Senior Financial Program Analyst

Acara Solutions is hiring a Senior Financial Program Analyst for our client in Tucson, AZ. This position can be contract or direct hire and the pay range is $50-75/hr.

Position Summary:

• A proven record of supporting financial controls for an earned-value management-controlled portfolio of projects and programs
• A growth mindset and be a critical problem solver
• Initiates assignments and independently leads integration and analysis of resource forecasts and/or Estimates at Completion (EACs) for control accounts, budgets, functions or pools; financial EACs for contracts or programs
• Leads or consults on the development of performance reports
• Initiates assignments and independently leads integration of variance analyses and provides understanding of operational and financial performance to senior management
• Makes recommendations to senior management on financial performance and projections using extensive financial knowledge and experience
• Leads or consults on the development of cost and/or schedule performance measurement baselines, including earned value, and variance analyses
• Leads, analyzes and presents cases using appropriate indices to improve profitability and shareholder value
• Consults on requirements definition and deployment of common systems, tools, processes and training to improve resource and/or business planning processes

Job Requirements

Required Skills / Qualifications:

• 5 or more years of experience in a Finance related position such as Financial Operations, Cost Management, Estimating, Financial Planning, Contracts, or Procurement Financial Analysis (PFA)
• 5 or more years of experience leading teams in financial processes such as Estimates at Complete (EACs), Long Range Business Plans (LRBPs), Earned Value Management (EVM), and/or Performance Management Baseline (PMB) for large-scale projects
• "U.S. Person" includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident
• Candidate must be available to work onsite at our Tucson, AZ Location.

Preferred Skills / Qualifications:

• Experience with JAMIS and PowerBI preferred

Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.