Financial Analyst

Webster, TX - Salary 65-70k (NASA - must be a US Citizen)

Job Brief

Will perform assigned financial duties onsite at the NASA Johnson Space Center. Develops, interprets, and implements financial and accounting statements and concepts, or techniques for financial planning and control. Prepares studies, reports, and analyses in areas such as budgets, financial modeling, forecasts, financial plans, governmental requirements, statistical reports, cash flow projections, business forecasts or other analyses.

Responsibilities

• Performs financial analyses including budgeting, trend analysis, forecasting, correcting, and financial modeling. Develops recommendations from information and results; considers and conducts additional analyses as appropriate.
• Collects budget, midyear forecast and other financial information; interprets, summarizes and uploads the information to financial systems to provide information about profit and loss.
• Analyzes budget, midyear forecast or other types of financial information and recommends corrections of any problems or inconsistencies to management.
• Assists in developing financial controls, procedures, systems, and forecasting techniques to evaluate contract / program status and ensure compliance with government and customer requirements.
• Develops and maintains financial statements using accounting and budgeting software in order to provide financial statements and reports to management and the corporate office.
• Develops executive reports using database structures and end user interfaces to provide information to the appropriate personnel as needed.
• Assists department in completion and understanding of budgets and other financial analyses.
• Prepares, analyzes, and publishes monthly financial rolling forecast with detail to appropriate management and the corporate office.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting or related field preferred.
• Four or more years of finance or accounting experience.
• Experience working with generally accepted accounting principles and accounting software.
• Experience working with financial analysis.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen in order to obtain required NASA badge.
• Familiarity with Deltek Costpoint a plus, but not required.