Finance Analyst

Join a finance team focused on accurate forecasting and practical decision support. In this onsite Finance Analyst role with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, you will partner with Operations leadership to strengthen budgeting, performance reporting, and financial management practices that help drive profitability and long-range planning. Work in a culture that emphasizes continuous improvement, best practices, and the adoption of new technologies while maintaining strict confidentiality and compliance with financial policies.

What you’ll do

• Serve as a business partner to Operations leadership by providing leadership and guidance on financial decisions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to help ensure efficient business processes, strong operational results, and company profitability, including reviewing and challenging peers when necessary.
• Translate finance insights for non-finance partners, including actions for recovery to plans.
• Support financial metrics across areas such as overhead, labor utilization, rate management, inventory, and capital expenditures.
• Assist budgeting and planning activities, including annual operation plans, forward pricing rate proposals, monthly estimates-at-complete, and quarterly forecasts for the Operations team.
• Provide timely, relevant, and accurate reporting and analysis of performance against historical results, budget, forecast, and strategic planning targets to support achievement of the budget and long-range plan.
• Prepare executive-level materials, including financial reports, charts, tables, and other exhibits, and support ad-hoc reporting for business partners.
• Monitor and update controls and procedures to maintain the quality and reliability of financial information and reporting.
• Ensure adherence to company financial policies and accounting practices while maintaining strict confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Observe applicable laws, regulations, and obligations, and perform work in a safe manner according to established operating procedures and practices.
• Handle other duties as assigned or required.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting and/or finance, and 10+ years of progressive professional cost accounting experience in a corporate environment (preferably a government contractor). Equivalent experience may substitute for education.
• Extensive technical expertise applying industry and government cost accounting principles, theories, standards, and practices, with strong organization and workload coordination to meet milestones.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Customer focus with the leadership, presentation, and interpersonal skills to influence and guide employees, including senior leaders and senior external parties, on finance matters.
• Working knowledge of costing concepts and related mechanics, including cost elements and objects, labor and non-labor, posting date versus doc dates, settlement, and business transactions.
• Demonstrated expertise in project planning, execution, and forecasting.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills to document, report, and present accounting and finance findings.
• Experience resolving organizational and operational problems and interpreting/explaining complex financial issues.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.

Technologies

• Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
• Grouping Pegging and Distribution (GPD)

Preferred skills

• Advanced understanding of MRP and GPD.
• Understanding of project types and cost posting implications to Forecast, Capital, Overhead, and Direct Customer Contract.
• Knowledge of costing implications of manufacturing methodologies, unreleased materials, Sales Orders, and replenishment objects swept up in GPD.
• Understanding of Project Stock vs. Plant Stock costing implications, Distribution, Plant Stock Allocation, and demand signals.
• Intermediate to advanced understanding of cost transfer and labor transfer processes.

Location: Poway, CA (onsite) | Employment: Full-Time Salary

Pay range: $99,500 - $170,750 annually | Experience level: Senior (8+ years)

Travel: 0% - 25% | Relocation: Not provided | U.S. citizenship required: No | Clearance required: No