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General Atomics · 2 days ago

Financial Analyst

San Diego, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$57K/yr - $96K/yr

3+ years exp

General Atomics (GA) is a leading resource for high-technology systems development. The Financial Analyst role is responsible for budgeting, cost and hours analyses, and reporting on assigned contracts and projects, ensuring effective financial planning and cost control activities are implemented and maintained.

EnergyEnergy EfficiencyManufacturingWireless

Responsibilities

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

Qualification

Cost accounting principlesFinancial analysisBudgetingForecastingERP system proficiencyVerbalWritten communicationComputer skillsInterpersonal skillsProblem-solving skillsConfidentiality maintenanceTeamwork

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 work extended hours and travel as required