macros).
• Advanced analytical skills.
• Positive, can-do attitude; excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Leidos Financial Systems such as Costpoint, Oracle Analytics Cloud, Cognos, Power BI, and ServiceNow.
• Microsoft Excel (Advanced Level).

Clearance Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain at minimum a Public Trust clearance.

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay Range: $92,300.00 - $166,850.00
• The pay range is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Factors considered include responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), and other law.

Location

• 100% telework.
• Preference for candidates located in or near Huntsville, AL; Reston, VA; Gaithersburg, MD; or San Diego, CA.

Posting Information

• Original Posting Date: September 24, 2026
• For U.S. Positions: Subject to change based on business needs, the organization reasonably anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date listed above.