Senior Program Financial Analyst

Leidos Holding$92K — $166K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of relevant program finance experience, or equivalent experience in place of a degree.
  • Experience with various contract types: CPAF, CPFF, FFP, T&M.
  • Expertise in program budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
  • Strong grasp of month-end close processes, including variance analysis and revenue recognition.
  • Proven track record in managing program financial operations and cash collections.
  • Ability to effectively manage program start-up and project setups across multiple priorities.
  • US citizenship required with capacity to obtain a Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and analysis of contract financial data.
  • Manage the monthly closing processes, ensuring accuracy of revenue and income.
  • Conduct variance analysis comparing actual performance to forecasts and plans.
  • Oversee program billing in collaboration with the billing team, managing cash collections.
  • Develop and manage program financial forecasts, including EACs.
  • Ensure correct execution of project setup processes during program start-up.
  • Analyze contract actuals for accuracy, implementing timely corrections.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs.
  • Retirement plans with company matching.
  • Professional development and training opportunities.
  • Flexible work environment with remote options possible.
  • Collaborative team culture promoting innovation and communication.
Full Job Description
Leidos' Defense Sector has an immediate career opportunity for a Senior Program Finance Analyst to support multiple programs in our Undersea Systems Division. In this role, you will be responsible for planning, tracking, analysis, and reporting on projects of various contract type, size, complexity, and level of risk. You will have significant interface with Project Managers, Contracts, Senior Technical Personnel, as well as other organizations. You will work directly with the program manager to help define the program's goals; create and maintain a program's budget, schedule and prepare EAC. Additionally, you will prepare and present financial forecasts, reports and help with new business proposals for the customer.

Primary Responsibilities:
  • Budgeting, forecasting, and analysis of all contract cost and financial data.
  • Ownership of monthly closing process, validating awards/bookings, backlog, revenue & op income for each program you support.
  • Variance analysis and reporting of actual program financial performance against AOP and quarterly forecast.
  • Accountable for program billing (in coordination with Leidos Billing Team), cash collection, analysis and clearing of unbilled receivables.
  • Responsible and accountable for program financial forecast including development and overall management of program EAC.
  • Program start-up and maintenance - ensure project setup process is executed correctly.
  • Analyzes contract actuals for accuracy, identifies errors, ensures errors are corrected timely.
  • Creating and presenting monthly internal and external customer reports.
  • Responsible for program financial customer deliverables (CDRLs).
  • Supporting any ad hoc requests by internal management and external customers.


Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree and minimum 8 years of relevant program financial control experience. Additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
  • Prior working knowledge of multiple contract types: CPAF, CPFF, FFP, T&M.
  • Proven experience in program budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and contract cost management, including development and management of program Estimates at Completion (EACs).
  • Strong knowledge of month-end close processes, revenue recognition, bookings, backlog, operating income, and variance analysis against annual operating plans (AOP) and forecasts.
  • Experience managing program financial operations, including billing coordination, cash collections, unbilled receivables, and overall program financial performance.
  • Demonstrated ability to support program start-up and project setup while managing multiple priorities and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
  • US citizenship is required and ability to obtain Secret security clearance.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Active Secret security clearance.
  • Experience with Costpoint, Cognos, Oracle Analytics, Fusion, Insight, PowerBI and other Leidos financial systems.


Original Posting:
July 20, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:
Pay Range $92,300.00 - $166,850.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level 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.

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