Financial Analyst

Job Summary General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Under general supervision, within an assigned division, this position is responsible for providing budgeting, cost and hours analyses, and reporting on assigned contracts and projects.
• Prepares budgets, forecasts, and related reports for specified profit and cost centers to monitor overall financial performance and for use in annual strategic planning and budget presentations to financial and operating management.
• Interprets established policies, procedures, and standard practices to develop reports to ensure that financial planning and cost control activities are successfully implemented and maintained.
• Responds to moderately complex inquiries from employees, managers, and external parties regarding a variety of financial data, some of which contain confidential and sensitive information, which require tact and discretion in handling.
• Maintains, analyzes, updates, and develops various electronic and hard copy records. Makes internal presentations and may act as a contact with outside organizations.
• Assists in establishing profit center revenue, cost of sales, gross margin, discretionary spending through profit (loss) and cost center cost, base, and rate budgets. Forecasts for one or more calendar years.
• Prepares a variety of actual vs. budget reports for profit and cost center managers including financial and variance analyses and recommendations for corrective action(s) and specifies new reports for production from the company's ERP system.
• Develops balance sheets and cash generated (used) schedules; capital program and expenditure budgets; as well as base analyses for assigned profit centers.
• Performs special economic evaluations, business and cost impact analyses, and cash forecasting.
• Prices proposals based on direct labor hours and other direct costs inputs.
• Works closely with program managers, profit center managers, and cost center managers in planning and budgeting work, tracking actual incurred spending, anticipated to go spending, and expected profit margins.
• Prepares contract and funding status/backlog reports, project performance reports, and monitors any at risk spending.
• Responds to financial inquiries on a variety of contract value, contract modifications, funding, revenue, costing, hours, open commitments, and billing issues.
• Updates and maintains projects, work break-down structures, and network activities in the Project Systems module in the company's ERP system.
• Reviews labor and procurement requisition charging to network activities and cost centers and works closely with accounting on proper company costing practices and internal controls.
• Other duties as assigned or required.

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting and/or finance and three or more years of progressive professional cost accounting experience in a corporate environment, preferably with a government contractor. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
• Must have a general knowledge of cost accounting principles, theories and concepts and a general understanding of cost accounting practices, techniques, and standards.
• Must be customer focused and possess:
  • The ability to develop solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity.
  • Excellent verbal and written communications and presentations skills to accurately document and report accounting and finance findings to a variety of audiences.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills to influence and guide employees, managers and external parties on accounting and finance matters.
  • The ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information.
  • Excellent computer skills. Ability to work independently or in a team environment is essential as is the ability to travel as required.