Senior Financial Analyst, CHAOS Industries

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• 3+ years of relevant experience in program finance, cost/project accounting, or FP&A, ideally in a government contracting, R&D, or defense/aerospace environment
• Strong Excel/financial modeling skills; experience with ERP/timekeeping systems and project/charge code setup
• Working knowledge of fully burdened labor rates (fringe, overhead, G&A) and how they flow into pricing and program margin
• Comfortable operating across a portfolio of concurrent, fast-moving projects with competing resource demands

Desirable

• Program Finance is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to own financial forecasting and reporting across funded programs and IRAD projects. This role partners with Program Management, Mission Operations, Business Development, and R&D to maintain a clear picture of the projects competing for shared labor and equipment resources
• You'll build financial models to support pricing proposals, maintain forecasts for greenlit projects to help program managers track profitability, and provide the program forecasts and estimates-at-completion that support revenue recognition and customer audits
• Own financial tracking for funded programs and IRAD projects — labor hours, labor cost/burden, travel, and other direct costs
• Partner with Program Management, Mission Operations, and R&D to build budgets and staffing plans before project kickoff, maintaining a shared, up-to-date view of labor and equipment demand across projects competing for the same resources
• Assign project/charge codes at the inception of each program or IRAD project, against defined project code criteria, and ensure setup across timekeeping, procurement, and accounting systems
• Monitor purchase orders and accounting actuals against each project code to confirm proper charging and catch mischarges early
• Validate labor charging to each project (e.g. correct labor categories and rates) in coordination with Cost Accounting, which owns cost pools and rate development
• Build financial models and cost estimates in support of pricing proposals for new funded work
• Maintain forecasts for greenlit projects and calculate program margin (fee/funding less fully burdened labor, travel, and ODCs) at key milestones and close-out, giving program managers the analysis they need to manage program P&Ls
• Maintain a portfolio-level view across active funded programs and IRAD projects, flagging resource conflicts, at-risk margin, or funding issues before they become problems
• Own program estimates-at-completion used in revenue recognition, and support customer audits with program-level cost data, in coordination with Revenue and Cost Accounting