Specialist, Program Finance

Based in Camden, Arkansas on site, this Program Finance specialist role focuses on Earned Value Management and program financial reporting for a major defense program, handling budgeting, EV data, EAC/ETC projections, and customer reporting; it collaborates with Program Management, Material Planning, and Operations.

Responsibilities

• Under general oversight, develop time-phased integrated budgets and schedules, ensure EV data compliance and reporting, and integrate cost accounting with cost and schedule data.
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the financial performance of assigned programs, providing early warnings of potential performance issues and identifying risks with proposed mitigations.
• Oversee budgeting, cost control and variance analysis, internal and external reporting, and support risk management and financial operations.
• Develop quarterly Estimates at Complete (EACs) and assist in accurate projection of ETC, EAC, and Latest Revised Estimate (LRE) data.
• Educate and lead financial analysts in organizing Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and in creating and maintaining charge numbers.
• Analyze costs and personnel to ensure actuals remain within budget and are charged to the correct end objective.
• Perform workforce planning, forecasting, and reporting.
• Extract and reconcile accounting data.
• Generate program financial artifacts such as EV reports, graphs, and analyses, including customer reporting as required.
• Develop and present briefings on the program's financial status to the customer.
• Educate PMO and CAMS with internal reports on cost and schedule performance.
• Communicate within and outside the organization to explain and influence changes to practices and processes.
• Provide recommendations and implement new process improvement initiatives.
• Perform ad hoc analyses, data integrity checks, and validations related to program financials.
• Apply broad knowledge of FAR, CAS, and GAAP.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience
• Graduate Degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience
• In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of related experience

Technologies

• Earned Value Management System (EVMS)
• Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Microsoft Excel
• PowerPoint
• Word
• Access