Financial Analyst

Prepare Financial Data Analysis Reporting & Submissions to the various business teams and management as part of the monthly reporting.
1) Gather the underlying data and information from various teams across the organization in the standard format.
2) Keep updating the requirements of data from time to time to ensure all the underlying information is tracked and captured.
3) Standardize the underlying data and work on the various analytics and trends for comparisons between periods and amongst the different business units.
4) Identify the key insights and deep dive into the drivers to come up with the necessary commentary and explanation in consultation and coordination with the respective business & functional leads.
5) Prepare and present the reports in the standardized monthly reporting format for managements evaluation.
6) Solicit the feedback and prepare a list of clear action items to be considered.

Ensure Budgetary control across revenue operational cost and capital expenditure to provide proper monitoring.
1) Identify the various cost categories / cost centers of the organization both operational (ongoing) and capital expenditure (onetime / nonrecurring).
2) Gather the historical data of costs for determining the baseline estimates.
3) Work with the various cost center heads / leads to come up with the budgetary estimates for the current period.
4) Review the budgets with the management to get it validated and approved.
5) Track the monthly costs & capital expense against each cost center budget to ensure adherence.
6) In case of deviation from budget to actual identify and report the variance along with reason and mitigation (as needed)

Support Leadership & senior management of the Company by providing periodic reporting of KPIs / metrics and provide insightful analysis of business results and perform ad hoc / interim analyses.
1) Develop the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) metrics for all the major business units and functions and refresh them on an ongoing basis.
2) Gather the KPI benchmarks from the industry and competition to compare and seek out opportunities for improvement.
3) Come up with specific plans of action for positively impacting certain critical KPIs on a periodic basis that are aligned to the overall organizational goals.
4) Perform interim analysis for specific items or issues depending on the business needs ranging from project evaluations purchase of new licenses and incurring capex.

Provide analysis and commentary to develop recommendations to deliver profitable bottomline growth for the Company.
a) Identify projects and revenue opportunities with higher margins and recommend those to management on a periodic basis.
b) Work with the business & client service teams to identify potential cost overruns that impact profitability negatively and act upon measures to avoid the same.
c) Review the commercial contracts thoroughly to identify opportunities for driving better margins.
d) Review the nonpayroll costs including primarily overheads on a regular basis to drive efficiencies that lead to higher profitability.

Research and present to the management new avenues of revenue and top line growth.
1) Scan and research opportunities in markets and service areas that are outside the scope of Companys current coverage.
2) Benchmark with competition and talk to customers (both existing and potential) for identifying new avenues of revenue.

Prepare and submit the key project revenue and PnL analysis on a monthly basis.
1) For projects that contribute more than 5% of a Companys overall revenue prepare project level financials for better tracking and monitoring purposes.
2) Work with the Project Leads of Key projects directly to identify any potential cost over runs or revenue misses.
3) Prepare project level P&L and ROI summary reports for review of the management.

Assist leadership with the RFP (Request for Proposal) submission for bidding on new projects.
1) Work with the senior leaders and service leads to work on the critical RFP (Request for Proposal) for new projects.
2) Work on comprehensive RFP plans including both financial nonfinancial and comprehensive presentations detailing a strong case for the pitch.
3) Ensure consistency across RFPs to build consistent organizational narrative to the market.

Monitor the P&L for each of the active projects and highlight in case of any cost or revenue deviations.
1) Prepare P&L for all active projects on a quarterly basis for the purpose of management review.
2) Identify the positives and negatives; come up with the commentary explaining the same.
3) Do a budgetary comparison and variance analysis.

Recommend systems and process improvement opportunities on an ongoing basis for better financial control of the business.
1) Work on an ongoing basis for the purpose of strengthening the underlying systems and processes that lead to better internal control and management review.
2) Work with external consultants to evaluate the gaps in the current systems and come up with a plan of action for fixing.
3) Strengthen the process documentation and ensure the dissemination & training of the processes across the organization.

Support strategic initiatives plan and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) development including the necessary supporting analysis and presentations.
1) Work during the last quarter of every calendar year towards preparing the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for the next year.
2) Identify and factor all the existing and new initiatives for the purpose of AOP.
3) Lead various discussions across the organization to gather information and drive consensus in preparing AOP.
4) Present and finalize the AOP with the senior leadership and management for review & approval.

Degree Requirement: Bachelor s degree in finance accounting or business administration with a concentration in finance or related or a combination of education and experience equating to the U.S. equivalent of a bachelors degree in one of the aforementioned subjects.

Work Schedule: Full Time 40 Hours/Week
Work Location: 4229 Lafayette Center Dr Suite 1880 Chantilly VA 20147
Contact Person: Mariam Khan/