Description

Markon is seeking an experienced FP&A Analyst to join the Financial Planning & Analysis team within the Office of the CFO. Reporting to the Vice President of FP&A, this role will be a core contributor to enterprise forecasting, financial modeling, management reporting, long-range planning, and strategic analysis within a growing government contracting organization. The ideal candidate has strong GovCon experience, exceptional financial modeling skills, and the ability to independently turn complex financial and operational data into actionable insights for management.

 

This position requires working onsite at least 4 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Support annual budgeting and monthly/quarterly forecasting, including development of assumptions, models, and supporting analyses.
• Build and maintain integrated financial models for revenue, gross profit, EBITDA, cash flow, headcount, indirect expenses, and other key business drivers.
• Perform budget-to-actual and forecast-to-actual variance analysis; identify underlying drivers, risks, opportunities, and management actions.
• Support consolidation and management reporting across business segments and legal entities, including segment, contract, and consolidated P&Ls.
• Maintain contract revenue waterfall and backlog analyses incorporating funded/unfunded value, options, recompetes, new awards, and program ramps and roll-offs.
• Integrate the growth pipeline into financial forecasts using pWin, award timing, start dates, staffing ramps, and revenue conversion assumptions.
• Develop scenario and sensitivity analyses for contract outcomes, hiring constraints, indirect rates, margins, and other business risks and opportunities.
• Support forecasting and analysis of fringe, overhead, G&A, headcount, utilization, and workforce investments.
• Prepare financial analyses and reporting for executive management, the Board, investors/sponsors, and lenders.
• Support M&A modeling, including projections, valuation, leverage, financing, synergies, integration costs, and pro forma financial performance.
• Develop scalable Excel, Power Query, and analytical tools that improve forecasting, automate recurring reporting, and reduce manual data manipulation.
• Perform ad hoc financial modeling and strategic analysis and independently drive assigned projects through completion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.

• US Citizenship required.

• 3-5 years of progressive FP&A, corporate finance, program finance, or related experience, including experience within the government contracting industry.

• Demonstrated experience building complex financial models and translating business assumptions into financial outcomes.

• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial statements, cash flow, and management reporting.

• Working knowledge of GovCon economics, including backlog, funded/unfunded contract value, indirect rates, and T&M, cost-plus, and firm-fixed-price contracts.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; experience analyzing and manipulating large datasets.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.

• Self-starter with demonstrated ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and take ownership of deliverables.

• Experience using automation or AI-enabled tools to improve FP&A processes.

 

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise FP&A within a mid-sized or large government contractor.
• Experience with Deltek Costpoint, Cognos, Power BI, Power Query, or comparable financial and analytics tools.
• Experience with contract waterfalls, backlog analysis, pipeline-to-forecast modeling, indirect rates, or workforce forecasting.
• Experience supporting M&A modeling, acquisition integration, lender/covenant reporting, or private equity / Board reporting.

Core Competencies

 

Financial Modeling • Analytical Curiosity • Ownership • Business Acumen • Problem Solving • Attention to Detail • Communication • Continuous Improvement

Salary RangeUSD $90,000.00 - USD $125,000.00 /Yr.The Markon pay range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.