Senior Financial Management / PPBE Analyst
Location: El Segundo, CA
Schedule: Full-Time
Travel Required: Up to 10%
Shift: Day
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Security Clearance: Active Secret required; TS/SCI preferred
Division: Air and Space
Position Overview
On behalf of our client, we are seeking an experienced Senior Financial Management / PPBE Analyst to provide financial research, reconciliation, analysis, planning, execution, and reporting in support of Government space acquisition programs.
This role requires extensive DoD financial-management experience, with an emphasis on budget execution, compliance, financial reporting, reconciliation, and decision support within a Space Systems Command or comparable defense acquisition environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform detailed financial research and data reconciliation across multiple systems, reports, and funding sources.
- Analyze complex financial information and recommend courses of action to support leadership decision-making.
- Develop and coordinate financial staffing packages in accordance with DoD financial policies and regulations.
- Apply DoD financial-management concepts, guidance, instructions, and policies to daily program execution.
- Use financial systems such as CCaR, GAFS, FM Suite, DEAMS, and WAWF to track, reconcile, and manage financial information.
- Prepare financial reports, dashboards, briefings, and presentations for executive leadership and key stakeholders.
- Support financial planning, Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE), Program Objective Memorandum (POM) activities, budget execution, forecasting, and funding analysis for Government space programs.
- Support execution reviews, financial reconciliation, Tri-Annual Reviews, program reviews, and audit-related activities.
- Develop and improve tools and processes to increase efficiency, automation, accuracy, and transparency in financial operations.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 10+ years of direct DoD financial-management experience, preferably supporting space or major defense acquisition programs.
- Experience working in Government, military, Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), or Government-contractor financial-management environments.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated experience reconciling complex financial data.
- Proficiency with DoD financial systems and reporting tools, including CCaR, GAFS, FM Suite, DEAMS, and/or WAWF.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word for financial analysis and executive reporting.
- Experience supporting the Air Force, U.S. Space Force, Space Systems Command, AFSPC, or former Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) programs is strongly preferred.
- Active Secret security clearance required; TS/SCI preferred.
- U.S. citizenship required.
Work Environment
This is a full-time, onsite position based in El Segundo, California, with occasional travel of up to 10%.