Financial Analyst

• Develop and maintain monthly, quarterly, and annual financial forecasts, including revenue, expense, cash flow, and profitability projections.
• Partner with business leaders to define meaningful financial and operational KPIs, establish targets, and develop consistent metric definitions.
• Create and maintain scorecards and recurring reports to track KPIs, identify trends, explain performance gaps, and recommend corrective actions.
• Perform variance, trend, and scenario analysis to identify risks, opportunities, and cost reduction initiatives and to support sourcing and investment decisions.
• Build financial models and management reporting that compare actual results with budget, forecast, and prior periods.
• Support pricing strategies and prepare cost and profitability analyses for government and commercial contract proposals.

• Develop, maintain, and analyze standard and actual costs for avionics products and engineering programs.
• Support monthly close processes with 3^rd party accounting firm.
• Assist with development and maintenance of indirect rate structures (Fringe, Overhead, G&A).
• Ensure proper segregation of direct vs. indirect costs.
• Assist with inventory accounting, project tracking and revenue recognition.

• Collaborate with engineering, program management, and operations to ensure accurate cost tracking.
• Prepare concise analyses and presentations for leadership, highlighting key business drivers, risks, opportunities, and recommended action.
• Provide financial guidance to non-finance stakeholders on cost control and compliance.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business.
• 3–7 years experience in financial analysis, accounting or related fields.
• Experience in manufacturing or avionics/defense preferred.
• Experience with Job Order costing, project costing, or rate pools.
• Experience using systems such as Quickbooks Online, Infor.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, vlookup/index-match, formulas).
• Analytical thinking and problem solving.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to communicate financial concepts to non-financial teams
• Project management and deadline discipline.
• Integrity and strong internal control mindset.