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Sierra Nevada Corporation
Program Financial Analyst I
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A Financial Analyst evaluates investment opportunities and makes recommendations to individuals and businesses. Analyzes the performance of different types of investments, studies business and economic trends and analyzes data to project company earnings
$88,932 / year median in Maryland
-1% projected decline
Job Description
Are you looking for an opportunity to use your analysis and finance skills in a meaningful work environment that supports and protects explorers and heroes? Join our team! The Program Financial Analyst I is responsible for reviewing, monitoring, and controlling project data to support internal and external project reporting. This role involves preparing budgets and schedules for contract work, assisting with cost proposals, pricing documentation, and performing cost variance analysis to ensure realistic contract cost and schedule baselines are maintained. The Mission Solutions and Technologies (MST) business area provides affordable, turn-key command/control, communications, integrated ISR, force protection and security solutions worldwide. The MST team has a long legacy of supporting the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, commercial and international customers with years of experience in platform operations, engineering and full lifecycle management across domains - air, land, sea, space and cyber. Program Financial Analysis Manage and control complex project data for internal and external project reporting. Conduct detailed "what-if" cost analysis, program cost forecasts, and cost variance analysis. Monitor and report on outstanding work against each contract to maintain accurate cost and schedule baselines. Develop and maintain advanced financial models and reports. Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements. BA Finance Team Initiatives - Reporting, Dashboards & Automation Design, development, and rollout of new reports and interactive dashboards that serve the entire BA Finance team, standardizing insights across programs. Partner with the BA Director of Finance to identify strategic reporting gaps and translate them into scalable, self-service analytics products. Consolidate data from ERP, project control, and program systems into repeatable data pipelines that reduce manual reporting effort across the team. Champion process improvement initiatives that increase forecasting accuracy, cycle time, and data integrity for the BA Finance function. AI Adoption & Innovation Actively explore, pilot, and adopt AI-enabled tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, generative AI assistants, and modern analytics platforms) to accelerate financial analysis, narrative generation, and forecasting. Prototype AI-driven workflows for variance commentary, anomaly detection, and forecast validation, and share reusable patterns with the broader BA Finance team. Stakeholder Engagement Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data accuracy and integrity. Prepare and deliver financial presentations for the BA Director of Finance, program leadership, and executive stakeholders.