Financial Planning & Analysis, Lead Analyst

Leidos Real Estate and Workplace Solutions Corporate Finance is actively seeking a Lead FP&A Analyst to join our Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. This exciting role offers the opportunity to hone your financial story telling skills starting from detailed analysis and planning to presenting to Senior Leadership. You will consider yourself a Finance Business Partner to the Real Estate and Workplace Solutions Corporate Function ensuring that functional spending is aligned with company strategy. Responsibilities will include planning forecasting reporting and overall budget maintenance.

In addition you can expect to perform ad hoc modeling and other requests that drive operational and strategic efficiencies within the business. We are looking for someone who has a strong focus on providing professional customer service to line finance teams program managers and Directors of Real Estate ensuring their financial needs are met with accuracy and efficiency. You will have strong communication skills to effectively interpret and summarize financial results tailoring insights to meet the needs of diverse audiences including line finance teams program managers and senior leadership.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support enhance and maintain financial reporting
• Collaborate with Senior Leadership to formulate accurate expense forecast
• Prepare and review journal entries to ensure accurate financial recording
• Update and maintain quarterly forecast in financial system
• Deliver monthly expense variance analysis
• Support month-end and quarter-end close processes
• Provide analytical support and actionable financial insights using Real Estate-specific tools and systems to drive operational and strategic efficiencies
• Finance Business Partner to the function and line organizations
• Provide professional customer service and financial support to line finance teams program managers and Directors of Real Estate addressing inquiries and delivering actionable insights

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree with 4 years of relevant corporate FP&A experience or Masters degree with 2 years of relevant corporate FP&A experience
• Prior experience should include financial forecasting financial reporting and variance analysis
• Basic accounting knowledge and experience including journal entry preparation general ledger and month-end close processes
• Strong skills in Power Platform (Power BI Power Automate Power Apps) Microsoft Office (Excel Word PowerPoint) Microsoft SharePoint and ability to learn new applications
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel using advanced formulas to generate efficiency
• Demonstrated analytical ability
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Creative thinking and problem-solving ability
• Excellent communication skills
• US citizenship is required and able to obtain security clearance as needed

Preferred Qualifications:

• User of Leidos Financial systems including Costpoint Insight OAC
• Knowledge of database management systems and data warehousing concepts
• Data/configuration management experience
• Working knowledge of government accounting regulations (CAS FAR GAAP)

At Leidos we dont want someone who fits the moldwe want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless the over-caffeinated the ones who ask whats next before the dust settles on whats now.

If youre already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2 good. Youll fit right in.

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.