2027 Financial Analyst

About the Role

The Aerospace Corporation Finance organization is looking for a Finance Analyst Specialist I/II. This position serves as a trusted financial advisor, providing financial data, trends analysis, and analytics to the Engineering & Technology Group (ETG). The selected candidate will work full-time, onsite in El Segundo, CA.

Key Responsibilities

• Plans and tracks overhead and capital budget allocations and related metrics
• Assists management team with preparing annual budget requests
• Monitors budget performance by producing monthly budget and execution reporting
• Responds to ad hoc data inquiries and analytical report requests
• Informs Finance leadership on financial trends, reporting unit performance, and recommended corrective actions to achieve financial plans
• Compares and analyzes financial results with plans and forecasts, identifies and analyzes trends, and communicates metrics to management for informed business decisions
• Works with managers, customers, and purchasing agent(s) to submit purchase requests
• Completes and analyzes cost transfers to ensure accuracy of cost allocations
• Manages, coordinates, and tracks the procurement of equipment and services necessary to accomplish divisional objectives and ensure the timely execution of budgets to planned targets
• Performs annual and multi-year budgeting, development of financial forecasts, and tracking of financial and operational metrics, dashboards, and capital expenditures.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, or related field (pursuing or conferred within last 12 months)
• 0-1 year of industry work experience
• Ability to support and perform budgeting and forecasting tasks
• General knowledge of cost accounting standards (CAS) or principles
• Proficiency with MS Office applications and programs

Qualifications (It would be impressive if you have)

• Knowledge of governmental and government contractor budgeting systems and practices
• Knowledge of cost accounting standards (CAS)
• Experience with data analytics such as S4Hana, Tableau, Power BI, and Power Pivot/Query