Manager, Financial Planning – Analysis

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Maryland, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Oversee company-wide financial planning and forecasting, which encompasses annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and long-term planning for Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow.

• Supervise, mentor, and nurture financial analysts.

• Lead the creation, upkeep, and enhancement of financial data collection, aggregation, and reporting tools and models.

• Construct comprehensive three-statement models and reporting on orders.

• Establish strategies and standards for financial reports and dashboards utilizing Power BI, Costpoint BI, databases, Excel, or similar tools.

• Promote automation, process enhancements, and standardization across FP&A tools, templates, and workflows.

• Act as the primary contact for non-contract forecasting, which includes indirect expenses, capital expenditures, and inventory.

• Manage both direct and indirect cash forecasting, including 13/26-week cash modeling.

• Spearhead the development, modeling, strategy, and variance analysis of indirect rates.

• Recognize and prioritize business risks and opportunities on an enterprise level, developing mitigation strategies.

• Collaborate with executive leadership on financial objectives, business goals, analyses, and recommendations.

• Set up and track financial metrics, trends, and performance indicators.

• Direct the development of what-if and stress-test scenarios.

• Represent FP&A during budget reviews, program evaluations, leadership presentations, and cross-functional discussions.

• Carry out other responsibilities as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field is essential.

• An MBA, CPA, or CMA is preferred.

• A minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in Corporate FP&A or a comparable role is required.

• Considerable experience in a government contracting environment is necessary.

• Proficiency in corporate forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis is essential.

• Experience in financial statement modeling, management of indirect rates, and modeling both direct and indirect cash flows is required.

• Strong data analysis skills, including data processing, transformation, and dashboard creation, are essential.

• Familiarity with Power BI, Costpoint BI, databases, Excel, or similar tools is necessary.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including skills in Power Query, LAMBDA, LET functions, and Pivots/Power Pivots, is needed.

• Knowledge of database and data warehouse architecture, design, and best practices is required.

• A comprehensive understanding of government contracting and contract types, including FFP, T&M, and CPFF, is essential.

• Extensive experience with ERP systems; Deltek Costpoint is preferred.

• Strong executive-level communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills are essential.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking capabilities are required.

• Ability to collaborate across departments and influence without direct authority is necessary.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexibility in the workplace.

• Health and well-being support for employees and their families.

• Assistance with educational pursuits.

• Unlimited paid time off.

• Opportunities to engage in meaningful work.

• Support for reasonable accommodations during the employment process.