Leidos is seeking a Director of Financial Business Insights & AI Solutions to lead advanced analytics financial modeling and AI-driven transformation across Finance and Business Operations. This role is responsible for developing scalable data-driven solutions and driving enterprise adoption that enhances decision-making operational performance and strategic outcomes.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead a critical function within our organization driving innovation and transformation at the intersection of finance technology and business operations. As the Corporate FP&A Director you will have the chance to shape the future of our company enabling data-driven decision-making and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
Leadership & Talent Development
- Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team of financial professionals data scientists and analysts fostering a culture of accountability collaboration and high performance.
- Build formal training and development programs that strengthen financial acumen analytical capability and leadership skills across the finance organization.
Financial Analytics & Business Enablement
- Oversee the development of complex financial forecasting and predictive models that support enterprise planning scenario analysis and executive decision-making.
- Develop a deep understanding of existing financial and business processes leveraging benchmarking and best practices to identify improvement opportunities.
- Lead scalable process enhancements that improve efficiency controls and financial insight.
AI & Advanced Analytics Strategy
- Champion the integration of AI automation and advanced analytics into financial and operational workflows.
- Partner with Data Science and Data Analytics leaders to ensure priorities commitments and delivery align with business needs.
- Drive successful transition of analytics and AI solutions from development into sustained enterprise use.
- Support prioritization and execution of the Finance & Business Operations Analytics and AI roadmap.
Change Management & Execution
- Act as a change leader for analytics-driven transformation ensuring alignment with organizational goals and successful adoption of new processes and technologies.
- Engage stakeholders across the enterprise to drive understanding alignment and execution of transformation initiatives.
Cross-Functional & Executive Partnership
- Collaborate with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to enable enterprise-wide analytics and AI adoption.
- Work closely with the VP of Corporate FP&A and other executives to align technical solutions with strategic and financial objectives.
Performance Management & Reporting
- Establish and monitor key performance indicators to measure initiative effectiveness and value realization.
- Prepare and deliver clear data-driven updates to senior leadership on progress risks and outcomes.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Finance Business Administration quantitative major or related field.
- At least 12 years of experience in financial analysis or related roles with at least 5 years in a leadership position.
- Experience in integrating AI automation and advanced analytics into financial and operational workflows.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams through complexity deliver results and drive accountability.
- Strong business judgment with the ability to balance technical innovation and financial discipline.
- Effective communicator capable of influencing at all levels of the organization.
- US citizenship is required and able to obtain security clearance as needed.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MBA or advanced degree preferred
- Experience in change management and business process optimization is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with cloud-based data science and machine learning platforms (e.g. AWS SageMaker Azure) orprogramming language such as Python or R and deep experience with common data science libraries
- Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
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Original Posting:
February 9 2026
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $139100.00 - $251450.00
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.