Senior Program Financial Analyst

Position Summary:

The Senior Program Financial Analyst will serve as the Operating Division’s lead financial resource, working closely with leadership and staff to meet financial and growth targets. The position will lead analysis and planning performance of the Operating Division, including contract management, business development, and financial management. The ideal candidate works well in a team environment and will display a can-do attitude focused on building internal relationships across departments. The Senior Program Financial Analyst should have relevant nonprofit accounting and finance knowledge and experience, including budgeting, program and customer reporting and financial analysis. Skills required include, but are not limited to, strong customer service, interpersonal and communications skills, excellent Excel skills, and strong problem solving and analytical skills.

Major Responsibilities:

• Lead financial project management of operating division. Work with program staff to monitor actual revenue and expenses against budget; explain material budget variances; highlight areas of concern and propose a range of solutions to address these concerns; and perform analytics to inform timely and accurate decision-making.
• Serve as liaison between Finance and Operations for integrated financial management.
• Serve as operating division lead on contract budget and financial matters, including realignments, modifications, and extensions.
• Contribute to business development and proposal budget development, including ability to review and provide guidance on schedule, level of effort planning, scope and budget of proposals.
• Support staff training on project management and financial tools. Act as a mentor and resource to staff;
• Identify and quantify risks and opportunities to ensure team can mitigate financial impact.
• Create monthly and quarterly financial performance reports.
• Analyze team’s financial performance, identifying major revenue and cost drivers and reporting variance to plan.
• Assist in creation of annual operating budget.
• Deliver high quality customer service to customers and develop strong relationships with identified customers.
• Create and implement reporting that clearly and easily presents data for users to make decisions.
• Review and advise on funding agreement requirements, including award and line-item ceilings and applicable rates and fees.
• Support other programs and staff as required.

Qualifications:

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, administration, management or related field and 7-10 years of experience.
• Project management experience, including cost and schedule control.
• Knowledge of financial analysis, budget forecasting and revenue tracking at the project and program levels.
• Understands U.S. and foreign government funded programs.
• Experience using Microsoft Office, including medium to advanced Excel skills and experience using Project’s resource assignments, SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, and customer service skills.
• Advanced and strategic thinking skills.