Senior Program Finance Analyst

Overview

This role serves as the primary finance partner to program managers and owns the financial performance of a portfolio of defense programs from proposal through development, production, execution, and closeout. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining Estimates at Completion (EACs) and Estimates to Complete (ETCs), forecasting margin and cash, identifying risks, and providing decision support.

In addition, the position contributes to the annual operating plan, monthly and quarterly forecasts, executive reporting, and long-range planning. Work spans program management, engineering, operations, contracts, supply chain, and accounting to translate program execution into financial impact and drive timely decisions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary finance business partner to program managers, owning financial performance for assigned defense programs from proposal development through execution and closeout.
• Develop and maintain bottoms-up EACs and ETCs, ensuring forecast assumptions reflect current technical, schedule, contractual, and execution plans.
• Forecast and analyze bookings, backlog, revenue, margin, cash flow, funding, and working capital; identify risks and opportunities and recommend corrective actions.
• Analyze cost and schedule performance, investigate variances, challenge assumptions, and translate program execution changes into clear financial impacts.
• Partner cross-functionally (program management, engineering, operations, contracts, supply chain, and accounting) to improve program performance and support timely business decisions.
• Prepare and present recurring program financial reviews to program and executive leadership, communicating performance drivers, forecast changes, risks, opportunities, and required actions.
• Support proposal pricing and capture activities by evaluating cost, schedule, contract, profitability, cash, and execution assumptions.
• Partner with accounting to support accurate revenue recognition under ASC 606 and compliance with government contracting requirements and corporate financial controls.
• Support the annual operating plan, monthly and quarterly forecasts, and long-range plan by consolidating program outlooks and analyzing company-level revenue, margin, headcount, operating expenses, and cash flow.
• Develop financial models, dashboards, KPIs, and scenario analyses that connect program execution and operating performance to company financial outcomes.
• Improve finance processes, models, systems, and reporting tools to increase forecast accuracy, visibility, efficiency, and scalability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Five or more years of progressive experience in program finance or program controls supporting DoD, aerospace, or other U.S. government programs in a contract-driven environment.
• Demonstrated ownership of program financial performance, including EAC and ETC development, revenue and margin forecasting, variance analysis, cash flow, funding, and financial risk management.
• Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM), integrated cost and schedule performance, funding analysis, baseline management, or comparable program controls disciplines.
• Strong understanding of government contract structures and financial implications, including firm-fixed-price (FFP), cost-reimbursement, and time-and-materials (T&M) contracts.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including experience building financial models, forecasts, and executive-ready analyses.
• Ability to operate independently in an evolving environment; establish practical processes; influence cross-functional stakeholders; and build trusted partnerships with program managers and business leaders.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to present complex financial information to technical and executive audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of FAR, DFARS, CAS, GAAP, and ASC 606.
• Experience supporting proposal pricing, capture efforts, and strategic business development initiatives.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary expectation: $120,000 to $150,000
• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision (100% coverage for Employees)
• Paid time off, including vacation, sick, paid holidays, and parental leave
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Voluntary worksite benefits (Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity)
• May be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on individual and company performance, subject to plan terms

Location

Not specified.